Evening Telegraph (First Edition)
Dons fearless against ‘any team’ as they set sights on victory in cup
DEFENDER Andy Considine warned Aberdeen have no fear of any team in the bid to lift the Scottish Cup for the first time since 1990.
Aberdeen will face either Rangers or Kilmarnock in the quarter-finals at Pittodrie on the weekend of March 2 and 3.
The Reds’ opponents will be confirmed following the replay at Ibrox next Wednesday.
Rangers sit second in the Premiership table and last week defeated the Dons 4-2 at Pittodrie.
However, Aberdeen hold the upper hand this season having beaten Rangers back-to-back in Glasgow, including a 1-0 Betfred Cup semi-final win in October.
Kilmarnock are placed fourth in the Premiership table but have defeated Aberdeen just once in the last 24 head-to-heads.
Considine said: “There is no fear about facing any team and we have shown that in our league form.
“A club like Aberdeen deserves to be contesting finals. We have done that a lot in the past few years and have been very unlucky.
“Hopefully, this year it can be different and it will be our year.”
Scotland international centre-back Scott McKenna will return from a three-game suspension in time for the Scottish Cup last eight tie next month.
McKenna was hit with the ban for kicking out at Rangers’ Alfredo Morelos in the loss last Wednesday.
Morelos, who stamped on the Dons defender, was also dismissed as a result of the coming together. Aberdeen accepted the red and subsequent ban but the Ibrox club appealed.
T h e d i s m i s s a l wa s upheld at a tribunal last Friday with Morelos also hit with a three-game ban.
There had been history between the players as Morelos was red carded for an off-the-ball kick-out at McKenna in the 1-1 draw at Pittodrie in August.