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In here they are hoping that when you have waited 114 years for | :00:44. | :00:48. | |
Scottish Cup success, maybe they come back to back. They can take a | :00:49. | :00:53. | |
step in that direction today. In the other dressing room they are looking | :00:54. | :00:57. | |
to reach their second cup final of the season. It is semifinal time, it | :00:58. | :01:01. | |
is Hibs against Aberdeen. Who will have the will to win? If you like to | :01:02. | :01:10. | |
win but think you can, it is almost certain you want. Brilliant! | :01:11. | :01:18. | |
win but think you can, it is almost Absolutely brilliant. Success begins | :01:19. | :01:25. | |
with Othello's will. Brilliant goal! It is all in the state of mind. | :01:26. | :01:33. | |
Think Vic, and your deeds will grow. Think that you can, and you will. | :01:34. | :01:42. | |
David Gray, 114 years of pain over! It is all in the state of mind. The | :01:43. | :01:49. | |
man who wins is the man who thinks he can. Aberdeen were here for the | :01:50. | :01:58. | |
League Cup final. They want to be back here for the Scottish Cup | :01:59. | :02:02. | |
version as well. But Hibs shape up as dangerous opposition, having won | :02:03. | :02:06. | |
the championship last weekend, to seal promotion back to the | :02:07. | :02:11. | |
Premiership. It continues in a matter of minutes. Hello from | :02:12. | :02:17. | |
Hamilton. All set for the first of the Scottish Cup semifinals, it is | :02:18. | :02:22. | |
Hibs against Aberdeen, live on the BBC for the right to play Celtic or | :02:23. | :02:26. | |
Rangers in the final stop with me at the National Stadium is former Hibs | :02:27. | :02:31. | |
midfielder Michael Stewart and former Aberdeen captain, manager and | :02:32. | :02:34. | |
director of the poll, Willie Miller is here as well. A couple of | :02:35. | :02:41. | |
interesting team selections, Michael, for Hibs in terms of the | :02:42. | :02:44. | |
team that beat Queen of the South last week. Yes, an important area of | :02:45. | :02:52. | |
the park, especially the way that Aberdeen play, to make sure that you | :02:53. | :02:54. | |
have that defensive midfielder in there. Obviously against Riverside, | :02:55. | :03:00. | |
Barkley did not start the game, and it is telling that Neil Lennon has | :03:01. | :03:04. | |
brought brought him in. He brings a solidity and presence to the middle | :03:05. | :03:08. | |
of the park and allows the guys in the front to support Jason Cummings | :03:09. | :03:11. | |
who will be up there on his own against Boyle and McGinn. It gives | :03:12. | :03:16. | |
the rest of those players licensed to link in with Jason Cummings and | :03:17. | :03:20. | |
crime caused problems for the Aberdeen defence. Willie has a tear | :03:21. | :03:29. | |
and as I did as he spends most weekends in BBC rid of Scotland. | :03:30. | :03:34. | |
Mark Reynolds is back in defence. Yes, I can only imagine there a | :03:35. | :03:38. | |
stone injury doubt over Niall McGinn, such an important player for | :03:39. | :03:41. | |
Aberdeen. Creating opportunities and scoring goals, magnificent at set | :03:42. | :03:48. | |
pieces as well. He will be missed. If I'm sitting on the bench, he will | :03:49. | :03:52. | |
have part to play in the semifinal. As far as Mark Reynolds is | :03:53. | :03:55. | |
concerned, you cannot be so bright that he comes back. He has loads of | :03:56. | :04:00. | |
ace, pace to burn, and has great experience as well. He a commanding | :04:01. | :04:05. | |
figure. They have gone for that experience instead of or corner. I | :04:06. | :04:11. | |
can understand why. Mark while Prince has a lot of pace. It will be | :04:12. | :04:16. | |
interesting to see where he started to drift into the park, it will be | :04:17. | :04:24. | |
clear that Derek Mick Innis has not be trying to neutralise that pays. | :04:25. | :04:31. | |
We have the team selections as the players limber up for the first of | :04:32. | :04:35. | |
the semifinals. It is Reynolds back in defence for or corner. As far as | :04:36. | :04:40. | |
Aberdeen is concerned, partly replacing Shinnie. Do managers who | :04:41. | :04:46. | |
know all about winning cups, as players and as managers. Let's hear | :04:47. | :04:53. | |
from them both now, speaking to Chris MacLachlan, first, Derek | :04:54. | :04:57. | |
McInnis. One change today, Reynolds for a corner. What is your thinking? | :04:58. | :05:02. | |
It is no slight on Anthony, it is just that we feel that the threat of | :05:03. | :05:10. | |
comments in behind, the one more adept at dealing with pace and Adam | :05:11. | :05:17. | |
Bogdan behind, Reynolds has the experience as well, he bike training | :05:18. | :05:21. | |
for two weeks, he will be absolutely fine. That is the reason for the | :05:22. | :05:25. | |
change, just different types of centre halves. And sent certain | :05:26. | :05:30. | |
opponents suit certain players. The team that Hibs have handed in | :05:31. | :05:34. | |
visiting we anticipated, and although they have gone formation a | :05:35. | :05:44. | |
lot of the time, when the club might we anticipated this team. We have to | :05:45. | :05:48. | |
deal with Cummings, he is a big player for them, we have to keep him | :05:49. | :05:51. | |
quiet and we just feel that the pace of Reynolds will be a factor. Niall | :05:52. | :05:58. | |
McGinn is on the bench, yesterday just a bit early for him? There was | :05:59. | :06:02. | |
a concern if he can play 90 minutes. He is fit to play, and then the | :06:03. | :06:07. | |
decision once we know that this with a restart him. Another player was | :06:08. | :06:14. | |
passed fit yesterday morning, so we did not want to take risks with | :06:15. | :06:16. | |
that. Nile will be a big player for did not want to take risks with | :06:17. | :06:23. | |
us today, I'm sure. But we also felt that Ryan Christie played extremely | :06:24. | :06:27. | |
well last week. I have to be real and authentic and see if you're | :06:28. | :06:31. | |
playing for semifinal places, I thought he did that. He was bright | :06:32. | :06:35. | |
as a button, he scored, carried the threat, so while we like Nile in the | :06:36. | :06:41. | |
team, and he is a big player for us, we felt that was a risk we didn't | :06:42. | :06:47. | |
need to take. Anyone apart to play from the bench. The one change, what | :06:48. | :06:56. | |
is your thinking today? I had a decision to make us there is no | :06:57. | :06:59. | |
doubt Martin is going to play. Given that the rest last week. Andy hadn't | :07:00. | :07:07. | |
played for a few weeks am a, I want to get my footballers on the pitch | :07:08. | :07:14. | |
today. I needed Marvin in their just to bring a discipline to the team. | :07:15. | :07:22. | |
Is it a day for the bombers? I would like to think so. We're not having | :07:23. | :07:27. | |
them at a position we are used to having, because Aberdeen are as good | :07:28. | :07:31. | |
as any team in the country. I need a holding midfield player in there, | :07:32. | :07:36. | |
and we have likes of McGinn, Cummings and Boyle, they can hurt | :07:37. | :07:40. | |
teams. And the pitches conducive to play good football. But we still | :07:41. | :07:43. | |
have to win the physical battle as well. Where do you see the game | :07:44. | :07:50. | |
being won and lost? It is hard to say. You can restrict them and wider | :07:51. | :07:55. | |
areas of organ was a chance. But our players are quietly confident. Off | :07:56. | :08:00. | |
the back of the championship, they have had a good week. There is a | :08:01. | :08:03. | |
coolness about them, they have been here before, and the majority of the | :08:04. | :08:10. | |
pressure is off. It is a day they will, not enjoy, you only enjoy it | :08:11. | :08:15. | |
when you win, but it will do what they can. A lot of uncertainties, | :08:16. | :08:20. | |
but one thing we do know, there will be Shinnie in the final, will it be | :08:21. | :08:24. | |
but one thing we do know, there will Graham Ford Aberdeen or Andrew of | :08:25. | :08:27. | |
the Hibs who starts on the bench? Neil Lennon hinting he will feature | :08:28. | :08:32. | |
at some stage. One thing is for sure, there will be no brotherly | :08:33. | :08:39. | |
love onshore today. Andrew Shinnie driving up defence. It is Shinnie... | :08:40. | :08:54. | |
Brilliant goal! Body think his strengths are? Doing the dishes with | :08:55. | :09:00. | |
one of them I was with him at Inverness. He is always fit, always | :09:01. | :09:07. | |
available, he gives 100%. Very competitive, and very good on the | :09:08. | :09:14. | |
ball. He's a player that has with want to get on ball as much as you | :09:15. | :09:18. | |
can. I witnessed that at Inverness, as a ball player he was not to | :09:19. | :09:21. | |
create spaces and try to link up play, he is a sort of player. I | :09:22. | :09:29. | |
don't know if he would mother 50-50 with myself, he is not that kind of | :09:30. | :09:33. | |
player. But if you need to sure he will. We argued when we rearmed, | :09:34. | :09:40. | |
that competitive side, without was footballer computer games. | :09:41. | :09:46. | |
Footballers in the garden, everywhere, every week. We both hate | :09:47. | :09:51. | |
losing, but I think he has matured more in his character. It is tough | :09:52. | :09:55. | |
for the parents, what are they saying? They will be gutted that one | :09:56. | :10:02. | |
of us will miss out on the final but on the other hand delighted that we | :10:03. | :10:05. | |
have a son in the final. I think they will try to buy the most | :10:06. | :10:16. | |
neutral seat in Hamdan. The cup has been won by Inverness Cally Thistle! | :10:17. | :10:22. | |
I get reminded and clips come the telephone stop he said' final so it | :10:23. | :10:27. | |
is his turn. I went into the changing room, had a bit of | :10:28. | :10:32. | |
celebration with them and my brother. Let's say he is running | :10:33. | :10:36. | |
through on goal and you are just behind him, what do you do, do you | :10:37. | :10:41. | |
take about? In my mind, nothing will be swayed by him being my brother. | :10:42. | :10:45. | |
If it is a in it are going to or a phone line to make. He's just | :10:46. | :10:51. | |
another player. Do not come into my mind that it is Graham, and it would | :10:52. | :10:55. | |
not come into his mind either, I would be six was up in the air from | :10:56. | :10:59. | |
him. If it was last minute I would probably take him out. Who knew that | :11:00. | :11:06. | |
Andrew Shinnie was a dab hand at doing the dishes? Michael, the | :11:07. | :11:12. | |
benches today could play an important part. We are focusing on | :11:13. | :11:16. | |
the line up, but both have influential players in reserve. No | :11:17. | :11:20. | |
doubt about it. He had both managers talking about that. Andrew Shinnie | :11:21. | :11:24. | |
for Hibs is undoubtedly a player that can unlock defences, and the | :11:25. | :11:30. | |
longer the game goes on, this is a good option. And from Aberdeen's | :11:31. | :11:35. | |
perspective, you have Niall McGinn. Also someone like James Scott, who | :11:36. | :11:39. | |
is physical. If the game demands that. And they have pace as well. | :11:40. | :11:43. | |
There is a good number of options were both sides, and there is no | :11:44. | :11:46. | |
doubt from my mind that this will be a tight game that will go the | :11:47. | :11:48. | |
distance. Is there a a tight game that will go the | :11:49. | :11:54. | |
Aberdeen on the big occasion getting it right when it matters? They have | :11:55. | :11:58. | |
two. This gives the opportunity of Hamdan. They have not pay particular | :11:59. | :12:02. | |
well in the past in the League Cup semifinal, very disappointing | :12:03. | :12:06. | |
against Celtic. Now they get the opportunity in this final to go one | :12:07. | :12:10. | |
better and get to the big cup final at the end of the season, but they | :12:11. | :12:14. | |
have two handle the atmosphere and the occasion. That is a big? Over | :12:15. | :12:19. | |
Aberdeen. Can the handle the occasion they have not handled in | :12:20. | :12:25. | |
the past. You can save yourselves, the team is about to emerge at the | :12:26. | :12:29. | |
National Stadium, the first of the William Hill Scottish Cup | :12:30. | :12:31. | |
semifinals, Hibs against Aberdeen, it is live here on the BBC and your | :12:32. | :12:36. | |
commentators are Stephen Thompson and Liam McLeod. COMMENTATOR: Many | :12:37. | :12:43. | |
thanks. Expectation, pressure, anxiety. The Scottish Cup holders | :12:44. | :12:49. | |
against a club that wants to not only in what has been a dream year | :12:50. | :12:53. | |
for them, but end a long wait for the trophy themselves. 1990 was | :12:54. | :12:58. | |
Aberdeen's la success in the two met after a decade of getting used to | :12:59. | :13:04. | |
doing it. As had surely 11 months ago, it is doable, and they | :13:05. | :13:08. | |
themselves are determined to go back to back having ended that more than | :13:09. | :13:15. | |
a century wait to lift it. It is a Hibs team that we buy in large | :13:16. | :13:17. | |
expected. John McGinn is one booking away from | :13:18. | :13:45. | |
missing the final. Mark Reynolds replaces O'Connor, and Niall McGinn | :13:46. | :13:49. | |
estate but on the bench. Ryan Christie on loan from Celtic retains | :13:50. | :13:53. | |
his place. Graeme Shinnie was also in the Cally Thistle team so | :13:54. | :13:56. | |
successful here two years ago as the Dons look to reach their first | :13:57. | :14:01. | |
Scottish Cup final since 2000. The captain Ryan Jack is walking a | :14:02. | :14:03. | |
yellow card tight rope and would miss the final if cooked and | :14:04. | :14:05. | |
Aberdeen get there. Loads of options were both managers | :14:06. | :14:13. | |
on the bench should they require them. It could be a particularly | :14:14. | :14:24. | |
long afternoon. About 21,000 Hibs fans coming through today. Aberdeen | :14:25. | :14:31. | |
at the other end. David Gray 11 months ago and should he would go | :14:32. | :14:36. | |
down in Easter Road folklore. He will forever be remembered as a | :14:37. | :14:39. | |
Hebburn in legend, and rightly so with that header right at the end of | :14:40. | :14:46. | |
last year's final against Rangers. Can they reach another final? If | :14:47. | :14:49. | |
they do it will be the fifth major final in five years. They haven't | :14:50. | :14:51. | |
lost in the Scottish Cup in two final in five years. They haven't | :14:52. | :14:56. | |
years since Falkirk beat them in the 2015 semifinals. Mark Reynolds | :14:57. | :14:59. | |
returns to the Aberdeen side for the first time in a couple of months. | :15:00. | :15:03. | |
His last appearance was in inexplicable defeat at Hamilton. The | :15:04. | :15:10. | |
lost 1-0, and Jason Cummings, Abbot of redemption having missed the | :15:11. | :15:16. | |
penalty after missing a penalty in the shoot out couple years ago. | :15:17. | :15:28. | |
The first of the season's Scottish Cup finalist will be named this | :15:29. | :15:35. | |
afternoon. Hibs against Aberdeen, two of Scottish people's | :15:36. | :15:37. | |
heavyweights going head-to-head, as two of Scottish people's | :15:38. | :15:40. | |
Adam Rooney from Zen and the opening minute, and that is an unbelievable | :15:41. | :15:45. | |
start for the Dons, Aberdeen get the lead with just 12 seconds on the | :15:46. | :15:49. | |
clock! Sensational start for the men in red. What a start! It comes from | :15:50. | :15:56. | |
the Hebburn Ian Centre, John" it in court on the ball, and Aberdeen | :15:57. | :16:00. | |
counter at Hayes. It is a fantastic through ball here, another mistake | :16:01. | :16:06. | |
by Marvin Barclay, the defence all over the place, and what a composed | :16:07. | :16:10. | |
finish so early in the match from Adam Rooney. Unbelievable. | :16:11. | :16:17. | |
Rebellion, they had barely take a message, the players were barely on | :16:18. | :16:21. | |
the pitch, and they are behind to Adam Rooney's 19th goal of the | :16:22. | :16:25. | |
season. He is so deadly from there, and that is the start that dreams | :16:26. | :16:30. | |
are made on. 12 seconds on the clock. And Rooney does what he does | :16:31. | :16:38. | |
so often for Aberdeen. He gives the men from the Granite city a perfect | :16:39. | :16:43. | |
opening to the semifinal. They have not been to the Scottish Cup final | :16:44. | :16:49. | |
in 17 years. It was quick, it wasn't quite as quick as the faster | :16:50. | :16:52. | |
Scottish Cup goal of all time, which was also scored by and Aberdeen | :16:53. | :16:59. | |
striker against Motherwell. But that is sensational stuff from Adam | :17:00. | :17:02. | |
Rooney. From a Hibs point of view, horrendous. Really bad. You talk | :17:03. | :17:07. | |
about like to start the game well, it was a mistake from Jim, another | :17:08. | :17:11. | |
mistake from Berkeley, Hibs looked nervous, and Adam Rooney pounced | :17:12. | :17:15. | |
upon it. He still had a lot to do from 18 yards out, but give the | :17:16. | :17:18. | |
keeper the eyes and made the finish. Dream start for Aberdeen. Hibs will | :17:19. | :17:26. | |
be punch-drunk after that. Ryan Jack involved there, out of contract at | :17:27. | :17:31. | |
the end of the season. McGregor has had another fine campaign. Seven of | :17:32. | :17:38. | |
that Hibs starting line-up started the cup final last year. Ambrose on | :17:39. | :17:45. | |
the ball just now. Another who has a Scottish Cup winners' medal. For | :17:46. | :17:55. | |
Neil Lennon's Celtic against Hibs. Important times for a Neil Lennon's | :17:56. | :18:01. | |
side. Certainly. All the talk before about settling into the game, not | :18:02. | :18:04. | |
showing nerves, getting a foothold in the game, getting the better of | :18:05. | :18:08. | |
your opponent early on, in the game, that has gone out the window for | :18:09. | :18:20. | |
Hibernian. Barely time to draw breath before Adam Rooney gave | :18:21. | :18:23. | |
Aberdeen the lead. The seventh in the Met in the semifinals. Hibs won | :18:24. | :18:35. | |
the last one, in 2012. Aberdeen's last appearance in the final between | :18:36. | :18:41. | |
it can virtue of a win over Hebburn Ian. | :18:42. | :18:50. | |
Logan for Christie, he has kept it in, Marciano holds on for dear life. | :18:51. | :18:58. | |
Excellent play for Christie. Mark Reynolds brought back in | :18:59. | :19:06. | |
his pace, up against Cummings. The one thing we could say about | :19:07. | :19:51. | |
Hibs this season and the last couple of years, they have turned up for | :19:52. | :19:57. | |
the big games, the big occasion. Neil Lennon leads his men to stand | :19:58. | :20:06. | |
firm, stand tall. Began his career at Aberdeen, indeed, their youngest | :20:07. | :20:07. | |
ever scorer. John Beaton, the at Aberdeen, indeed, their youngest | :20:08. | :20:18. | |
referee, 35 years of age. The League Cup final at Celtic won against | :20:19. | :20:24. | |
Aberdeen, and they have not taken long to try to exercise the ghosts | :20:25. | :20:27. | |
of that afternoon, because they did not really turn up. | :20:28. | :20:44. | |
Andrew Shinnie would have loved to have started this game against his | :20:45. | :20:47. | |
brother. Team-mate at Inverness, as have started this game against his | :20:48. | :20:54. | |
you saw beforehand. It will be interesting to see where Andy | :20:55. | :21:04. | |
Shinnie's next move is. The last few weeks began playing on the left-hand | :21:05. | :21:08. | |
side. He is a top player. I liked him before he went down south, since | :21:09. | :21:11. | |
he has come back to Hibs he has struggled, but in recent weeks have | :21:12. | :21:16. | |
shown more of the form expected, he is a talented player. Andrew | :21:17. | :21:23. | |
Considine, sport at Pittodrie. Scored a hat-trick a few weeks back | :21:24. | :21:30. | |
against Dundee. Turned 30 the following day. Not a bad birthday. | :21:31. | :21:40. | |
Surprising thing for me early in this match is how nervous Hibs | :21:41. | :21:46. | |
started the game. They're one of the best defensive records in the | :21:47. | :21:49. | |
country, only 22 goals conceded in the league this season. The defence | :21:50. | :21:52. | |
has been one of the reasons they have had so much success. To lose a | :21:53. | :21:56. | |
nervous goal like that was uncharacteristic. John McCain steals | :21:57. | :22:05. | |
it. That's why Reynolds was brought into the team, for his pace, to | :22:06. | :22:09. | |
sniff out the danger, and he did it on that occasion. There is danger | :22:10. | :22:12. | |
when John McCain gets on the ball. Taylor wants handball against the | :22:13. | :22:41. | |
Hibs striker. Hibs looking for a foothold. There is nothing better | :22:42. | :22:52. | |
than a high-pressure game, such an important fixture, than an early | :22:53. | :23:03. | |
goal. It just settles the nerves. Foul-mac. I thought he was a foul | :23:04. | :23:06. | |
before that, in the lead up. How to rally the troops, the | :23:07. | :23:30. | |
skipper. They are the holders, he just felt beginning to this game | :23:31. | :23:34. | |
very confidently having one believe, but it has been a shaky old start. | :23:35. | :23:44. | |
That was Neil Lennon's main goal of the start of the season, they went | :23:45. | :23:47. | |
all in, winning a championship title, which the duly did last week, | :23:48. | :23:50. | |
that has been delivered. Back in the title, which the duly did last week, | :23:51. | :23:59. | |
big league. We're Hibs should be. Another cup win would be a bonus. It | :24:00. | :24:05. | |
was not a priority, the leak was a priority. They have won that, I | :24:06. | :24:08. | |
thought they would be more relaxed coming into this game than Aberdeen | :24:09. | :24:18. | |
because they had that championship win, and they could relax in this | :24:19. | :24:20. | |
game, but they certainly do not look relaxed in the opening minutes. | :24:21. | :24:27. | |
Aberdeen are good frontrunners. When they get in front there pretty good | :24:28. | :24:31. | |
at managing the game. They can play the counterattack as well. Almost | :24:32. | :24:34. | |
invite Hibs on to them and did more. Couldn't quite remember how quickly | :24:35. | :24:59. | |
that other early goal was scored, 9.6 seconds. Rooney was a couple of | :25:00. | :25:01. | |
seconds slower than that. Aberdeen to the semifinal earlier | :25:02. | :25:33. | |
this season in the League Cup against Greenock Morton, and it was | :25:34. | :25:38. | |
a stodgy affair. They won the game 2-0. Kenny McLean goal. That sealed | :25:39. | :25:45. | |
their place in that final. But what semifinals are all about. | :25:46. | :25:49. | |
Performance is a bonus. It is about the result. | :25:50. | :26:05. | |
Ambrose, on loan from Celtic. Out of contract at the end of the season. | :26:06. | :26:17. | |
Neil Lennon would fancy for the top-flight campaign which is | :26:18. | :26:20. | |
up-and-coming. The referee happy with that. That is why Berkeley has | :26:21. | :26:25. | |
been brought into the side committee as a result strong. He protects that | :26:26. | :26:31. | |
back four well. Rooney just barging in there, that is a foul. Aberdeen | :26:32. | :26:37. | |
have fallen at this stage four times since they last won a Scottish Cup | :26:38. | :26:47. | |
semifinal. The most galling would be that defeat to Queen of the South in | :26:48. | :26:54. | |
2008. Hibs have been a fabulous cup team. Haven't those been a good | :26:55. | :27:02. | |
league side in the last year too. But in the cup they have found real | :27:03. | :27:04. | |
consistency. Graeme Shinnie limping a little, the | :27:05. | :27:16. | |
Aberdeen number three. Stevenson, Man of the Match here in | :27:17. | :27:34. | |
the League Cup final hammering of common. Not too many one clubmen | :27:35. | :27:44. | |
these days, but Considine, for Aberdeen, Stevenson for Hibs, to | :27:45. | :27:46. | |
modern-day examples of it. He has kept it in, but gave it | :27:47. | :28:00. | |
straight to Cummings. This is Martin Boyle, who we really mention, if at | :28:01. | :28:09. | |
all. Fyvie, up against his good friend Ryan Jack. Slightly better | :28:10. | :28:15. | |
from Hibs. They have struggled to string passes together, get any | :28:16. | :28:16. | |
effort on goal. It is quite tight out there, David | :28:17. | :28:31. | |
Grace struggling to find an option in green and white. Swung the ball | :28:32. | :28:43. | |
in, but too close to Joe Louis. It was always going to be the keeper's | :28:44. | :28:46. | |
poll. Set-mac three has been a fabulous | :28:47. | :29:04. | |
signing for Aberdeen this year. -- Lewis has been a fabulous signing. | :29:05. | :29:16. | |
Adam Rooney's injury early in the season did harm them. Great pressure | :29:17. | :29:28. | |
from Aberdeen. Ryan Christie pressurising the Hibs defence into | :29:29. | :29:33. | |
making errors. That has been three or four long balls, couple from the | :29:34. | :29:37. | |
goalkeeper, a couple from the defenders, up to the head of Jason | :29:38. | :29:40. | |
Cummings. That is not really wants the ball, Taylor will win that every | :29:41. | :29:46. | |
day. Another is ample of the pressure there from Jonny Hayes on | :29:47. | :29:52. | |
grey. Aberdeen in complete control in the opening minute. Hibs have had | :29:53. | :29:58. | |
no real possession of the ball. Aberdeen's game management in the | :29:59. | :29:59. | |
early stages has been exceptional. Nearly 15 in. An Adam Rooney goal in | :30:00. | :30:13. | |
12 seconds. You can see the possession there on the bottom left. | :30:14. | :30:19. | |
Aberdeen, 63% to Hibs '37%. Ambrose... He's been good recently, | :30:20. | :31:02. | |
Ambrose. You can hear the Aberdeen fans trying to wind him up. He was | :31:03. | :31:05. | |
prone to the odd error at Celtic. fans trying to wind him up. He was | :31:06. | :31:15. | |
Shiny knocked that off. Ambrose has been a terrific signing. | :31:16. | :31:20. | |
Again as Tannadice he bossed things at the back. | :31:21. | :31:25. | |
Yeah, he's a good defender. I'm impressed with the pressure that | :31:26. | :31:31. | |
Aberdeen are putting Hibs on. Every time Hibs get the ball, | :31:32. | :31:39. | |
Aberdeen are all over them like a rash, making it impossible for them | :31:40. | :31:46. | |
to get on their passes. In the last 17 years, the record | :31:47. | :31:48. | |
to get on their passes. here has been atrocious for them. | :31:49. | :31:53. | |
The solitary victory against Morton. They won the league Cup at Celtic | :31:54. | :32:00. | |
Park. The semi-was at Tynecastle. | :32:01. | :32:11. | |
in his homeland, Israel. in his homeland, Israel. | :32:12. | :32:19. | |
-- Marciano. He has to look for a different | :32:20. | :32:24. | |
option, Marciano, when he is kicking the ball out. | :32:25. | :32:33. | |
I suppose an issue for Hibs today, Steven, as we watch Derek McInnes on | :32:34. | :32:37. | |
the touchline is the options available to them week in, week out | :32:38. | :32:41. | |
in the championship won't be there against this Premiership side. | :32:42. | :32:46. | |
Aberdeen sitting at the moment in a comfortable second place. | :32:47. | :32:50. | |
That's right. And for the season, Hibs have been a 4-4-2 side. | :32:51. | :32:58. | |
And that kick from Marciano would have been flicked on by a big | :32:59. | :33:03. | |
striker. But come yings is up there on his own. Not the kind of service | :33:04. | :33:06. | |
he wants. -- Cummings. A lovely kick there from Kenny | :33:07. | :33:42. | |
McLean. A good turn there from John McGinn. | :33:43. | :33:48. | |
And then Kenny brings him down. It's been a quiet start to the game for | :33:49. | :34:00. | |
John. He made the mistake early on. I heard a rumour he won a trophy | :34:01. | :34:09. | |
once? He did, it might have been here! Still fresh in the memory! | :34:10. | :34:17. | |
McGinn adding to the league Cup here! Still fresh in the memory! | :34:18. | :34:20. | |
medal last year. This is a good run by Boyle. | :34:21. | :34:30. | |
A good turn and run from Boyle. The first time a Hibs player has opened | :34:31. | :34:35. | |
up and got in behind the Aberdeen back line. This Hibs team is showing | :34:36. | :34:43. | |
a character this season. They have lost six games in the campaign. | :34:44. | :34:50. | |
Three in the league. Ayr United, Dundee United, and St Mirren. They | :34:51. | :35:02. | |
were beat no-one the league Cup and the Challenge Cup. A lot of draws in | :35:03. | :35:08. | |
there to the annoyance of the Hibs supporters and Neil Lennon. | :35:09. | :35:27. | |
McGreggonor will be joined by one of his best friends next season, Danny | :35:28. | :35:36. | |
Swanson. He's had a great season, Darren. A | :35:37. | :35:41. | |
strong competitor. Really hard to play against. Even in training when | :35:42. | :35:47. | |
I played against him at St Mirren. He who would never let you get past | :35:48. | :35:53. | |
him. Such body strength. And we have seen him come through | :35:54. | :36:01. | |
horrendous injury problems as well. Aberdeen lead this first Scottish | :36:02. | :36:06. | |
Cup semi-. Celtic have Rangers are head-to-head tomorrow. | :36:07. | :36:08. | |
There is Graham shiny. There is Graham shiny. | :36:09. | :36:23. | |
-- Shinney. Rooney was gambling on a mistake | :36:24. | :36:29. | |
there. In behind Ambrose. Hibs roared on by their supporters. | :36:30. | :36:35. | |
But Fraser, having that nicked off him by Hayes. | :36:36. | :36:42. | |
Fouled by Christie. A strong play again from John | :36:43. | :36:47. | |
McGinn. It's a poor foul from Christie. John is so good with the | :36:48. | :36:54. | |
upper body strength and balance. Yeah, it's a foul. | :36:55. | :37:01. | |
A couple of flash points. We approach the end of the first | :37:02. | :37:03. | |
quarter. Christie giving that straight | :37:04. | :37:31. | |
to Berkley. Again, it's the pressure. | :37:32. | :37:37. | |
When Johnny Hayes is unable to get on to the ball, he has Graham Shinny | :37:38. | :37:44. | |
behind him. Aberdeen are pressurising Hibs at | :37:45. | :37:47. | |
each opportunity. Hibs can't deal with it now. They have offered | :37:48. | :37:52. | |
nothing in an attacking threat. Aberdeen are in complete control in | :37:53. | :38:04. | |
the middle of the park. It's Rooney's call to separate the | :38:05. | :38:12. | |
two. Really unchallenged there. He can't | :38:13. | :38:15. | |
find a team-mate. Logan. | :38:16. | :38:32. | |
And the first stay for McClain. It's clever. | :38:33. | :38:41. | |
He took him out there. Superb play from Kenny McLean. Ryan | :38:42. | :38:52. | |
Christie gets the return pass. That's a clear foul. | :38:53. | :39:00. | |
It was beyond Fyvie and he had to bring him down. Kenny McLean is in | :39:01. | :39:09. | |
the form of his life. It took him a while to get going at Pittodrie. But | :39:10. | :39:14. | |
he has been the man of the show at Aberdeen for the last two to three | :39:15. | :39:15. | |
months. Absolutely. He is the complete | :39:16. | :39:21. | |
mid-fielder. He really matured this season. Just would like to see him | :39:22. | :39:24. | |
mid-fielder. He really matured this add a few more goals this season. | :39:25. | :39:29. | |
Danger, danger for Hibs here. Christie is sizing it up. Christie | :39:30. | :39:39. | |
delivers! Oh, it snuck into the net! Ryan Christie scores from the free | :39:40. | :39:44. | |
kick to justify his inclusion! And Aberdeen are on the brink, the very | :39:45. | :39:48. | |
brink of their first Scottish Cup final in 17 years. It is all going | :39:49. | :39:55. | |
horrible wrong for the holders! It's another avoidable goal for Hibs. It | :39:56. | :40:00. | |
must go down as a goal keeping mistake. The goalkeeper gambles, | :40:01. | :40:05. | |
thinking it is going into the middle of the box. Brilliant from Christie. | :40:06. | :40:14. | |
He knew exactly what he was doing. Brilliant from Christie, really poor | :40:15. | :40:19. | |
from Marciano. Joy for McInnes. | :40:20. | :40:25. | |
And a serious shake of the head from Marciano and rightly so. | :40:26. | :40:31. | |
Christie. Who lifted the trophy for Inverness two years ago. He was | :40:32. | :40:35. | |
brought to the club to have a big impact. As his dad watches... | :40:36. | :40:43. | |
Charlie Christie... Of course, the irony being if Aberdeen end up going | :40:44. | :40:47. | |
through, and they are in a great position to do so today, if Celtic | :40:48. | :40:52. | |
beat Rangers tomorrow, Christie would not be able to play in the | :40:53. | :40:55. | |
final. A massive shame if they get through. | :40:56. | :41:00. | |
A huge shame. But he fully justified his | :41:01. | :41:05. | |
inclusion. A sensation Krunal goal from Ryan Christie. | :41:06. | :41:11. | |
I bet Marciano would want that again, wouldn't he? Troubled times | :41:12. | :41:19. | |
for Neil Lennon. He needs to again, wouldn't he? Troubled times | :41:20. | :41:23. | |
work out a way of getting back into this. I mentioned Aberdeen have been | :41:24. | :41:30. | |
holding tonne 1-0 leads. They have been good at that. Neil Lennon | :41:31. | :41:40. | |
started by bringing in Batley to replace Shinny. | :41:41. | :41:45. | |
That was to increase the mid-field. But that could be gone now. It could | :41:46. | :41:49. | |
get worse. It's Johnny Hayes. | :41:50. | :41:52. | |
get worse. Hibs are living a very charmed life | :41:53. | :41:56. | |
at the moment. One more goal and Aberdeen are through, you would have | :41:57. | :41:58. | |
to say. Hibs all over the place. Brilliant | :41:59. | :42:06. | |
from Hayes. Drags the shot past the near post. | :42:07. | :42:11. | |
There's the second goal again. The ball evaporated in front of | :42:12. | :42:16. | |
Marciano. You just can't leave that gap at the | :42:17. | :42:19. | |
near post as a goalkeeper. near post as a goalkeeper. | :42:20. | :42:32. | |
There is a real feeling among the Aberdeen players that they have | :42:33. | :42:38. | |
something to prove to the supporters, indeed in the | :42:39. | :42:41. | |
tournament. Just because of the way that they folded in the League Cup | :42:42. | :42:48. | |
final last year. And Neil Lennon, lots of success in | :42:49. | :42:52. | |
this competition, four times a winner, as a player, a couple of | :42:53. | :42:54. | |
times as a manager at Celtic... Here's Ryan Christie. | :42:55. | :43:13. | |
Brilliant play from Johnny Hayes down the left-hand side. We see it | :43:14. | :43:21. | |
time and time again. Christie couldn't quite get that | :43:22. | :43:29. | |
off. Tripped by Rooney. | :43:30. | :43:37. | |
Close to going over the 20 mark again for Aberdeen this season is | :43:38. | :43:48. | |
Rooney. He scored the first. Ambrose, tackled well by McLean. | :43:49. | :43:54. | |
Aberdeen about to carve Hibs once more. Logan. | :43:55. | :43:59. | |
Ambrose is on the deck there. The momentum has been taken out of | :44:00. | :44:04. | |
the Aberdeen attack. Hayes elects to knock the ball out. | :44:05. | :44:11. | |
Well, Kenny was at full stretch. It was the slightest touch on the ball | :44:12. | :44:16. | |
to make the challenge. There! I'm not sure what Ambrose has done in | :44:17. | :44:21. | |
the process. Yeah, it's a good tackle. | :44:22. | :44:25. | |
I can only think he has rolled his ankle. | :44:26. | :44:33. | |
Some of the Hibs players coming over to take on some water. He has to | :44:34. | :44:37. | |
solve a real puzzle. He's not had too many of them to solve this | :44:38. | :44:44. | |
season, since taking the reins. I don't think he will solve it with | :44:45. | :44:49. | |
this for makes. He will have to get support up to Jason Cummings who has | :44:50. | :44:55. | |
been largely invisible in the match so far. | :44:56. | :45:02. | |
He needs support up there. Hibs have had almost nothing in an | :45:03. | :45:07. | |
attacking sense. They've strolled back through to the semis. They | :45:08. | :45:12. | |
needed a replay to dislodge Hearts, the City rivals. A couple of rounds | :45:13. | :45:23. | |
back. Air United, sticking eight past in round four. Aberdeen coming | :45:24. | :45:30. | |
through against Stranraer and a tricky trip to Dingwall. Not happy | :45:31. | :45:36. | |
hunting for them in the last two seasons. And Partick Thistle beaten | :45:37. | :45:39. | |
at Pittodrie. Less than 15 to the break. | :45:40. | :46:01. | |
Hibs need to reshuffle the pack soon. Hayes tries to keep it in. | :46:02. | :46:12. | |
Not quite. He's landed awkwardly, the Aberdeen | :46:13. | :46:15. | |
winger. He just ran out of pitch. He is so | :46:16. | :46:21. | |
incredibly quick. He is giving a yard there. | :46:22. | :46:25. | |
Maybe a bit of whiplash as he hands on his back and neck. He is OK. | :46:26. | :46:30. | |
Thankfully. You are right, Neil Lennon will have | :46:31. | :46:34. | |
to make a change. I think you will see it at half-time. You have had | :46:35. | :46:39. | |
almost nothing of this first half in terms of possession. Custody for | :46:40. | :46:43. | |
Aberdeen. And Jason, we have not seen him. | :46:44. | :46:51. | |
Rarely seen Martin Boyle. The two front players for Hibs... And that's | :46:52. | :46:57. | |
Grant Halt. Here comes the reshuffle I was mentioning. | :46:58. | :47:03. | |
He has to do something. Hibs' grip on the Scottish Cup is | :47:04. | :47:15. | |
loosening by the second. They've done fabulous work over the | :47:16. | :47:18. | |
last year Hibernian with the Scottish Cup. Taken it out to the | :47:19. | :47:23. | |
communities. They have persevered with the campaign. They've had the | :47:24. | :47:27. | |
cup out at schools, social clubs, bars. | :47:28. | :47:33. | |
They have really milked it. And little wonder, they waited for 14 | :47:34. | :47:37. | |
years for it to happen to them. Who is coming off? A big call from | :47:38. | :47:43. | |
Neil Lennon. Bringing on a subhalfway to the match. Admitting | :47:44. | :47:48. | |
you got the starting formation wrong. Tommy Wright did the same | :47:49. | :47:59. | |
thing last week. We hear a former Aberdeen player is | :48:00. | :48:03. | |
about to come off. One thing is certain, Hibernian need | :48:04. | :48:07. | |
the next goal. If there is to be another goal. | :48:08. | :48:17. | |
Grant Halt gives that target up front. Marciano was kick long. | :48:18. | :48:25. | |
They have played with two up front. It suits better for Cummings to have | :48:26. | :48:30. | |
someone alongside him to help take the pressure off. | :48:31. | :48:35. | |
You can see what this guy thinks of the change. | :48:36. | :48:40. | |
It's disappointing. A big match, a big occasion for him, for his | :48:41. | :48:45. | |
family. To be taken off after 30 minutes will be disappointing. He | :48:46. | :48:50. | |
will recognise it is a tactical decision, not his performance. | :48:51. | :48:55. | |
But he will be hurting. Well, he joined an elite list last | :48:56. | :49:00. | |
season. He's an FA Cup winner's medal from his time at Wigan. | :49:01. | :49:10. | |
Grant Halt has only scored four times this season. He is on to | :49:11. | :49:14. | |
salvage the situation that Hibs are in. A long throw from Ambrose. | :49:15. | :49:28. | |
McGinn. Thinking about the long range shot. He might as well. | :49:29. | :49:40. | |
It's gone over Reynolds. He obviously got the shout from Lewis. | :49:41. | :49:47. | |
Good communication from the goal keeper. | :49:48. | :49:55. | |
Goals in 1 seconds and 25 minutes from Rooney and Christie and | :49:56. | :49:57. | |
Aberdeen have one foot in the final. Cummings, well, Logan read that | :49:58. | :50:34. | |
Great defending from Logan. He read the danger and got in front. | :50:35. | :50:39. | |
He's been a really good signing for Aberdeen. He won the League Cup | :50:40. | :50:44. | |
He's been a really good signing for within his first couple of months. | :50:45. | :50:52. | |
On loan from Brentford. He played with Niall McGinn at | :50:53. | :50:57. | |
Brentford. A good run by Boyle. That's a great | :50:58. | :51:06. | |
ball by Grant Holt who makes an instant impact! Hibs are right back | :51:07. | :51:13. | |
into the semi-final. Brilliantly done by the men in green and white. | :51:14. | :51:16. | |
That will make a world of difference to the holders. | :51:17. | :51:22. | |
This is what Grant Holt is about. Shows his pace, works the ball into | :51:23. | :51:26. | |
a dangerous area. What an impact from Grant Holt. | :51:27. | :51:32. | |
Nine minutes before half-time. Grant Holt's fifth goal of the season. | :51:33. | :51:39. | |
Maybe his most important one! He has kept Hibs' heartbeating! What a | :51:40. | :51:49. | |
wonderful ball in by Martin Boyle. He needed to get the delivery 100% | :51:50. | :51:55. | |
and he did. All Grant Holt had to do was steer it on target. It's Hibs, | :51:56. | :52:08. | |
one, Aberdeen, two. Well, there is Jack and Berkley | :52:09. | :52:13. | |
getting up close and personal. It may prove a master close from | :52:14. | :52:19. | |
Neil Lennon. They have been playing 4-42 for a large part of the season. | :52:20. | :52:24. | |
Grant Holt gives the physicality. He does his best work in and around the | :52:25. | :52:30. | |
six-yard box. If you put it in there, he's a danger. | :52:31. | :52:35. | |
Now Aberdeen will ask the question. Hibs will have the ascendency now. | :52:36. | :52:38. | |
There is Grant Holt to Cummings. That's why professionals say a 2-0 | :52:39. | :53:00. | |
shed a dodgy lead. You are never safe at 2-0. | :53:01. | :53:06. | |
Absolutely not. I think that Derek McInnes will be frustrated at his | :53:07. | :53:10. | |
team. He is gutted. You can understand why. | :53:11. | :53:14. | |
You can understand why Neil Lennon made the change. Look at the | :53:15. | :53:20. | |
scoreline now it is a lot healthier for Hibernian. A whole lot better. | :53:21. | :53:38. | |
The Hibs fans are singing now. Hayes in the middle and Rooney | :53:39. | :53:49. | |
arriving there too. Aberdeen didn't look comfortable | :53:50. | :53:54. | |
last week when St Johnstone pulled one back. | :53:55. | :54:07. | |
This is really exciting. 50-odd minutes left. | :54:08. | :54:19. | |
High-stakes shooting at the National Stadium. | :54:20. | :54:26. | |
Strong running from Kenny McLean. But he ran out of options. Snuffed | :54:27. | :54:40. | |
out by the two Hibernian players. Boyle again on the right. | :54:41. | :54:48. | |
Aberdeen are rattled. It's another Boyle cross. Again, | :54:49. | :54:51. | |
it's a good delivery. That's why he's in the team. | :54:52. | :55:04. | |
Just having Holt in the box, gives them something they didn't have. | :55:05. | :55:27. | |
A challenge by McGregor. We've got a game on again here. | :55:28. | :55:33. | |
That's a foul by John McGinn. He wants to be careful. | :55:34. | :55:38. | |
Two strikes and he misses the next game which is the final. He's on a | :55:39. | :55:43. | |
A sloppy one from John. A sloppy one from John. | :55:44. | :55:56. | |
. It's the sort of foul, if you do two or three, the booking generally | :55:57. | :55:58. | |
comes. A different class. | :55:59. | :56:23. | |
He read the danger. The composure to play in defence. | :56:24. | :56:34. | |
I wonder how many feel that some of these should be in the Scotland | :56:35. | :56:36. | |
squad? Kenny McLean. He has a sweet left | :56:37. | :57:39. | |
foot. He drags it past the near post. | :57:40. | :57:52. | |
Edging ever closer to the interval. Rooney, scam perking after that. | :57:53. | :58:10. | |
Better from Hibs. Boyle was fouled but play on. | :58:11. | :58:26. | |
That came off the toe of Christie. John McGinn, he finds Cummings in | :58:27. | :58:34. | |
space. Reynolds deals with it. | :58:35. | :58:39. | |
He needs a bit of help, though. It arrives. And the pressure is still | :58:40. | :58:46. | |
on Aberdeen here. These big games, they've been | :58:47. | :58:49. | |
accused of filling in over the last few seasons. | :58:50. | :58:54. | |
They'll have to stand up now. Hibs certainly have. Since Neil Lennon | :58:55. | :58:56. | |
made that change... Boyle, and there certainly have. Since Neil Lennon | :58:57. | :59:07. | |
is time and space here. Lots of it. It came off McGinn's head. | :59:08. | :59:11. | |
Much better from Hibs. Putting pressure on Aberdeen. Getting the | :59:12. | :59:17. | |
balls in the box. John just couldn't get an honest header there to direct | :59:18. | :59:23. | |
it goalwards. It's been a quiet first half. John | :59:24. | :59:28. | |
than he normally is. than he normally is. | :59:29. | :59:34. | |
-- John would have been expected to be on the ball more than he has | :59:35. | :59:37. | |
been. One minute added on. | :59:38. | :59:40. | |
Two minutes left in the first half. Hearing word that Andrew Considine | :59:41. | :59:55. | |
is struggling a bit. He will soldier on until half-time. | :59:56. | :00:12. | |
That came off the Aberdeen man last, Logan prevents the corner. Hibs are | :00:13. | :00:19. | |
keeping on the pressure at the end of the first half. | :00:20. | :00:47. | |
Boil again giving Aberdeen problems down the inside of that defence. We | :00:48. | :01:00. | |
said that Hibs needed the next goal, and they got it. Yes, and Neil | :01:01. | :01:06. | |
Lennon had to do something. It was a positive substitution and had | :01:07. | :01:09. | |
immediate impact. Since then Hibs have come much more into the game, | :01:10. | :01:13. | |
started getting balls into the box. Grant Holt has given them that | :01:14. | :01:15. | |
started getting balls into the box. threat and physicality, and threaten | :01:16. | :01:19. | |
the box that they needed and missed in the opening 30 minutes. Ambrose | :01:20. | :01:27. | |
nicking that office Celtic team-mate, Christie. Headstones have | :01:28. | :01:32. | |
time to finish this attack, it is half-time at Hampden. As things | :01:33. | :01:35. | |
stand Aberdeen are going through to the Scottish Cup final, but their | :01:36. | :01:40. | |
lead is not as comfortable as they would have liked to have been at the | :01:41. | :01:44. | |
double. Adam Rooney scoring and 12 seconds, Ryan Christie's free kick | :01:45. | :01:50. | |
and 25 made it 2-0, but Grant Holt had only been on the pitch a moment | :01:51. | :01:54. | |
or two as a substitute for Fraser Fyvie, and headed Hibs right back | :01:55. | :02:00. | |
into the equation. Half-time in Glasgow. STUDIO: It is game on, it | :02:01. | :02:09. | |
did not look that way for the first 25 minutes. Did not look that way | :02:10. | :02:14. | |
for the first 12 seconds as Adam Rooney netted as Hibs got it | :02:15. | :02:17. | |
horribly wrong, and again with Christie scoring to make it 2-0, and | :02:18. | :02:21. | |
game Grant Holt, and that is what you call instant impact from the | :02:22. | :02:25. | |
substitute, and it has Hibs right back in this Scottish Cup semifinal. | :02:26. | :02:34. | |
2-1 Aberdeen lead. Hibs got it right eventually, but they could have been | :02:35. | :02:38. | |
completely out of it by now. Could have been. Fair play to Neil Lennon | :02:39. | :02:43. | |
for recognising what I think everyone else in the same | :02:44. | :02:45. | |
recognised, but a change needed to be made. It was an instant impact. | :02:46. | :02:49. | |
The start of the game could not have been any worse, right from the | :02:50. | :02:53. | |
kick-off giving away a terrible goal from their perspective. But a lot of | :02:54. | :02:58. | |
credit Aberdeen, they were right on top, John McGinn, hunting down, they | :02:59. | :03:03. | |
were like that for the first 35 merits of the game and Aberdeen | :03:04. | :03:10. | |
deserved to be 2-0 up at that stage. Cruising for the first 25 minutes, | :03:11. | :03:14. | |
but they have a game now. Absolutely. It was handed to the | :03:15. | :03:17. | |
model that at the start. John McGinn, double what he was thinking | :03:18. | :03:20. | |
about. And sure they do not work on that on the training field. But Adam | :03:21. | :03:25. | |
Rooney, so calm and cool. He has been quiet recently, but when he | :03:26. | :03:28. | |
gets an opportunity like that it is not often miss. And then Ryan | :03:29. | :03:31. | |
Christie steps in and gets the second and a living is going | :03:32. | :03:35. | |
Aberdeen's way. Managers are there to make big decisions, Neil Lennon | :03:36. | :03:38. | |
made that decision. Turn the game right on its head. And then Hibs | :03:39. | :03:43. | |
started dominating towards the end of that first half. What a semifinal | :03:44. | :03:47. | |
we have got. What a great second half in store. The funny thing here, | :03:48. | :03:54. | |
the team that is going into- one at half-time is probably be happier. It | :03:55. | :03:59. | |
is strange to see the Dean getting beat us happier, but the momentum | :04:00. | :04:03. | |
shift is the point in trying to make a move that has been massive in the | :04:04. | :04:06. | |
last ten minutes of the first half. Hibs will go in at half-time buoyed | :04:07. | :04:10. | |
up by that change, and thinking they are right in the game. How badly did | :04:11. | :04:18. | |
this go wrong? Not from the training ground, this. First John McGinn and | :04:19. | :04:21. | |
then Darren McGregor, a catalogue of ground, this. First John McGinn and | :04:22. | :04:24. | |
errors, and Aberdeen were in front within 12 seconds. It is incredible. | :04:25. | :04:30. | |
It is a semifinal, you want to make sure you're in the game. Do | :04:31. | :04:34. | |
everything wrong. It starts with John McGinn, I don't know what he is | :04:35. | :04:36. | |
thinking about here, but full credit Aberdeen. It was like that for a lot | :04:37. | :04:42. | |
of the first half, barred from Berkeley doing what he is in to do, | :04:43. | :04:49. | |
but just there,. It is linked incredibly bad person Darren | :04:50. | :04:56. | |
McGregor. It is good play from Adam Rooney, to continue to be on the | :04:57. | :05:01. | |
front foot might you see that from Aberdeen to never switch off. As is | :05:02. | :05:04. | |
Berkeley won the ball, Aberdeen were still on the front foot and able to | :05:05. | :05:09. | |
capitalise. And it is the finish as well. You look at Adam Rooney. Quiet | :05:10. | :05:14. | |
recently, but he gets the opportunity there, he doesn't make a | :05:15. | :05:18. | |
mistake, knows exactly what he is going to do with it. And slips it | :05:19. | :05:22. | |
into the back of the net. A great start for the Dons, undoubtedly. The | :05:23. | :05:30. | |
first part of that game... Graeme Shinnie was going right up, | :05:31. | :05:33. | |
supporting Adam Rooney, Kenny McLean was a lot deeper in the midfield. | :05:34. | :05:39. | |
Graeme Shinnie's energy in that final thought was probably the | :05:40. | :05:41. | |
trigger for a lot of the times that Aberdeen were closing headstone. | :05:42. | :05:54. | |
Hence have got promotion, the main mission for the season, they have a | :05:55. | :05:57. | |
chance to load the pressure and Aberdeen, and they took it off | :05:58. | :06:01. | |
immediately. They have done the job they need to do in the league, no | :06:02. | :06:05. | |
doubt, but this is the semifinal of the Scottish Cup. They are the | :06:06. | :06:08. | |
holders. It is OK singer getting a free shot at it, but you have to | :06:09. | :06:12. | |
start the game in the proper manner, and they did not do that. They were | :06:13. | :06:18. | |
too relaxed. They handed the game initially to Aberdeen. And you | :06:19. | :06:20. | |
cannot do that in a semifinal, not against a team like Aberdeen. We | :06:21. | :06:24. | |
know they other second-best team in the country. They are out there to | :06:25. | :06:28. | |
prove it, and basically Hibs did not turn up in the early stages. In this | :06:29. | :06:34. | |
occasion Aberdeen did. The early goal obviously did massive damage to | :06:35. | :06:37. | |
Hibs, but the midfield mix was not working. It wasn't. There were | :06:38. | :06:41. | |
occasions where Aberdeen were closing headstone well, but Hibs, | :06:42. | :06:48. | |
just look at the space here in behind Shay Logan. They are not | :06:49. | :06:53. | |
exploiting it. They're not getting the ball in behind and penetrating, | :06:54. | :06:56. | |
and it allows Aberdeen to continue to press and beyond the front foot. | :06:57. | :07:01. | |
Eventually there is a long aimless ball up the park. And when they do | :07:02. | :07:06. | |
break, Aluko John McGinn a simple sideways pass, the game gets broken | :07:07. | :07:10. | |
down, Aberdeen get behind, if he sends John McGinn in earlier, they | :07:11. | :07:14. | |
can break. But look at the game stop, Aberdeen defenders back in | :07:15. | :07:19. | |
play. That has to be recognition from Hibs players of whether can | :07:20. | :07:22. | |
hurt the opposition. That's what happened with the substitute, | :07:23. | :07:24. | |
getting more bodies in the final third. Could made earlier? It good. | :07:25. | :07:31. | |
We're sitting behind the Hibs bench was that they recognised ten minutes | :07:32. | :07:35. | |
before the change needed to be made. I was surprised they did not make it | :07:36. | :07:38. | |
before the change needed to be made. earlier, because they recognised it | :07:39. | :07:42. | |
themselves. After half an hour, it is still early for assault. Goal | :07:43. | :07:47. | |
number two was a nightmare for Hibs as well. Do you blame the wall, do | :07:48. | :07:52. | |
you blame Marciano? A bit of both? It was certainly quick thinking by | :07:53. | :07:53. | |
Ryan Christie. You have to say was a It was certainly quick thinking by | :07:54. | :07:58. | |
fabulous free kick. And then you have to point the finger. The | :07:59. | :08:04. | |
bollards shall do high goes past the wall, it was in between. The split. | :08:05. | :08:10. | |
He is looking at any McLean and thinking might be cut back. I am not | :08:11. | :08:16. | |
absolving Marciano of responsibility, he has to do better, | :08:17. | :08:19. | |
but of a wall standstill, that hates them and it is not a goal. It is | :08:20. | :08:26. | |
terrible from the wall. As he looks over shoulder, Dylan McGeouch, he is | :08:27. | :08:33. | |
trying to anticipate it. That is not his job. His job is to be in the | :08:34. | :08:37. | |
wall. It is to stand firm in nature that front post is covered. The | :08:38. | :08:40. | |
minute the wall splits, the goalkeeper is exposed. And | :08:41. | :08:45. | |
unfortunately for Marciano, he takes a step out and is bidding the cross, | :08:46. | :08:48. | |
then it is with the difficult for them to get back in and cover the | :08:49. | :08:56. | |
near post. Play Ryan Christie instead of Niall McGinn, the team | :08:57. | :09:00. | |
selection of Derek McInnes. He given last week and did well, scored a | :09:01. | :09:04. | |
goal, so he is high on confidence. That is great technique. Even though | :09:05. | :09:07. | |
the wall is blood, Celtic 's ability to bend it to the near post and not | :09:08. | :09:12. | |
allow Marciano the chance to get to it. So it is a big call from Derek | :09:13. | :09:16. | |
McInnes, and it has paid off today. And so on Kim Grant Holt, and must | :09:17. | :09:20. | |
immediately he was getting on the end of a cross and suddenly the game | :09:21. | :09:25. | |
changed completely. It was crying out for some physicality. Let's face | :09:26. | :09:29. | |
it. The Aberdeen centre-backs, they have nothing to do. They were | :09:30. | :09:36. | |
totally on top, didn't have to think about the game, and then the | :09:37. | :09:38. | |
substitution is made and they have to think about it. Unfortunately | :09:39. | :09:41. | |
here, Taylor does not think about it, because he has got to pick up | :09:42. | :09:44. | |
Grant Holt on that occasion. He it, because he has got to pick up | :09:45. | :09:51. | |
doesn't do it, Grant Holt plays on the shoulder, drifts off, and he is | :09:52. | :09:55. | |
not going to miss from a distance. Do not think it is just a wonderful | :09:56. | :10:00. | |
cross? Sometimes you have to take off your heart and say, what could | :10:01. | :10:05. | |
you do? You would expect a better? It is a wonderful cross, I'm not | :10:06. | :10:08. | |
disputing that. It is a really difficult one to defend. But when | :10:09. | :10:12. | |
you have when you're out there and you have a striker who is six pit | :10:13. | :10:17. | |
four inches drifting off you, behind you, that is wrong, you have to make | :10:18. | :10:22. | |
sure you are marking him. I think Taylor will look at that and think, | :10:23. | :10:26. | |
I could have done better. The change also gives dues and coming so that | :10:27. | :10:29. | |
more freedom. Suddenly the centre-backs have the rise on hold. | :10:30. | :10:35. | |
In the last ten minutes of the first half he saw occasions when Jason was | :10:36. | :10:40. | |
drifting off to the space on the left, putting crosses into the box, | :10:41. | :10:43. | |
and you have Grant Holt in the middle, it just makes the whole | :10:44. | :10:47. | |
dynamics at the back, for Aberdeen, they have to do something. The first | :10:48. | :10:52. | |
half an hour they were cruising. They did not have to think about | :10:53. | :10:56. | |
anything. Long balls coming up, headed away. No Grant Holt is there | :10:57. | :11:00. | |
it allows more space to move and it has caused Aberdeen problems. | :11:01. | :11:05. | |
Sometimes it is difficult for a central defender to adapt when | :11:06. | :11:08. | |
you're smoking a cigar one moment and then you have to work for your | :11:09. | :11:14. | |
money. The question is, can be handled at physicality of Grant | :11:15. | :11:16. | |
Holt. They have not handled them since he came on the pitch. Ashton | :11:17. | :11:22. | |
Taylor town dressed, but not only that, anything played high towards | :11:23. | :11:26. | |
the two central defenders, and Grant Holt has won it. Whereas before that | :11:27. | :11:30. | |
both centre-backs were definitely on top of Jason Cummings. I'm sure | :11:31. | :11:36. | |
Derek McInnes is talking to us to centre-backs at the moment, make | :11:37. | :11:39. | |
sure you get close, make sure that you win the physical battle. Make | :11:40. | :11:45. | |
sure that when any high also coming up, that Ashton Taylor, who is more | :11:46. | :11:48. | |
than capable of being physical, make sure you win the first all. It is an | :11:49. | :11:55. | |
intriguing situation halfway through this first Scottish Cup semifinal, | :11:56. | :12:00. | |
it is Aberdeen 2-1 up against Hibs. Lots of the bodily players, will be | :12:01. | :12:04. | |
interesting to see of him, it on the second half the women finished the | :12:05. | :12:08. | |
first half. But let's think about the second semifinal tomorrow, | :12:09. | :12:15. | |
highlights tomorrow night on BBC. It is Celtic against Rangers, live | :12:16. | :12:19. | |
coverage as ever on Sunday sports owned. You will see the best of it | :12:20. | :12:24. | |
tomorrow night along with the best of this one as well. This was last | :12:25. | :12:35. | |
meeting of Celtic and Rangers, only meeting this season but has used | :12:36. | :12:39. | |
anything for Rangers. They came back to equalise late on another one of | :12:40. | :12:43. | |
the players of the season, Stuart Armstrong, but Celtic in front, and | :12:44. | :12:47. | |
you felt at that stage we would make it four out of four against Rangers. | :12:48. | :12:51. | |
You would have thought so, but full credit to Rangers, it was a very | :12:52. | :12:57. | |
much deserved draw. A great strike and read anticipation to get the | :12:58. | :13:04. | |
equaliser. But the game tomorrow definitely has a different shape to | :13:05. | :13:09. | |
it. If it had been three months ago you would think Celtic would win | :13:10. | :13:13. | |
without question, Celtic are still the massive favourites, but Pedro | :13:14. | :13:17. | |
Caixinha has brought energy to Rangers, Celtic have tapered off | :13:18. | :13:19. | |
slightly because they have won the league. So that gap is not as big. | :13:20. | :13:24. | |
Celtic are still without doubt favourites, but there is a bit more | :13:25. | :13:30. | |
of a chink of light for Rangers. You would think some teams would switch | :13:31. | :13:34. | |
off at this stage, and you're thinking about the treble, but not | :13:35. | :13:40. | |
Brendan Rodgers' team. No. They have targets and Brendan Rodgers has | :13:41. | :13:43. | |
spoken about his target. There is no doubt that the treble is a huge | :13:44. | :13:47. | |
target. You will be keen to get the Scottish Cup in the boardroom as | :13:48. | :13:52. | |
well. It will be a difficult game, no doubt Celtic will start as | :13:53. | :13:55. | |
favourites, they are the better team, but watching Rangers at | :13:56. | :13:58. | |
Pittodrie, they have an organisation about them. They have strengthened | :13:59. | :14:01. | |
at the back, they understand what their jobs are. Taking three goals | :14:02. | :14:06. | |
of Aberdeen Pittodrie is a fine thing. I think it will be a real | :14:07. | :14:13. | |
tough game, it is an Old Firm game, and anything can happen at all firm | :14:14. | :14:22. | |
games. The players are getting back on the pitch, how will this resume? | :14:23. | :14:27. | |
Can Hibs kick off? No reason why not. The question is Aberdeen, how | :14:28. | :14:32. | |
will they react? Challenge that expose them at the end of the half. | :14:33. | :14:39. | |
I said before the game, Niall McGinn has a big part to play. Aberdeen | :14:40. | :14:43. | |
have got to get up the park, they have Jonny Hayes that can get them | :14:44. | :14:46. | |
up, Niall McGinn can do that as well. But the questions about | :14:47. | :14:50. | |
Aberdeen. They have not right. It is a big heart for them, but one that | :14:51. | :14:54. | |
their take capable of taking forward a getting a result. It is advantage | :14:55. | :14:59. | |
Aberdeen, halfway through in this first Scottish Cup semifinal. 12 | :15:00. | :15:03. | |
seconds was all it took for Adam Rooney to rifle in the opening goal, | :15:04. | :15:08. | |
Ryan Christie's free kick slipping under Marciano for number two. On | :15:09. | :15:12. | |
came Grant Holt to change the whole complexion of the game. Off the | :15:13. | :15:18. | |
bench, in the back of the net, 2-1, and Hibs looking to hit back after | :15:19. | :15:24. | |
Rooney scored the opening goal, Christy backing up his selection | :15:25. | :15:29. | |
with goal number two, and substitute Grant Holt striking for 2-1. Becomes | :15:30. | :15:40. | |
the second half live. COMMENTATOR: Getting odds of 18-1 with the town | :15:41. | :15:45. | |
and sponsors for Hibs to win this game in 90 minutes. They have the | :15:46. | :15:54. | |
ascendancy at half-time. Grant Holt, 36 years of age, veteran striker. On | :15:55. | :16:07. | |
to rescue it. No further changes. Andrew Considine is fit to start the | :16:08. | :16:11. | |
second half. Or, going through a bit of a warm up below is as the players | :16:12. | :16:19. | |
come back out for the second half. That isn't a monitor, the Aberdeen | :16:20. | :16:24. | |
left-back. The Dons in the red and white shooting towards Mount | :16:25. | :16:27. | |
left-back. The Dons in the red and Florida, the West End of the | :16:28. | :16:29. | |
stadium, where most of their supporters are housed. Heads going | :16:30. | :16:36. | |
other way with about 20,000 Hibs fans. What a 45 minutes we could | :16:37. | :16:47. | |
have here. Neil Lennon has shown how astute he is at spotting problems. | :16:48. | :16:50. | |
He withdrew Fraser Fyvie, but on Grant Holt, and it is back in the | :16:51. | :16:59. | |
melting pot. The plane misses out a Darren McGregor, former St Mirren | :17:00. | :17:02. | |
team-mate. It is an Aberdeen corner in the opening moments. A bright | :17:03. | :17:07. | |
start again from Aberdeen. Good run from Kenny McLean, past the first | :17:08. | :17:11. | |
offender and then out for a first corner. First corner of the match. | :17:12. | :17:23. | |
Is it? Jonathan Hayes over it, he delivers... Ambroise beats tailored | :17:24. | :17:35. | |
to it. Through the legs again, here is Maclean, captained by Grant Holt. | :17:36. | :17:41. | |
It is Aberdeen free kick in a promising area. That is a rash | :17:42. | :17:52. | |
challenge from Grant Holt. Cynical. Fold with the arm and a leg. He | :17:53. | :17:57. | |
caught an arm in the face, but it was more the connection with a leg | :17:58. | :17:58. | |
that brought him down. Extra time and penalties if | :17:59. | :18:16. | |
required. The days of semifinal replay is long gone. | :18:17. | :18:26. | |
Hibs lost one of the last ones, a penalty. Christie takes. The worst | :18:27. | :18:42. | |
ball of the day from an Aberdeen point of view. Really powerful study | :18:43. | :18:47. | |
would expect a better delivery, you can see what he was time to do, I | :18:48. | :18:50. | |
bit into that area, but gets it all wrong. On his own at the moment, but | :18:51. | :18:59. | |
capable of causing all kinds of problems. | :19:00. | :19:17. | |
Headlining up, they have 24. Miscommunication between McGinn and | :19:18. | :19:28. | |
Stevenson. Looking for a bit of movement that didn't come. The last | :19:29. | :19:39. | |
and Aberdeen won a Scottish Cup semifinal it was a 2-1 success over | :19:40. | :19:46. | |
Hibs. The same scoreline in the last time the net at this stage, in Hibs' | :19:47. | :19:57. | |
favour. They have met in this competition since then, it was the | :19:58. | :20:02. | |
season after, carry on in the Truman, Hibs won that as well, 1-0. | :20:03. | :20:09. | |
Gary Deegan, scored an absolute cracker to Hibs through. Scott | :20:10. | :20:15. | |
Vernon missed a penalty. Rather it was saved by Ben Williams. | :20:16. | :20:57. | |
How do Aberdeen approach this, now that it is 2-1 and not 2-0. It is | :20:58. | :21:05. | |
change the mix, they were on cruise control, but it has become a | :21:06. | :21:10. | |
different game. You still in control because of the score, and they don't | :21:11. | :21:15. | |
have to chase it. Generally when they are in the lead, they can see | :21:16. | :21:17. | |
games out. This game will stretch between now | :21:18. | :21:44. | |
and full-time, there will be chances at either end. | :21:45. | :21:58. | |
Foul the Hibs midfielder. Get there just before Rooney, full stretch, a | :21:59. | :22:10. | |
striker's challenge. Marvin Bartley just before Rooney, full stretch, a | :22:11. | :22:20. | |
looks as though he is struggling, a heavy limp. Limping very heavily. An | :22:21. | :22:34. | |
important player for it. Meantime, free kick. Taylor does his job this | :22:35. | :22:37. | |
time. One of Ambroise's long throw ins. Is | :22:38. | :23:10. | |
the concern that Grant Holt is winning everything in the air? I | :23:11. | :23:17. | |
think it is a concern, absolutely. Think how comfortable the Aberdeen | :23:18. | :23:20. | |
centre hearts were period of the game. He is a target man, it does | :23:21. | :23:25. | |
change that the annex for Aberdeen. I wonder whether they would look at | :23:26. | :23:29. | |
bringing on another defender, to deal with his presence. | :23:30. | :23:58. | |
Heads on such a high having sealed the championship title last week | :23:59. | :24:21. | |
over Queen of the South. That is the third time in a row that Aberdeen | :24:22. | :24:25. | |
have been sloppy with the ball. Yes, they don't have the same fluidity | :24:26. | :24:28. | |
with their passing as they did in the first half. Complete control of | :24:29. | :24:33. | |
the first half, their ball retention was good. They have been sloppy at | :24:34. | :24:39. | |
the start of the second. Yours Boyle, who set up the Hibs goal. | :24:40. | :24:44. | |
McGeouch, one of the smallest players in the park, wins that | :24:45. | :24:45. | |
header. Hibs are unbeaten in their last 11 | :24:46. | :24:55. | |
Scottish Cup ties. Finally back in the top flight. | :24:56. | :25:14. | |
Missed out on the play-offs to Rangers in Falkirk respectively in | :25:15. | :25:19. | |
the last couple of seasons. No need to worry about that this time | :25:20. | :25:20. | |
around. Former team-mates at St Mirren. | :25:21. | :25:50. | |
Trying to dig it out. Good defending by Darren McGregor. Standing tall, | :25:51. | :25:55. | |
forcing Kenny into making the mistake. He is a very hard man to | :25:56. | :26:03. | |
get by, his upper body strength. Jack gets there just in time. The | :26:04. | :26:22. | |
effort from Shay Logan... Scored the winner against Ross County in | :26:23. | :26:25. | |
Dingwall couple of rounds back. He is right to take it on. It opened up | :26:26. | :26:30. | |
for him. But he just drags it past the goalkeeper's post. It is a much | :26:31. | :26:39. | |
more even contest now. Which is what we expected. Certainly was. Both | :26:40. | :26:50. | |
Hibs goals were self-inflicted, although Aberdeen were putting them | :26:51. | :26:53. | |
under pressure. They have not reached that temple in the second | :26:54. | :26:56. | |
half in terms of harrying them and dominating the midfield. Connor | :26:57. | :27:02. | |
looks as though he is being readied for action. Left out of the starting | :27:03. | :27:05. | |
XI today in favour of Mark Reynolds. Hayes get mad, does he have the | :27:06. | :27:35. | |
delivery? Boyle was looking for Maclean. He does the hard part, and | :27:36. | :27:42. | |
then he has to pick somebody out but picks the wrong option. Considine, | :27:43. | :27:50. | |
Opera Ball. Aberdeen are not finding it as easy | :27:51. | :28:03. | |
as they were. Any were last in the League Cup | :28:04. | :28:25. | |
final the breach the cup final as well. | :28:26. | :28:31. | |
Derek McInnes winning percentage set around 58 present. That was Alex | :28:32. | :29:09. | |
Ferguson's percentage, beaten only by bulimic Neill. McGuinness has | :29:10. | :29:17. | |
managed Aberdeen 95 fewer times than Ferguson did. The change for | :29:18. | :29:25. | |
Aberdeen 's coming. Connor is coming on, and coming on for Ryan Christie. | :29:26. | :29:36. | |
Not what we were inspecting. I wonder if Derek will change as | :29:37. | :29:39. | |
formation to a back three, what he's going to do. Taking off in attacking | :29:40. | :29:49. | |
player for a defender, certainly. Thinking that Derek will try to see | :29:50. | :29:54. | |
out the game. Good tactic with 32 minutes to play? It is. It is early | :29:55. | :29:59. | |
to do it, it certainly is. Having Christie has had a decent match. | :30:00. | :30:06. | |
Considine There was the Aberdeen second goal, scored by Ryan | :30:07. | :30:13. | |
Christie. A really clever free kick. That at the moment is putting | :30:14. | :30:18. | |
Aberdeen in the William Hill Scottish Cup final. At the moment. | :30:19. | :30:27. | |
More than half an hour to go. And Anthony O'Conner, the Irish man from | :30:28. | :30:32. | |
Cork goes on to replace him. It hasn't always worked for Aberdeen | :30:33. | :30:36. | |
when they've changed from the usual back four. | :30:37. | :30:44. | |
It does add solidity to the defence. Yeah, it does. An extra man to deal | :30:45. | :30:49. | |
with the threat of Cummings and Holt. | :30:50. | :30:56. | |
It might be seen by Hibs as and does this make it 2-2! They do not want | :30:57. | :30:59. | |
to let go of this! 2-0 down, Hibs, two, Aberdeen, two. | :31:00. | :31:16. | |
pot. pot. | :31:17. | :31:21. | |
. It was within seconds of Anthony O'Conner coming tonne the pitch and | :31:22. | :31:26. | |
Aberdeen switching to the back three. A brilliant combination on | :31:27. | :31:30. | |
the edge of the box. A wonderful finish. A lovely goal, Grant Holt | :31:31. | :31:37. | |
again is puffed online. And a decent finish and this edeserve to be back | :31:38. | :31:42. | |
in this match. Question marks over Aberdeen's | :31:43. | :31:55. | |
mentality as Dylan Dylan McGhee finishes. | :31:56. | :31:58. | |
Look at what it means to Neil Lennon. | :31:59. | :32:04. | |
I think he enjoyed that one. A big test of Aberdeen character, | :32:05. | :32:05. | |
that is for sure. Andrew Shinnie is getting ready for | :32:06. | :32:22. | |
Hibs. Who perhaps feel that they have the ascendency to win this now. | :32:23. | :32:26. | |
That would be incredible. If you watched the half hour of the game, | :32:27. | :32:31. | |
and not the rest of it, you would be astonished. | :32:32. | :32:36. | |
Hibs have battled right back into this. | :32:37. | :32:45. | |
Here's Hayes. He goes for the volley but it's comfortable for Marciano. | :32:46. | :32:49. | |
An effort on goal for Aberdeen in the second half. What do you make of | :32:50. | :32:55. | |
the game now? This is how I expected it to be from the start. It's hard | :32:56. | :33:02. | |
to call. Hibs are in the ascendency. Aberdeen on the attack. | :33:03. | :33:07. | |
An extra defender's been brought on. But it's not worked for Aberdeen. | :33:08. | :33:12. | |
Cummings is through here. But he is offside. | :33:13. | :33:22. | |
He's offside. Derek McInnes made the change to | :33:23. | :33:26. | |
shore things up but that plan has been ripped up. | :33:27. | :33:30. | |
It's very tight. Very tight. If anything, he is just off. | :33:31. | :33:36. | |
Bringing in the extra defender for a more creative player... Well, they | :33:37. | :33:39. | |
need him. Exactly. It is designed to help see | :33:40. | :33:44. | |
the game out. Aberdeen probably looking at another change. A | :33:45. | :33:54. | |
positive change. And Dylan McGeoch is coming off fob | :33:55. | :34:01. | |
Andrew Shinnie. A quiet first half but more and more | :34:02. | :34:06. | |
into the game in the second. A lovely goal to get his team back in | :34:07. | :34:13. | |
the match. A great moment for McGeoch. | :34:14. | :34:19. | |
And Andrew Shinnie comes on to face McGeoch. | :34:20. | :34:25. | |
up to his brother, Graeme. It looked like it would be Graeme | :34:26. | :34:29. | |
Shinnie going to the Scottish Cup final. But a toss of the coin. | :34:30. | :34:35. | |
I don't think it will be long before we see an Aberdeen change either. | :34:36. | :34:42. | |
They need to find a way to get back into the match, Aberdeen. | :34:43. | :34:51. | |
The situation that Aberdeen find themselves in is only damaging if | :34:52. | :34:53. | |
they go out of the tournament today. themselves in is only damaging if | :34:54. | :34:59. | |
A big game mentality is under fire over the last few years. It's being | :35:00. | :35:05. | |
questioned once again. The last time in the Scottish Cup | :35:06. | :35:12. | |
semis, they led. They went out to St Johnstone. | :35:13. | :35:18. | |
Hammered in the League Cup final by Celtic. | :35:19. | :35:23. | |
Hammered in the League Cup final by A big sell-out at Pittodrie where | :35:24. | :35:26. | |
they haven't always stepped up in league games. McLean takes it. A | :35:27. | :35:29. | |
fine header away by Ambrose. A contrast from the fist half. | :35:30. | :36:09. | |
Aberdeen were Harrying and pressing but it's a complete role reverse | :36:10. | :36:11. | |
Krunal. Is that simply down to Grant Holt's | :36:12. | :36:17. | |
goal. That changed the complex of the game? I think as a team they | :36:18. | :36:23. | |
have squeezed hard. They have more men forward into the Aberdeen final | :36:24. | :36:26. | |
third and Aberdeen have been sitting back. | :36:27. | :36:38. | |
Logan out on the right. That is good challenging from Andrew Shinnie. | :36:39. | :36:49. | |
Cummings is after this one. The right idea from John McGinn. But | :36:50. | :36:51. | |
a wee too much on the pass. The Dons are looking pretty | :36:52. | :37:06. | |
pedestrian as the moment. Really pedestrian. | :37:07. | :37:08. | |
Another foul by McGregor. Number 10 will be on shortly. | :37:09. | :37:46. | |
Meantime, it's Logan's ball. It's McLean's header. Graeme Shinnie | :37:47. | :37:52. | |
scored the winner in the quarter-final against Partick | :37:53. | :37:59. | |
Thistle. Here he is again. He fancies another | :38:00. | :38:07. | |
go at it. He takes the deflection. Marciano holds on. | :38:08. | :38:11. | |
I think Shinnie is right to take it on. It's awkward for him though, and | :38:12. | :38:17. | |
good clean hands from the goalkeeper. | :38:18. | :38:48. | |
There will be real question marks over Derek McInnes if Aberdeen go | :38:49. | :38:55. | |
out of this. Given he made the change at the back. | :38:56. | :38:58. | |
I think there will be question marks of the team if they were to lose the | :38:59. | :39:03. | |
game. It was levelled at them before the game that they freeze in big | :39:04. | :39:08. | |
matches. This would be one of those occasions. | :39:09. | :39:17. | |
Considine had his eyes on the ball. Talk me through that? If anything, | :39:18. | :39:22. | |
it must be the other way. Considine has his eyes on the ball and there | :39:23. | :39:32. | |
the player goes right through him. Niall McGuinness is ready. He is | :39:33. | :39:37. | |
leaving at the end of this season by the looks of things. | :39:38. | :39:44. | |
So they go back to a back four. It is about the Aberdeen team that | :39:45. | :39:53. | |
many thought would start today. Derek McInnes making the change. | :39:54. | :39:59. | |
Disorganised at the back as a result of it. | :40:00. | :40:21. | |
And in the final quarter. There will be penalties if necessary. The 33rd | :40:22. | :40:30. | |
Scottish Cup match between these two. | :40:31. | :40:52. | |
Crossed by Boyle. That will didisappoint Johnny Hayes. | :40:53. | :40:59. | |
Evading Graeme Shinnie. The last time Aberdeen won this | :41:00. | :41:21. | |
competition, Seal was top of the charts. Pretty Woman was the | :41:22. | :41:28. | |
top-growing movie in the cinemas. A great film! May, 1990. | :41:29. | :41:40. | |
top-growing movie in the cinemas. Brian Irving with the penalty | :41:41. | :41:44. | |
shoot-out. A decisive kick. | :41:45. | :41:55. | |
And Alec McLeish lifted the trophy and he and everyone connected with | :41:56. | :42:00. | |
the club and I'm sure that they didn't expect it to be that length | :42:01. | :42:04. | |
of time until 27 years and counting that it would take to win the | :42:05. | :42:11. | |
Scottish Cup again. And another couple of finals in the | :42:12. | :42:20. | |
90's, losing to Rangers. And in 2000, the last appearance | :42:21. | :42:25. | |
there. Hibs know what it takes to get the job done. The League Club, | :42:26. | :42:33. | |
they know what it takes to come to Hampden and get the job done. If | :42:34. | :42:38. | |
they are to do it the hard way today, 19 left it is two each. | :42:39. | :42:46. | |
Rooney and Christie had Aberdeen 2-up. | :42:47. | :42:58. | |
Then Grant Holt and McGeoch. That is where we stand. | :42:59. | :43:21. | |
It's certainly looking like Considine was halting Holt there. | :43:22. | :43:24. | |
Hibs still have the ball. You just can't predict this anymore. | :43:25. | :43:45. | |
Very difficult to predictin any case. | :43:46. | :43:56. | |
Cummings is away. Clever from Niall McGinn. | :43:57. | :44:02. | |
Here is Jack and Graeme Shinnie. Beaten to it. It's going to be some | :44:03. | :44:16. | |
amount of tension in this Stadium over the next 20 minutes, possibly | :44:17. | :44:24. | |
plus. Neither team are creating too much | :44:25. | :44:28. | |
in the last ten minutes or so. It's cagey, isn't it? Very. Very. | :44:29. | :44:37. | |
It's Niall McGinn with a pretty good record against Hibs. | :44:38. | :44:42. | |
Brilliant were Dan McGregor. Apart from the mistake earlier on, he's | :44:43. | :44:46. | |
had a fine match. He reads the situation. Gets his body in front of | :44:47. | :44:50. | |
McGinn. The Rangers Player of the Season. | :44:51. | :44:56. | |
Rewarded with the Axe. Couldn't believe that they let him | :44:57. | :45:02. | |
go. Not the world's greatest footballer but he has everything in | :45:03. | :45:11. | |
pace, aggression. He's a winner. He dropped back into the junior | :45:12. | :45:17. | |
game. He came back fighting. It shows the | :45:18. | :45:20. | |
attitude he has. Here's Stevenson. | :45:21. | :45:41. | |
Cummings, oh, it's a foul by Considine. This is a very tasty | :45:42. | :45:47. | |
situation for Hibs. Considine allowed Cummings to get | :45:48. | :45:53. | |
goalside of him. Cummings gets a good touch across | :45:54. | :45:57. | |
the body. And there a clear foul by Considine. Clumsy. You can't give | :45:58. | :46:03. | |
those fouls away 20 yards from the goals. | :46:04. | :46:07. | |
He may be about to pay a very heavy price here, Andrew Considine. Jason | :46:08. | :46:12. | |
the prospect of this. the prospect of this. | :46:13. | :46:17. | |
. He's had a quiet match from his standard. He has a chance to make | :46:18. | :46:21. | |
herself a hero. A big moment in a big game here. 15 | :46:22. | :46:35. | |
mens left. Hibs were 2-0 down... It's Cummings and Andrew Shinawtra | :46:36. | :46:39. | |
standing over there. Currently come with the left, or Shinnie with the | :46:40. | :46:46. | |
right. It's Cummings... And an anticlimax for the Hibs' fans. But | :46:47. | :46:51. | |
they celebrate a corner kick here. Hibs' last corner kick at this | :46:52. | :46:55. | |
stadium won them the Scottish Cup. This is their first of the game. | :46:56. | :47:05. | |
Henderson took that corner. David Gray headed home the corner and Hibs | :47:06. | :47:09. | |
lifted the trophy. It put them 3-2 up. Too late in the day for Rangers | :47:10. | :47:13. | |
to do anything about it in the final. | :47:14. | :47:18. | |
In it comes... Aberdeen scrape it away. | :47:19. | :47:23. | |
Ambrose has done very well to keep that alive. | :47:24. | :47:31. | |
This is Boyle. He's been mobbed there. | :47:32. | :47:39. | |
Bullied off by McLean and Logan. Too many clear-cut chances for Hibs | :47:40. | :47:43. | |
but you get the sense that Aberdeen are hanging on a little bit? Yeah, | :47:44. | :47:48. | |
you do. Hibs have the territorial advantage. They were in Aberdeen's | :47:49. | :47:52. | |
half now, they were not in the first half. Aberdeen are the team sitting | :47:53. | :47:58. | |
deeper, defending more. Hibs are asking more questions of Aberdeen | :47:59. | :48:02. | |
now. Hibs have played 11 games before | :48:03. | :48:08. | |
today against top-flight teams before they were relegated. They | :48:09. | :48:15. | |
lost one of them. Last season's League Cup final here against Ross | :48:16. | :48:18. | |
County. It's a brilliant record. | :48:19. | :48:22. | |
You'd have to fancy them for at least the top six in the Premiership | :48:23. | :48:25. | |
now that the club are back. That will be the expectation of the | :48:26. | :48:31. | |
supporters. They're a big club. I'm glad they're back in the top league. | :48:32. | :48:35. | |
They've got fantastic support, a brilliant infrastructure. It is the | :48:36. | :48:39. | |
aim for them to be in the top six. A couple of draws with Hearts. Beat | :48:40. | :48:47. | |
them in replays. Beat Dundee United. Caley Thistle in the replay. | :48:48. | :48:54. | |
Aberdeen, St Johnstone and Ross County have been defeated. A yellow | :48:55. | :48:58. | |
card is to be shown here to Grant Holt. It's not one of those that | :48:59. | :49:03. | |
would miss the final if Hibs are to get there. Andrew Shinnie is one. | :49:04. | :49:10. | |
He is unlucky Holt, he didn't touch there. | :49:11. | :49:20. | |
He gave Hibs the foothold that they needed today. | :49:21. | :49:51. | |
Niall McGinn wins a free kick for Aberdeen this time. A decent set | :49:52. | :49:59. | |
piece opportunity here. It's similar position to the Jason | :50:00. | :50:06. | |
Cummings free kick. Clumsy here. Ambrose read the situation. A | :50:07. | :50:08. | |
needless free kick. Are you feeling the nerves yet? If | :50:09. | :50:28. | |
you're not, you will be soon. Going into the final ten minutes, almost. | :50:29. | :50:32. | |
The prospect of extra time grows larger by the minute. | :50:33. | :50:37. | |
McGinn leave it is for McLean. larger by the minute. | :50:38. | :50:45. | |
Decide... A poor attempt from Kenny McLean. He will be disappointed. | :50:46. | :50:48. | |
Your can see what he was trying to do. | :50:49. | :50:55. | |
He couldn't get anywhere near the net. | :50:56. | :51:00. | |
Derek McInnes is rightly frustrated with his team. He wants more from | :51:01. | :51:05. | |
them. They've hardly been creative in the second half. | :51:06. | :51:10. | |
Hayes is quiet, Rooney is quiet. Just one Martin Boyle cross, one | :51:11. | :51:34. | |
Grant Holt header. It turned the game. | :51:35. | :51:40. | |
McLabour forced it towards Rooney. As with most things in the second | :51:41. | :51:45. | |
half it's not worked for Aberdeen. The final ten minutes. At a level | :51:46. | :51:50. | |
semi-final how do you approach the ten minutes. Sit and wonder and hope | :51:51. | :51:55. | |
that extra time is not such a bad thing? Given the stakes? I think | :51:56. | :51:59. | |
that both would be happy to get into extra time. | :52:00. | :52:07. | |
They both love a winning goal. There's's Hayes. | :52:08. | :52:22. | |
There's Holt tripped by Graeme Shinnie. He's going to be booked for | :52:23. | :52:27. | |
that. It's the right decision from the | :52:28. | :52:33. | |
referee. Shinnie knows he is out of the game. | :52:34. | :52:41. | |
He cinically brings down Holt. Ryan Jack the only player in danger | :52:42. | :52:46. | |
of missing the final if the Dons were to get there. | :52:47. | :52:54. | |
One of the most booked players in Scotland, Graeme Shinnie. He plays | :52:55. | :52:57. | |
on the edge. If there is an extra half an hour, | :52:58. | :53:03. | |
he will create an area for Hibs to conduct. | :53:04. | :53:07. | |
John McGinn, what a good ball that is. | :53:08. | :53:18. | |
Considine gets it ahead of Boyle. Everyone thought we were going to | :53:19. | :53:22. | |
extra time in the final last year, 2-2. | :53:23. | :53:41. | |
Eight minutes to play of the 90. If they score now you start to think | :53:42. | :53:52. | |
you're going to the final. It's McGinn. | :53:53. | :54:02. | |
Here's John Beaton. Well, still memories fresh in the | :54:03. | :54:09. | |
mind of the Aberdeen players of the recent capitulation to Rangers at | :54:10. | :54:14. | |
Pittodrie when they conceded three goals in four minutes. A few weeks | :54:15. | :54:21. | |
back. They were under the cosh, the Perth | :54:22. | :54:27. | |
club. Saints couldn't find the equaliser. | :54:28. | :54:32. | |
They have been a model of consistency, Aberdeen. The Rangers | :54:33. | :54:37. | |
performance in the last ten minutes was uncharacteristic, really. | :54:38. | :54:40. | |
They've not been making mistakes as a team. | :54:41. | :54:47. | |
Another foul by Graeme Shinnie. Aberdeen can't afford for him to be | :54:48. | :54:49. | |
sent off. It was ambitious but it's deflected | :54:50. | :55:49. | |
into the net! How's your luck?! Johnny Hayes gives Aberdeen the lead | :55:50. | :55:53. | |
with six to play. And are they heading for the Scottish Cup final?! | :55:54. | :55:59. | |
NARP ale, it's brilliant play from Hayes. Working the room for a shot. | :56:00. | :56:06. | |
But how cruel on the Hibs players who have worked so hard to get back | :56:07. | :56:10. | |
into the game. To have a wicked deflection taking it past the | :56:11. | :56:16. | |
goalkeeper. He does well to get the shot. But that's as cruel as it | :56:17. | :56:22. | |
gets. In or Darren McGregor. Heartbreak | :56:23. | :56:29. | |
for Hibernian. It's going down as an own goal. | :56:30. | :56:34. | |
Look at that there. Certainly the McGregor touch has proven decisive. | :56:35. | :56:39. | |
That is going down as an own goal against Darren McGregor. One way or | :56:40. | :56:43. | |
the other, it has put Aberdeen back in the box seat with just five | :56:44. | :56:50. | |
minutes to play. It's a real taste of Hibs earnian's own medicine, | :56:51. | :56:54. | |
having scored so late in the final last year. They've had to suffer it | :56:55. | :56:58. | |
themselves here. There is still time for Hibs. | :56:59. | :57:03. | |
There is still time for them. I think they're going to make a | :57:04. | :57:08. | |
change. The last throw of the dice for Neil Lennon. | :57:09. | :57:09. | |
change. The last throw of the dice It's Brian Graeme. | :57:10. | :57:19. | |
Aberdeen's long compile from a competition that they have won seven | :57:20. | :57:24. | |
an end. an end. | :57:25. | :57:33. | |
-- exile. Brian Grahame will come on for Hibs. | :57:34. | :57:38. | |
They've salvaged it once this afternoon, the men from the capital. | :57:39. | :57:49. | |
Big moments. That was one there, Johnny Hayes | :57:50. | :57:57. | |
with the shot. It was really not threatening, until Danny McGregor's | :57:58. | :58:00. | |
unfortunate intervention. I feel for Dan. | :58:01. | :58:05. | |
Hayes does well to make the room for the shot. He doesn't have a | :58:06. | :58:12. | |
connection. It is not going to go in. Then it hits Dan and spuns into | :58:13. | :58:15. | |
the corner. Certainly the Scottish Football | :58:16. | :58:32. | |
Association are giving the goal to Johnny Hayes. | :58:33. | :58:38. | |
In goes Taylor. He did just enough. Just enough. Fantastic defending | :58:39. | :58:43. | |
from Taylor it must be said to put Boyle off. | :58:44. | :58:48. | |
He has such pace. But he gets a wee nick. It bounces off the shin | :58:49. | :58:52. | |
through to the goalkeeper. Well done Taylor. | :58:53. | :59:01. | |
Is the task now too big for Hibs? I always feel you get a chance in the | :59:02. | :59:08. | |
last couple of minutes of the match. It's great for Ambrose. They have to | :59:09. | :59:13. | |
sacrifice the defender. They have to go for it. They will be direct now. | :59:14. | :59:18. | |
Up to Holt and Cummings to get back that the match. They only have three | :59:19. | :59:20. | |
or four minutes to do it. Aberdeen are standing on the brink | :59:21. | :59:32. | |
of returning here on Saturday the 27th of May to face Celtic or | :59:33. | :59:38. | |
Rangers in the Scottish Cup final. Cummings chases, and Lewis clears. | :59:39. | :59:46. | |
Hibs will feel they will get another chance here. They just need to get | :59:47. | :59:51. | |
men in front of their back foul. First-rate polyp that to go through | :59:52. | :59:56. | |
their back four and put Cummings in his criminal in the last couple of | :59:57. | :00:08. | |
minutes of the match. A heavy touch there from Niall McGinn. Wins a free | :00:09. | :00:15. | |
kick. I don't think there was a lot of contact. It is clever, to get the | :00:16. | :00:22. | |
free kick, it buys his team time. Stephenson not happy at how soft it | :00:23. | :00:29. | |
was. Derek McInnes, four-year is to the date of his first Aberdeen game, | :00:30. | :00:32. | |
was. Derek McInnes, four-year is to as dons manager, it was against | :00:33. | :00:37. | |
Hebburn name, it was at Easter Road, and it was forgettable, and goalless | :00:38. | :00:42. | |
draw. Four years into his tenure, and he could be about to lead | :00:43. | :00:49. | |
Aberdeen to a third cup final. A first in the Scottish Cup. Well into | :00:50. | :00:56. | |
the final minute of the 90. Free kick for Hibs. This will get | :00:57. | :01:23. | |
launched into the heart of the box. All eyes will be on the fourth | :01:24. | :01:28. | |
official shortly who will tell us how much stoppage time will be added | :01:29. | :01:37. | |
on. John McGinn takes the free kick. Hibs win the first ball and another, | :01:38. | :01:40. | |
Aberdeen clear and Hayes goes after it. No free kick, says John beaten. | :01:41. | :01:50. | |
Again Hibs when the header, Logan Bailly is clear. | :01:51. | :02:04. | |
Free kick Aberdeen, that will take off a lot of pressure. It was very | :02:05. | :02:13. | |
late into this challenge. Three minutes of injury time has been | :02:14. | :02:18. | |
added on. Already almost one minute down. | :02:19. | :02:33. | |
Grant Holt has been booked, and think that could almost have | :02:34. | :02:42. | |
warranted another yellow card. Hibs, the dream almost over, Scottish Cup | :02:43. | :02:46. | |
winners 11 months ago. First time in 114 years. They have about one | :02:47. | :02:57. | |
minute and a half to try and keep hold of the trophy and force extra | :02:58. | :03:06. | |
time. Anywhere will do from an Aberdeen point of view. It is clever | :03:07. | :03:17. | |
play from Rooney. 16 Scottish Cup finals have been played since | :03:18. | :03:18. | |
play from Rooney. 16 Scottish Cup Aberdeen last contested one. | :03:19. | :03:28. | |
Semifinal heartache after heartache in recent times. No free kick for | :03:29. | :03:36. | |
Graeme Shinnie, this could be controversial. MacGregor still up | :03:37. | :03:44. | |
there, Cummings cannot get onto it. The challenge from Ryan Jack, it is | :03:45. | :03:46. | |
a Hibs ball. A last minute. The flick from Grant Holt. Is that a | :03:47. | :04:07. | |
corner? It is. This is the very last chance of the match coming up. The | :04:08. | :04:16. | |
goalkeeper is coming up for it. He has to. Hibs are heading out of the | :04:17. | :04:21. | |
cup unless they can score from this corner. Cummings sends it in, | :04:22. | :04:27. | |
Marciano wins it, but Lewis holds on, and that might just be it. It is | :04:28. | :04:34. | |
a very decent ball in and a decent header from the goalkeeper. It is | :04:35. | :04:39. | |
largely a fine save from Joe Lewis, he will take as much time as he | :04:40. | :04:46. | |
wants. We have played injury time, it is all over as far as that is | :04:47. | :04:50. | |
concerned. It is all over at Hampden! And the waiting is over for | :04:51. | :04:56. | |
Aberdeen. They have dethroned Hebburn Ian. And they are through to | :04:57. | :05:02. | |
their first Scottish Cup final in 17 years. It is a third final and Derek | :05:03. | :05:10. | |
McInnes. They were made to sweat for it today. They led 2-0 through | :05:11. | :05:17. | |
Rooney in 12 seconds Christie at 25 minutes. Heroic Hibs roared back | :05:18. | :05:23. | |
thanks to goals from Grant Holt and McGeouch. By Jonny Hayes' deflected | :05:24. | :05:29. | |
effort right at the end of the game has put Aberdeen into the William | :05:30. | :05:37. | |
Hill Scottish Cup final. Competition they have toiled and so often over | :05:38. | :05:47. | |
the years. It really has been a task, tough test of them today. That | :05:48. | :05:54. | |
is without question. Hebburn Ian have had a wonderful 11 months as | :05:55. | :05:57. | |
Scottish Cup holders and will forever remember last May's triumph | :05:58. | :06:02. | |
against Rangers. And those supporters will never forget it | :06:03. | :06:07. | |
either. It has ended in tears this afternoon, and Aberdeen, who have | :06:08. | :06:12. | |
not won this competition since 1990 will take on Celtic or Rangers in | :06:13. | :06:21. | |
next month's final. It's finished here at the National Stadium in any | :06:22. | :06:30. | |
into- three Aberdeen. STUDIO: It looked like it was going to take | :06:31. | :06:34. | |
extra time and penalties to sort this out, they were so closely | :06:35. | :06:37. | |
matched, but in the end that deflected goal from Jonny Hayes get | :06:38. | :06:43. | |
the business done and get Aberdeen into their second cup final of the | :06:44. | :06:48. | |
season. And the Battle of the Shinnies is won by Graham in the | :06:49. | :06:53. | |
end, and Derek McInnes hopes it can go one better in the second | :06:54. | :06:56. | |
semifinal of the season, having lost to Celtic in the League Cup final, | :06:57. | :07:02. | |
but we will find out tomorrow whether to Celtic or Rangers. We do | :07:03. | :07:03. | |
know it is Aberdeen. Let's get the thoughts of Willie | :07:04. | :07:21. | |
Miller and Michael Stewart. A fabulous cup final, that's for sure. | :07:22. | :07:26. | |
It has had everything in it. A great physical game. Played in a very | :07:27. | :07:33. | |
sporting manner. Even the goalkeeper, towards the end there, | :07:34. | :07:37. | |
with a magnificent header. If that had ended up in the back of the net | :07:38. | :07:43. | |
it would have been very special. Aberdeen get a little bit of good | :07:44. | :07:46. | |
fortune towards the end of the game, no doubt about that. I thought the | :07:47. | :07:52. | |
goals were excellent. I thought probably the Hibs goal was slightly | :07:53. | :07:55. | |
better than the Aberdeen goal. But the decisive one, Jonny Hayes | :07:56. | :08:00. | |
creates space for himself, pulls the trigger, gets a bit of good fortune | :08:01. | :08:05. | |
and spins into the back of the net to take Aberdeen into the final. | :08:06. | :08:13. | |
Marciano, that had almost got Hibs off the ropes. It had everything, | :08:14. | :08:19. | |
goals, entertainment, changes of formation, tactical battles. A big | :08:20. | :08:24. | |
bit of luck in the Emnes to get Aberdeen to the final. Aberdeen have | :08:25. | :08:30. | |
built up in mentality under Derek McInnes where the win games, they | :08:31. | :08:35. | |
get things done. And that is the story of it here. They have managed | :08:36. | :08:38. | |
to get themselves into the final by hook or by crook. But here from Adam | :08:39. | :08:44. | |
Rooney, who scored after 12 minutes. Congratulations, you are through to | :08:45. | :08:47. | |
the Scottish Cup final. It was exhausting to watch, I wasn't to | :08:48. | :08:53. | |
play? As it looked. I see we had a great start, 2-0 up, we knew that | :08:54. | :08:59. | |
Hibs would come back. We knew it was good to be a difficult game. Always | :09:00. | :09:03. | |
believed we could score goals, and thankfully Johnny got the winner. | :09:04. | :09:06. | |
Did you feel it was going to extra time? It looked that way late on, | :09:07. | :09:12. | |
but we are fit side and we'll is keep going. Delighted to get | :09:13. | :09:18. | |
finished in 90 minutes. The will to win in the squad seems unbelievable | :09:19. | :09:24. | |
at times. I was a disappointment from the last cup final and we | :09:25. | :09:28. | |
wanted to take that forward. We want to be here at the end of the season | :09:29. | :09:32. | |
fighting for another trophy. We're themselves in a position. | :09:33. | :09:45. | |
Congratulations. Let's tell the story of an amazing Scottish Cup | :09:46. | :09:49. | |
semifinal. Adam Rooney got things rolling after 12 seconds. Straight | :09:50. | :09:54. | |
from kick-off, it was Hibs' kick-off, catalogue of errors, and | :09:55. | :09:58. | |
creditor Rooney, he did what he does. Yes, compared, nice touch | :09:59. | :10:04. | |
setting themselves up. Under a little bit of pressure but finishes | :10:05. | :10:09. | |
extremely well. Problems for Hibs defensively. The wall breaks out | :10:10. | :10:14. | |
that Marciano cannot keep it out. Creditor Ryan Christie for even | :10:15. | :10:15. | |
trying. Yes, but the story there is Creditor Ryan Christie for even | :10:16. | :10:21. | |
the wall breaking. And then the change of formation. Picking the | :10:22. | :10:27. | |
body, look at that driving, penetration in the area, wonderful | :10:28. | :10:34. | |
cross. Willie says Taylor should do better, perhaps, but for me the | :10:35. | :10:37. | |
credit goes to the cross, it was a fantastic ball from Boyle. It shows | :10:38. | :10:42. | |
that getting in behind defences is where you punish teams. Hibs did not | :10:43. | :10:44. | |
have enough of that until they made where you punish teams. Hibs did not | :10:45. | :10:47. | |
the substitutions. Grant Holt was terrific for Hibs. Change the game. | :10:48. | :10:53. | |
Not only getting the goal, but makes the second goal as well. That was a | :10:54. | :10:58. | |
fabulous set up past four McGeouch, who finished well. It did change the | :10:59. | :11:11. | |
game. After Grant Holt came on break problem and questions for Derek | :11:12. | :11:14. | |
McInnes to answer, which he did, throwing and three centre-backs. | :11:15. | :11:18. | |
This was the equalising goal, it can immediately after Aberdeen made a | :11:19. | :11:22. | |
change they hope would give them solvency of the back. The change | :11:23. | :11:26. | |
three at the back, it lost the mad midfield. You see here when McGeouch | :11:27. | :11:33. | |
picks it up. The space between the lines. When he gets into this area, | :11:34. | :11:39. | |
you think, go wide. Stevenson made a great run. A wonderful 1-2 with | :11:40. | :11:44. | |
Grant Holt and a good finish. You see the space that there is to drive | :11:45. | :11:50. | |
forward. Grant Holt makes a good run and I am thinking of playing the | :11:51. | :11:54. | |
ball wide but he goes infield. Catches Aberdeen unawares and gets | :11:55. | :11:58. | |
the 1-2. A wonderful composed finish. Joe Lewis is too far to his | :11:59. | :12:05. | |
front post from me. And look at the back three. There is an deal,? If | :12:06. | :12:09. | |
this gets flagged offside, very tight. The central freestanding 23 | :12:10. | :12:15. | |
yards in front of the back three. And look at this, Anthony O'Connor | :12:16. | :12:20. | |
is too deep, Taylor is too high up, and there is space. If the ball goes | :12:21. | :12:27. | |
in yard less on the weight, Jason Cummings is running through on goal. | :12:28. | :12:32. | |
The change that back three, lost the goal, and to other opportunities | :12:33. | :12:35. | |
where they were all over the place at the back. As Willie said, the two | :12:36. | :12:39. | |
centre halves in the first offered nothing do, ended up with three and | :12:40. | :12:45. | |
there was panic stations. They were working so hard. Credited, they made | :12:46. | :12:50. | |
a real game of it. It is harsh for Hibs to lose it, and a cruel way to | :12:51. | :12:53. | |
lose it when there is such a big deflection on the shot from Jonny | :12:54. | :12:58. | |
Hayes. And Marciano has no chance. No chance whatsoever. Jonny Hayes | :12:59. | :13:03. | |
gets credit for creating a little bit of space. Maybe he has to be | :13:04. | :13:07. | |
closed down a little bit earlier, but it is a huge blow for them. He | :13:08. | :13:11. | |
pulls the trigger, it takes a wicked deflection. It looks as though it | :13:12. | :13:16. | |
was going by the posted one point and it spins. McGinn for me has to | :13:17. | :13:23. | |
drop a yard deeper. If he does that Jonny Hayes cannot get in between | :13:24. | :13:27. | |
them. It is late in the game, it happens, you are tired. You hold a | :13:28. | :13:28. | |
them. It is late in the game, it position instead of dropping a yard, | :13:29. | :13:34. | |
but that is so cruel for Hibs, even the deflection, if it goes straight | :13:35. | :13:37. | |
it is going wide, it is the spin that brings it wide. I think that | :13:38. | :13:40. | |
shot is potentially going wide at the other side. It is the spin that | :13:41. | :13:47. | |
takes us, agonising for Hibs. Let's hear from the other two goal heroes | :13:48. | :13:53. | |
of the day for the Dons. Chaps, congratulations. Talk me through | :13:54. | :13:57. | |
your emotions, Ryan. Policy delighted. Before the game and said | :13:58. | :14:03. | |
we have to make the final. That is the biggest game of the year, so you | :14:04. | :14:08. | |
want to be in a good place. Coming up against a very good side and | :14:09. | :14:12. | |
hips, and overall Rob Lee did not play our best, but through to the | :14:13. | :14:16. | |
final as we wanted. When you stepped up with a free gig where you always | :14:17. | :14:20. | |
going for the near post? I wasn't until Adam Rooney came and had a | :14:21. | :14:24. | |
word in my year and told me to have we look at the maybe try a shot. He | :14:25. | :14:28. | |
will take the assist for that one. Happy it went in, and basic | :14:29. | :14:32. | |
delighted for Johnny scoring the winner. Johnny are you claiming the | :14:33. | :14:39. | |
winner? Jedinak. Anywhere close, we'll take it. So late in the game. | :14:40. | :14:44. | |
Has had all the momentum at that stage. The goal came at a good time | :14:45. | :14:48. | |
for us. They had you on the ropes at times. Did you think it was going to | :14:49. | :14:53. | |
extra time? Honestly did. We had to weather the storm a little bit in | :14:54. | :14:59. | |
the second half. One of the best teams in the country. Some top | :15:00. | :15:04. | |
players, and we knew it was going to be difficult. Never underestimate of | :15:05. | :15:10. | |
them. We had 2-0 cushion that we let slip. Got a lucky winner. It is the | :15:11. | :15:16. | |
Scottish Cup final for Aberdeen for the first time in 17 years. It | :15:17. | :15:20. | |
Celtic or Rangers. You will fancy your chances? You've got to going | :15:21. | :15:25. | |
confident, whoever wins it will be a tough game, both topsides. Looking | :15:26. | :15:33. | |
forward to it, biggest game in Scottish calendar and we're | :15:34. | :15:35. | |
delighted to part of it. Ryan, it is a strange one for you if Celtic get | :15:36. | :15:40. | |
through because you will not be able to play. Yes, people are in my year | :15:41. | :15:45. | |
but that before the game, but coming into the game was just concentrating | :15:46. | :15:48. | |
on helping get Aberdeen into the final and will see what happens from | :15:49. | :15:53. | |
there. We will see we face tomorrow. But Mike said, delighted us managed | :15:54. | :15:56. | |
help Aberdeen. Chaps, congratulations. 3-2 to Aberdeen it | :15:57. | :16:03. | |
finished. They will take their place in the Scottish Cup final. What a | :16:04. | :16:05. | |
finished. They will take their place great advertisement for Scottish the | :16:06. | :16:09. | |
ball that was. Hamdan looked great, it was a good crowd, great | :16:10. | :16:11. | |
ball that was. Hamdan looked great, atmosphere, and a game that could | :16:12. | :16:16. | |
have gone either way. Yes, in the early stages you can see a way back | :16:17. | :16:18. | |
have gone either way. Yes, in the for Hibs, it was all Aberdeen, until | :16:19. | :16:24. | |
Grant Holt Commander Park. But you handed to Neil Lennon, he made the | :16:25. | :16:27. | |
crucial decision at a vital time, turned the game in their favour. | :16:28. | :16:30. | |
Should create character coming back from a 2-0 deficit, to related | :16:31. | :16:36. | |
Aberdeen all the way. Aberdeen can count themselves fortunate to go | :16:37. | :16:40. | |
through into the final. The same time, they have done it, the most | :16:41. | :16:44. | |
important thing is to win the game and Aberdeen have done that. Hibs at | :16:45. | :16:51. | |
this stage fire difficult to get a comfort because they lost and were | :16:52. | :16:54. | |
so close to get into the final, but last weekend got promotion, that was | :16:55. | :16:55. | |
the main mission for the season. last weekend got promotion, that was | :16:56. | :16:58. | |
This weekend they have roots they will very much be part of the | :16:59. | :17:05. | |
Premiership next season. 100%. I have spoken that I see Hibs in the | :17:06. | :17:08. | |
current state as a top six side. They have proven that over the three | :17:09. | :17:11. | |
seasons they have been in the championship in terms of the games | :17:12. | :17:13. | |
they have played against top-flight opposition. They have done very | :17:14. | :17:17. | |
well. Today was just another example of that. The lads will be | :17:18. | :17:22. | |
challenging for the top six straightaway. They have enough | :17:23. | :17:26. | |
quality in that side to go unchallenged. And look at the | :17:27. | :17:29. | |
support they have got here today. That is a top six club, no doubt. | :17:30. | :17:34. | |
And at the reaction. They have lost the semifinal but they were all on | :17:35. | :17:38. | |
their feet cheering the team because they recognise what a good shift the | :17:39. | :17:41. | |
putting today and it would Aberdeen under real pressure. With Aberdeen, | :17:42. | :17:48. | |
they get the job done. Adam Rooney spoke about it, they have the | :17:49. | :17:50. | |
mentality of scoring late goals, and that he's off massively. When you're | :17:51. | :17:56. | |
under the cosh, Hibs on top and you still believe you can go and get the | :17:57. | :18:00. | |
winner. It is a bit of luck, but it is that mentality. If you don't | :18:01. | :18:03. | |
believe you can do it you never will. And this Aberdeen side have | :18:04. | :18:08. | |
confidence and belief. Some of the Aberdeen fans would have been | :18:09. | :18:12. | |
thinking, here we go again. Another occasion when we play second best, | :18:13. | :18:17. | |
but this will do them a lot of good. Absolutely not because they have not | :18:18. | :18:22. | |
performed very well at Hamdan. I still didn't think they performed at | :18:23. | :18:26. | |
their best this afternoon, but they showed grit and character and | :18:27. | :18:31. | |
certainly got the job done. Thanks, Willie and Michael. Tomorrow it is | :18:32. | :18:35. | |
all about Celtic and Rangers in the second semifinal. | :18:36. | :18:55. | |
But Old Firm second semifinal tomorrow, let's hope it is half as | :18:56. | :19:00. | |
good as this one. It has been positing stuff at Hamdan. Aberdeen | :19:01. | :19:06. | |
are through to the final. It is goodbye from us for now. | :19:07. | :19:16. | |
feel the way both players have played they would deserve to go into | :19:17. | :19:48. | |
the final session 8-8. That is a mistake from Mark Allen. He would | :19:49. | :19:52. | |
expect John | :19:53. | :19:53. |