Aberdeen

We asked for your thoughts after Aberdeen missed out on the Scottish Cup final in the most dramatic fashion.

Here's a taste of what you had to say:

Martin: Proud of the boys. Cracking goals while two of theirs could have been avoided. Why was the penalty overturned? If Hoilett puts away his chance, who's to say what might have happened.

James: What a game! I am sure it will be talked about for a very long time to come. Both teams made it a truly fantastic spectacle. Celtic should have had the game done by half-time, but the Dandies had other ideas. I am sure that Jimmy Thelin will have seen much to encourage him. All credit to Peter Leven for getting his tactics right.

Andy: A decent performance from the players and it begs the question. Why can't they perform like this every week? One thing that was certainly highlighted is the overrating of Shinnie's contribution and importance to the side.

Richard: Absolutely loved it yesterday. I think the best Aberdeen performance I have ever seen in person in my 40 years of following the team. This was the performance and fight and character we expected going into this season, but had been sorely lacking. Peter Leven has done incredibly well and has shown up our previous managers comprehensively.

DT: I hope Jimmy was watching and he’s seen what he has to work with. I’m willing to wait and am excited to see what our new boss will bring.

Kevin: So very proud of Aberdeen Football Club today! They turned up, played with attitude and showed some respect for the team and the fans they represent.

Andrew: Great game, great performance by the Dons. Draw probably a fair result, though hurts to have had another wrong VAR call on the Hoilett penalty. Thelin’s going to expect this level of effort as a minimum, and if we do we have the quality to make the most of it. Much more like it, lads.

Paul: Very proud of the players today I thought we deserved to win. I thought the officiating was terrible and this played a part in the defeat. If we play like this we will be back in Europe next season.

Graeme: I'm disappointed with the result, but not by the performance. The team fought hard from kick-off to final whistle, and we didn't lose by a bucket load like I expected. If they can put that kind of application in for the next five games, we'll be okay.

Aberdeen defender Angus MacDonald expresses his disappointment after the Dons fall short in a breath-taking Scottish Cup semi-final with Celtic.

Cameron Carter-Vickers has admitted he thought he had given away an extra-time penalty when the Celtic defender caught Aberdeen winger Junior Hoilett in the box in Saturday's epic last-four encounter. (Scottish Sun)

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Well, have you managed to gather your thoughts yet?

If you have, we'd love to hear them and your take on events at Hampden.

Give us your best shot here.

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Aberdeen interim manager Peter Leven is "proud" of his players despite their semi-final defeat.

"I thought the boys gave everything,

"It's a sickener at the end - penalties are a bit of a lottery - but we went toe-to-toe at times with Celtic.

"At times, we had to suffer a bit with the low block, but after that, we showed a bit of character and made enough chances in the game to score more.

"We had two academy graduates stepping up taking penalties - I'm proud of them as well. I thought they gave everything, I've said to them that's the benchmark to end the season.

"Just gutted it ended that way. I said that to them, get your heads up - we've got to rest and recover and we're back in on Monday to go again."

Wow. What a game.

One that will be talked about for decades. An astonishing affair from start to end. And even after taking a deep breath it's difficult to know where to begin in breaking this captivating classic down.

Miovski's magnificent opener feels as long ago as last season. But if it had occurred then, would Carter-Vickers really have been caught off-guard as much? The North Macedonia forward was much missed late in the day after he hirpled off, for he had the USA international in a spin.

He's been off the boil of late, much to the understandable annoyance of the Pittodrie faithful, but again on the big stage, he stood up. His tireless running, lovely link-up play and genuine class will be tricky to replace, should he leave in the summer.

Since Clarkson arrived permanently last summer, he's failed to hit the heights known he can. But at Hampden, he had McGregor running rings around him, rather than the other way around in a sprightly showing. When played slightly further forward, his threat is severe and shine on the big stage he did.

The Dons were a thorn in Celtic's side. They did not quit. That's perhaps one of the most telling takeaways from a storied day. There was a fight and hunger in Leven's side that has not always been there throughout the campaign. Maybe if it had been, they wouldn't now only be focussing on their bottom-six games to come.

Stefan Gartenmann was a brick wall at the back for Aberdeen. He impressed in keeping the Celtic attack at bay and had a glorious chance up the other end.

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We all knew Aberdeen captain Graeme Shinnie would miss out through suspension and his absence is the only change from last weekend's 0-0 draw with Dundee.

Dante Polvara comes into Peter Leven's midfield, while centre-half Angus MacDonald takes the armband in Shinnie's absence.

The stand-in skipper caught up with BBC Scotland pre-match.

"We've come with a gameplan and we're going to stick with it. It's a massive game for us - anything can happen in the cup," he said.

"We've looked at that, we've looked at videos and done all our analysis and we're going to cause them the same problems that hopefully we've done in the past."MacDonald says the team haven't heard yet from Jimmy Thelin, who will take over as manager this summer, but that news of the appointment had been a pre-match boost.

"It's probably given the fans a lift more than anything - we've got to concentrate on the job we've got in hand," he adds.

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Aberdeen: Roos, Devlin, Gartenmann, MacDonald, MacKenzie, Barron, Polvara, McGrath, Clarkson, Duk, Miovski.

Substitutes: Doohan, Jensen, Phillips, Sokler, Morris, Duncan, Milne, Hoilett, Rubezic.

Celtic: Hart, Johnston, Carter-Vickers, Scales, Taylor, O'Riley, McGregor, Hatate, Kuhn, Kyogo, Yang.

Substitutes: Bain, Palma, Idah, Nawrocki, Tomoki, Bernardo, Kelly, Forrest, Ralston.

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Bojan Miovski has been picked as one of the 11 players of the season in the PFA Scotland's Premiership team of the year.

The in-form North Macedonian has bagged 23 goals across all competitions for the Dons this season.

The PFA Scotland team of the year is voted for by players.

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We've got you covered as Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers' perfect Scottish Cup record is put to the test against Peter Leven's Aberdeen on Saturday.

The semi-final will be shown live on BBC One Scotland - with coverage starting at 12:00 BST - as well as the BBC Sport website, app and iPlayer.

There's also commentary on BBC Radio Scotland, plus online live text coverage, with build-up, reaction, analysis and highlights.