Europa League: Kilmarnock & Aberdeen begin campaigns

Kilmarnock manager Angelo Alessio: “It’s exciting to start a new season. We have not had time to watch a lot of games but we are ready to play our football. We have good professional players and for this reason I am sure we will show a good performance. Tomorrow will be very tough. We have done our homework.”

Aberdeen boss Derek McInnes: “It’s far more difficult now for us or any Scottish team. It’s not not achievable, but we need to make sure we do all we can to get into group stages. Money’s tight. We’re building the stadium, but we’ve put together a squad this season without spending a penny on transfer fees. It would help, for us, if we could go and earn £2-3m.”