Jack confident ahead of tough Euro tie

Aberdeen warmup

Aberdeen skipper Ryan Jack reckons his side's experience of winning abroad can help prolong their Europa League adventure.

The Dons managed a decent 1-1 draw in last week's third qualifying round clash with Maribor at Pittodrie.

But they have it all to do in Thursday's return leg in Slovenia if they are to make it to the play-off stage.

However, captain Jack is confident the Reds can triumph at the Stadion Ljudski after pointing out some of the results his side have managed on their travels in recent years.

Derek McInnes' men put on a master-class of counter-attacking football to dispose of Dutch side Groningen in 2014 after claiming a 2-1 win over in Holland.

And last year they swept aside a Rijeka outfit who had proved problematic to the likes of Sevilla, Feyenoord and Standard Liege as they claimed a 3-0 victory in Croatia.

Now Jack hopes to see a similar level of performance when they touch down in Eastern Europe.

He said: "Last year we won in Croatia and that was a great result. The year before we played Groningen away and got a good result which helped us get through as well.

"So I think it shows that when we do go away from home in Europe the belief is there to allow us to get results.

"The previous years will give us the experience and know-how to go into this game and do something similar. We're looking forward to the challenge.

"With the way we played on Thursday night, there's no doubt in my mind that we deserved a win - but we never got it.

"That's football, though. We just need to go over there to Slovenia and work as hard as we can to put that right.

"The way we played and the chances we created gives us great confidence though.

"Belief is key. You can't go away to a big team like Maribor and think 'this isn't going to be our night'. We have to go there, come flying out of the traps and get right in amongst it. Hopefully we can then get the result."

Source: PA/BT Sport