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Angus MacDonald's incredible strike sparked the snowy comeback.Aberdeen roared back from two goals down to pick up a point in a snow-interrupted Europa Conference League thriller at HJK Helsinki.
A 10-minute delay in the second half to clear the pitch gave both teams a chance to catch their breath in a wild game, which the hosts took control of with first-half goals from Hassane Bande and Santerri Hostikka.
Rattled by the hot start in freezing conditions, Aberdeen pulled one back through a sensational half-volley from defender Angus MacDonald, before Duk's back-post header completed the comeback.
Neither side could find a winner in the frantic scenes either side of the weather-enforced break, meaning Aberdeen - whose qualification hopes were already over - stay in third in Group G, a point ahead of HJK.
More to follow.
Line-ups
HJK
Formation 3-4-3
- 85Mäenpää
- 6HalmeSubstituted forOlusanyaat 74'minutes
- 15Tenho
- 14Peltola
- 23Soiri
- 10LingmanBooked at 90mins
- 24KanellópoulosSubstituted forHetemajat 67'minutes
- 18KeskinenBooked at 86mins
- 7HostikkaSubstituted forRaitalaat 68'minutes
- 9Radulovic
- 17BandéSubstituted forOllilaat 68'minutes
Substitutes
- 1Öst
- 2Ollila
- 3Hämäläinen
- 4Toivio
- 5Santos Da Graca
- 8Rogic
- 19Paananen
- 22Raitala
- 27Kouassivi-Benissan
- 29Olusanya
- 37Tanaka
- 56Hetemaj
Aberdeen
Formation 3-5-2
- 24Roos
- 33Rubezic
- 27MacDonald
- 5Jensen
- 28MilneSubstituted forDevlinat 74'minutesBooked at 84mins
- 21Polvara
- 8BarronBooked at 42mins
- 23DuncanSubstituted forMcGrathat 45'minutes
- 17Hayes
- 14GuèyeSubstituted forSoklerat 45'minutes
- 11Henriques de Barros LopesSubstituted forMiovskiat 74'minutes
Substitutes
- 2Devlin
- 4Shinnie
- 6Gartenmann
- 7McGrath
- 9Miovski
- 10Clarkson
- 15McGarry
- 18R Williams
- 19Sokler
- 30Dadia
- 31Doohan
- 32Marshall
Live Text
Match ends, HJK 2, Aberdeen 2.
Second Half ends, HJK 2, Aberdeen 2.
Përparim Hetemaj (HJK) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Bojan Miovski (Aberdeen).
Lucas Lingman (HJK) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Lucas Lingman (HJK).
Ester Sokler (Aberdeen) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt saved. Bojan Miovski (Aberdeen) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ester Sokler.
Pyry Soiri (HJK) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ester Sokler (Aberdeen).
Foul by Tuomas Ollila (HJK).
Nicky Devlin (Aberdeen) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Topi Keskinen (HJK) is shown the yellow card.
Topi Keskinen (HJK) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Dante Polvara (Aberdeen).
Attempt missed. Ester Sokler (Aberdeen) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Jonny Hayes with a cross.
Jukka Raitala (HJK) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Bojan Miovski (Aberdeen).
Nicky Devlin (Aberdeen) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Bojan Radulovic (HJK).
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HJK
Squad number85Player nameMäenpää
Squad number6Player nameHalme
Squad number15Player nameTenho
Squad number14Player namePeltola
Squad number23Player nameSoiri
Squad number10Player nameLingman
Squad number24Player nameKanellópoulos
Squad number18Player nameKeskinen
Squad number7Player nameHostikka
Squad number9Player nameRadulovic
Squad number17Player nameBandé
Squad number2Player nameOllila
Squad number22Player nameRaitala
Squad number29Player nameOlusanya
Squad number56Player nameHetemaj
Aberdeen
Squad number24Player nameRoos
Squad number33Player nameRubezic
Squad number27Player nameMacDonald
Squad number5Player nameJensen
Squad number28Player nameMilne
Squad number21Player namePolvara
Squad number8Player nameBarron
Squad number23Player nameDuncan
Squad number17Player nameHayes
Squad number14Player nameGuèye
Squad number11Player nameDuk
Squad number2Player nameDevlin
Squad number7Player nameMcGrath
Squad number9Player nameMiovski
Squad number19Player nameSokler
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