Fiorentina vs Hearts

After the first 45 minutes, it was all about damage limitation in their Europa Conference League clash. The on-loan Wigan Athletic frontman was inches from ...

Humphrys effort has been the only positive of the game. The Aussie eventually had to be subbed off. But Neilson changed shape at the interval and was rewarded almost instantly. The Argentine goes for his second of the night but Gordon is equal to it to send it wide for a corner. And the whistle will be a welcome respite for Hearts who will be having nightmares about this first half for weeks. His players have been absolutely nowhere near it and it might just be a case of keeping the score down after the break. A Biraghi inswinging corner is easily dealt with and it it looks like Halliday's taken a sore one but he's back up and getting on with it after a few seconds on the deck clutching his face. And a sigh of relief from the Hearts bench as Kingsley looks OK to play on after a chat with the medical team. He's lectured by the referee for storming out of his technical area and looks like a scolded schoolchild on the touchline after taking his telling. Alex Cochrane gets it all wrong and the hosts have a penalty to make it five. Just about there but it whizzes over the bar and lands on the roof of the net. The striker is just inside the Fiorentina half but spots Pierluigi Gollini off his line and tries a Patrick Schick.

The Jambos were over in Italy for their fourth Europa Conference League match and were left to lament a disastrous first half on their way to another Euro ...

Kio - 5 Cracked the post with a great effort inside 60 seconds and missed another before half-time, but soon the resistance crumbled. Another who struggled with pace of the game. A real bright spark for Hearts on an otherwise dull night. Provided legs in the engine room but that was little use as he was up against it almost from kick-off. Struggled with the menacing Jovic. But that's not a role you want to do when not used against top opposition. Stephen Kingsley - 5 Gave away a penalty. [Europa Conference League](https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/all-about/europa-conference-league) knockout round qualification hopes are now slim as they need to win both games against RFS and Istanbul Basaksehir and hope Fiorentina lose their closing games. Luka Jovic scored a header while Nathaniel Atkinson was off getting treatment before Barrie McKay was harshly judged to have committed a foul outside the box, Cristiano Biraghi converting the resulting free-kick. A penalty by Gonzalez sobered them further and the Jambos'