It was far from pretty at the national stadium but Aberdeen were the team celebrating after Bojan Miovski fired the 10-man Dons into the final.
10-man Aberdeen hit Hibs with a sucker punch as Bojan Miovski pounced just after Jack MacKenzie's mad red card to send Barry Robson's team into the Viaplay Cup final with a 1-0 Hampden win.
The game needed an opening goal and we thought it had it within five minutes of the restart. Will Fish's long ball picked out Boyle who cantered through and slotted past Kelle Roos, but after a standard five-minute VAR delay, John Beaton overturned his decision for offside. Hibs huffed and puffed late on but weren't able to find the equaliser. They were bereft of ideas and the Dons, clinging on for a place in the final, never really looked like losing it. They move on to face either Hearts or Hibs at the national stadium next month, while it was more Hampden heartache for the Hibees.That seemed to be the game plan from Barry Robson in the first half at least as the North Macedonian was the outlet for virtually every single attack.
Monty chops and changes It was a tweaked shape from Nick Montgomery initially, who stopped short of attacking it with the 4-4-2 that resulted in a thumping against Rangers a few weeks ago. Instead it was a 4-2-3-1, with Boyle, Tavares and Youan fluidly changing positions in behind Dylan Vente. More VARcical scenes VAR has been in Scottish football for more than a year now and the teething period should surely be wearing off now. So why is it still taking teams of top officials around five minutes to reach a decision on an offside call?
MacKenzie madness Who knows what was going through Jack MacKenzie's mind. Robson would have had his head in his hands and fearing the worst when his left-back, already on a booking, furiously chased after Lewis Miller and pushed him to the deck.
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