'Of course we believe,' is the defiant message from Aberdeen manager Barry Robson going in to Thursday's Conference League group opener at Eintracht Frankfurt.
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"Of course we believe. Do we know they are a good side? Yes. Do we know they have got some real quality players? Yes, but this is a game of football and we have got some really good players ourselves. "That doesn't scare me," said Robson. "They are a really good side, a proper team, but lets go and meet the challenge head on.
Home captain Sebastian Roder has recovered from illness and could feature, but Croatian midfielder Kristijan Jakic is out with a knee injury.Choose your starting XI. It's up to you how to approach it - you could go for the team you WANT the manager to pick or the one you THINK he will.: "Within our building we know very well where our strengths lie. We have a lot of trust in each other.
"It's always special to play continental games. It's a different atmosphere. You play against clubs from other countries and it's a different playing style."Eintracht Frankfurt will be going into the Conference League firmly believing they can win it, they will see that as the ultimate goal. The strengths are more middle to front. If you want to identify weaknesses you might say defensively, but that is still difficult to judge because they are in transition after saying goodbye to some high profile players and bringing in replacements.
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