But whenever Aberdeen got into good positions, they didn’t look like they knew what to do.

Adil Aouchiche passed up a glorious chance early on, and Lazetic passed up that one-on-one before scoring a goal that came through hard work rather than skill.

Jesper Karlsson looked exasperated with his team-mates on more than one occasion, the Dane seemingly tasked with sharpening Aberdeen’s cutting edge single-handedly.

The win against Dundee should have given them belief but the loss in Athens has rocked them – just like the 6-0 thrashing by Celtic at Hampden did last season.

Thelin needs time on the training pitch to protect his players from the storm, to rebuild their faith and trust in each other.

They’ve got more European games on the horizon though, as well as a midweek Premiership game. At least they’ve got next weekend off…