Aberdeen 3 - 0 Ujpest Dozsa

The ball then fell to Miller and he found Strachan on the edge of the box. His cross went deep to the back post where McGhee stretched his neck muscles to head past Szendrei. Pittodrie erupted into a cauldron of noise and the final eight minutes of the half were played out in an electric atmosphere that clearly unnerved the visitors. Two minutes later Aberdeen were given a break when the Hungarian's had a strong penalty claim turned aside and the Dons responded by breaking forward and forcing their keeper into a fine double save. First he blocked a 30-yard screamer from Dougie Bell then reacted quickly to block Hewitt's follow up effort.

The second half saw Aberdeen continue to dominate and Black went close with a header before Strachan crashed a free kick off the cross bar with the keeper beaten. It looked as though time would run out for the Dons but Mark McGhee popped up again two minutes from time. A throw in on the left was fed to Neil Simpson and his cross found McGhee in the middle and he prodded the ball past Szendrei from six yards.

The match moved into extra time and three minutes after the restart McGhee fired in the winner and his hat trick. Eric Black picked out Strachan and the midfielder swept the ball across the face of the goal where McGhee drilled it into the net despite the best efforts of Szendrei to block. The winner came in front of the beach end and it erupted as the fight back was completed. Other chances followed from substitute Falconer and a great run from McKimmie. Then in a moment of madness Kovacs was booked for taking the legs from Black and from the subsequent free kick McLeish challenged the keeper, earning himself a head butt that resulted in Szendrei taking an early bath.

The player replacing Szendrei was called into action in the final minute when he dived low to gather a Strachan daisy cutter. The referee then blew for full time and sent the red army home happy and dreaming of a second successive Cup Winners Cup win.