Jim Goodwin admits talisman Luis 'Duk' Lopes is a doubt for Wednesday's trip to face Hearts at Tynecastle after he limped off midway through the second half of Aberdeen's Viaplay Cup semi-final defeat to Rangers.
The Cape Verde international was a big loss to the Dons and Goodwin explained: “After about 20 minutes he started to feel his calf.
We just tried to get him through it as best we could. Hopefully there is no long-term effect there. But we have got a number of the players who have cramped up and have muscle issues.
Hopefully none of them are too serious. But the medical team are going to be very, very busy to turn them around in time for what is going to be a challenging game at Tynecastle on Wednesday.” But Goodwin insists Aberdeen don’t have a mentality issue despite seeing their post-World Cup misery extended at Hampden.
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