Scottish Cup Semi-Final

:00:43. > :00:49.STUDIO: Rarely have two teams gone into the Scottish Cup semifinal in

:00:50. > :00:53.poorer form, today both Hibernian and Dundee United have the chance to

:00:54. > :00:58.take a step closer to this piece of silverware, the action is live on

:00:59. > :01:02.the BBC, with me in the studio, Marc Wilson and Pat Nevin. The question

:01:03. > :01:06.of who is in goal for Hibernian, it is Conrad Logan, the Irishman, who

:01:07. > :01:15.last played a senior football mad for December Battenberg Rochdale in

:01:16. > :01:21.December, 2015. -- last played a senior football match for Rochdale

:01:22. > :01:25.in December, 2015. They hope to cause problems at the other end,

:01:26. > :01:28.they are an attack minded signed, but surely, Dundee United will look

:01:29. > :01:33.at that and think they can get them under pressure. We were watching a

:01:34. > :01:38.Dundee United that looked like they were resigned to relegation last

:01:39. > :01:41.week at Tannadice. They played like a championship team. That is a big

:01:42. > :01:46.worry, for Mixu Paatelainen, can they bounced back from that

:01:47. > :01:50.performance, it was so bad, I bedded them to have a bitter fight about

:01:51. > :01:54.them. Coming into a semifinal, you never know, that may be a welcome

:01:55. > :01:55.distraction for them today. Could still be a glorious season for

:01:56. > :02:00.Hibernian, they are still be a glorious season for

:02:01. > :02:05.potentially to a second national cup final, and they could still be

:02:06. > :02:08.promoted. Could be stored ordinary, that is why this sport is absolutely

:02:09. > :02:14.fantastic. We all expect the negatives of this, Dundee United and

:02:15. > :02:17.Hibernian both having a bad time but both teams are capable of playing

:02:18. > :02:21.well, it is unlikely but it could be a classic. The motion chasing

:02:22. > :02:25.Hibernian against relegation haunted Dundee United, the first of the

:02:26. > :02:29.William Hill Scottish Cup semifinals, let's get to the action,

:02:30. > :02:35.the team is in the tunnel, commentary comes from Craig Paterson

:02:36. > :02:40.and Liam McLeod. COMMENTATOR: Hello, everyone, promotion chasers against

:02:41. > :02:46.the relegation candidates, 200 meeting of Hibernian and Dundee

:02:47. > :02:47.United. Two clubs whose respectively campaigns are in serious danger of

:02:48. > :02:56.imploding. . His cup semifinal for Hibernian,

:02:57. > :02:57.in five years, having won only one of their last seven championship

:02:58. > :03:01.matches, having been a serious of their last seven championship

:03:02. > :03:05.threat to Rangers at the top for the start of the campaign, there are

:03:06. > :03:19.roads to promotion looks like it could be a long one. -- fifth. Only

:03:20. > :03:26.five games left to pull off a relegation survival miracle.

:03:27. > :03:31.There is a debut, those that we were discussing, 29-year-old Irishman

:03:32. > :03:36.Conrad Logan is in goal for Hibernian, also banned James Keating

:03:37. > :03:41.'s, and a couple of injuries, Hibernian have not won this for a

:03:42. > :03:45.while, Anthony Stokes has, twice, he, McGregor and Gray walking a

:03:46. > :03:48.suspension tightrope, if booked today, they will miss the final is

:03:49. > :03:55.Hibernian get there. -- James Keatings. Mixu Paatelainen has been

:03:56. > :04:00.putting fires out this week, mysterious departure from the club

:04:01. > :04:05.by Gunning them at a time when they could do without any extra hassles.

:04:06. > :04:12.On loan at Hibernian earlier this season, Henri Anier, he is on the

:04:13. > :04:19.bench. A couple are a yellow card away from missing a potential final

:04:20. > :04:23.and Blair Spittal comes into the team. Martin Boyle's recent win over

:04:24. > :04:27.Livingston is a goal of the season candidate, Kevin Thomson won this

:04:28. > :04:33.competition with Rangers, Edward Ofere needed it to, with Inverness,

:04:34. > :04:41.just last year. -- Edward Ofere did it, too. Big afternoon for Conrad

:04:42. > :04:46.Logan, that is for sure, since a 2-2 draw with Notts County for Rochdale,

:04:47. > :04:58.14 months ago, the young man has not played. He is the preferred option

:04:59. > :05:03.today. -- the 29-year-old. Hope of survival for Dundee United, they are

:05:04. > :05:09.eight points adrift, he had been out injured for so long, the early part

:05:10. > :05:14.of the season was not helpful. The referee there, highly rated

:05:15. > :05:18.34-year-old, the Fifa official, he was the man in the middle when

:05:19. > :05:22.Hibernian beat Heart of Midlothian in the Easter Road replay in round

:05:23. > :05:26.five. Mixu Paatelainen lost a couple of finals while a Dundee United

:05:27. > :05:32.player and a Hibernian player. He is desperate to try to turn things

:05:33. > :05:37.around. League of looking club. This competition may not provide solace,

:05:38. > :05:42.but it can certainly provide a little sanctuary for teams with

:05:43. > :05:53.bigger fish to fry. Despite a slot in the 131st Scottish Cup final the

:05:54. > :05:58.price today. -- beleaguered. 114 years of misery for Hibernian in

:05:59. > :06:01.this competition, playing at Hampden Park for the seventh time in the

:06:02. > :06:07.last five seasons, second this season, coming after the League Cup

:06:08. > :06:12.heartache against Ross County one month ago. How do you see this one?

:06:13. > :06:17.Former Hibernian player, Liam McLeod. CO-COMMENTATOR: Both teams

:06:18. > :06:20.in poor form, if you go out there and start quick and well it is

:06:21. > :06:25.amazing the difference that can make to your confidence. Chance to put

:06:26. > :06:29.the ball in, but it is away by Hanlon, important figurehead in the

:06:30. > :06:34.Hibernian defence, still without Liam Fontaine. United have begun the

:06:35. > :06:47.semifinal on the front foot. Horrible campaign for them. They

:06:48. > :06:55.have not played badly in every match, it has been goals going in

:06:56. > :07:01.against them. They have seen their headstrong and their confidence

:07:02. > :07:06.drained -- heads drop. Fine season for some of these players, John

:07:07. > :07:10.McGinn is one of them. One month after making his Scotland debut

:07:11. > :07:14.against Denmark, in a recent friendly, he makes his first

:07:15. > :07:16.appearance at Hampden Park. Liam Henderson, on loan from Celtic. Back

:07:17. > :07:25.to Hanlon. First touch of the ball for Logan,

:07:26. > :07:32.just signed last month, until the end of the season. First chance for

:07:33. > :07:42.Lewis Stevenson. Perhaps. Going for the spectacular. Provided

:07:43. > :07:47.so often this season, he has scored 23 times. Certainly capable, the

:07:48. > :07:53.ball comes in, he sees it early, cannot get over it. The last

:07:54. > :07:59.ball comes in, he sees it early, appearance here for Hibernian was a

:08:00. > :08:02.defeat, United's last appearance here was also a League Cup final

:08:03. > :08:07.defeat, when they lost to Celtic, last year. You could argue that it

:08:08. > :08:12.was at that point that things began to unravel for the Terriers, a

:08:13. > :08:17.relegation which many believe they will take some time to recover from,

:08:18. > :08:20.Alan Stubbs looking to guide his team in the other direction, still

:08:21. > :08:33.time to do that, even if the championship title is gone.

:08:34. > :08:42.Interesting to see Maurice starting out at left-back, Sean Dillon pushed

:08:43. > :08:51.into centre-back. -- Morris. They have lost a couple of goals in the

:08:52. > :08:58.last couple of weeks. One of the survivors of the 2010 Scottish Cup

:08:59. > :09:05.final, under Peter Houston. One of only two Scottish Cup victories in

:09:06. > :09:06.Scottish Cup history. The man on the bench missed that one through

:09:07. > :09:33.injury. It has been some few months for

:09:34. > :09:36.Paatelainen, since he replaced Jackie McNamara, taking over the

:09:37. > :09:41.club, just a point adrift at the bottom. Good, last weekend, if

:09:42. > :09:44.results had gone the other way, have beaten Inverness, Kilmarnock last,

:09:45. > :09:51.results had gone the other way, have dropped to within two. You play

:09:52. > :09:56.badly, you lose, you find the teams above you have all picked up three

:09:57. > :10:02.points, eight adrift, they have an absolute mountain to climb. Huge

:10:03. > :10:09.game for him next week against Hamilton, first post-split when you

:10:10. > :10:22.ship extra. Hibernian face Rangers in the midweek.

:10:23. > :10:32.Another poor result for Hibernian midweek, against Fulco, 2-0 up, four

:10:33. > :10:41.minutes to play, finishing 2-2. -- 2-1 up, four minutes to play. --

:10:42. > :10:45.full Kirk. Did nothing to hurt the aspirations of finishing second, but

:10:46. > :10:46.plenty for Falkirk. This is promising for Hibernian. Finding

:10:47. > :11:09.space. -- Falkirk. Running into Marvin Bartley. He is

:11:10. > :11:22.not an easy man to get past, he really mobile. Strong challenge and

:11:23. > :11:28.that has gone the way of Hibernian, strong challenge by David Gray.

:11:29. > :11:31.David Gray does like a tackle. Good news for Hibernian that he is back

:11:32. > :11:35.in the team, with Fraser Fyvie weighing slightly to the right-hand

:11:36. > :11:39.side of midfield, he to come in centre, that will leave David Gray a

:11:40. > :11:44.lot of room to charge up and down the right-hand side. -- with Fraser

:11:45. > :11:52.Fyvie playing slightly to the right-hand side of midfield. Missed

:11:53. > :11:53.the game against Falkirk, through injury, the defeat, unable to help

:11:54. > :12:21.his team. Losing to a single goal. These two have already met in cup

:12:22. > :12:25.competition this season, Hibernian handing United a 3-1 towelling in

:12:26. > :12:29.the League Cup in November, it was revenge, given that the Tangerines

:12:30. > :12:43.did it to Hibernian year before, on penalties. Big shout for obstruction

:12:44. > :12:47.by Hanlon, an Erskine. -- on Erskine. Strong defending, as soon

:12:48. > :12:50.as you realise the goalkeeper may be under pressure, you are quite

:12:51. > :12:56.entitled to get involved, trying to go around... Marvin Bartley was not

:12:57. > :13:02.the man. New contract returning to Partick

:13:03. > :13:16.Thistle. Here we go. Moving across. Keeping

:13:17. > :13:23.your head down, don't attract attention of the referee. You have a

:13:24. > :13:26.new goalkeeper income you want him to get a touch early but you do not

:13:27. > :14:01.want it done under pressure. And again. Good work by Blair

:14:02. > :14:05.Spittal, Hibernian failing to take advantage of a good situation there,

:14:06. > :14:14.Lewis Stevenson not renowned for his goal-scoring. The two occasions that

:14:15. > :14:18.they have been able to get in on the right-hand side, they have not been

:14:19. > :14:25.able to produce on the final ball to cause real problems. Stokes, for

:14:26. > :14:32.David Gray, he does win it, and that cause real problems. Stokes, for

:14:33. > :14:36.is an easy hold for the goalkeeper, aged cover Shima. Good spot, sees

:14:37. > :14:40.David Gray against John Rankin, almost able to win that, and yet

:14:41. > :14:44.again, Jason Cummings on the turn cannot quite get enough of it. --

:14:45. > :14:48.Eiji Kawashima. You do not want to be giving him chances in that kind

:14:49. > :15:09.of area, Stevenson looking to turn it back for David Gray.

:15:10. > :15:19.Lost to get forward as much as he loves a tackle. Fraser Fyvie! Has

:15:20. > :15:26.not scored this season. Terrific effort. This comes back to him, he

:15:27. > :15:32.decides to take it on. Does not come down quick enough. Wonderful strike,

:15:33. > :15:39.look at that, actually, hits the top of the net. Lewis Stevenson, I

:15:40. > :15:40.mentioned he does not scored to many, he has won more than Fraser

:15:41. > :15:45.Fyvie this season, coming against many, he has won more than Fraser

:15:46. > :15:54.Dundee United, it was the third in the 3-0 win in the Scottish Cup.

:15:55. > :16:01.That Lewis Stevenson goal was his fifth for the club, three came last

:16:02. > :16:06.Not prolific, you would have to say. Not prolific, you would have to say.

:16:07. > :16:13.-- in the cup. You know what you will get from Stevenson, week in,

:16:14. > :16:18.week out. In the 2007 League Cup final win over Kilmarnock, he was

:16:19. > :16:21.Man of the Match. He has only missed one game this season, Lewis

:16:22. > :16:38.Stevenson, this is his 44th appearance of the campaign.

:16:39. > :16:46.There had been cynics with regards to the partnership between comings

:16:47. > :16:50.and Stokes. Returning on loan from Celtic, the two have not quite

:16:51. > :16:56.gelled as yet. As we watch Lewis Stevenson. It does take time, going

:16:57. > :16:58.through a bad patch, that does not help, but they are both genuine goal

:16:59. > :17:19.threats. -- Cummings. Wondered for a moment if David Gray

:17:20. > :17:27.knew that Fraser Fyvie was behind him.

:17:28. > :17:45.A little edginess in the Dundee United performance. 12 minutes in,

:17:46. > :17:49.beginning relatively well, but Hibernian have been behind a couple

:17:50. > :17:56.of times. Starting to close their passing game on, not just kicking

:17:57. > :18:02.the ball away, they have got to get the midfield players and front

:18:03. > :18:17.players involved. The ball has bubbled away. This was Erskine.

:18:18. > :18:35.Good defending by Berkeley. -- Bartley. Calvin Morris gets it all

:18:36. > :18:38.wrong, good performance in the semifinal of the League Cup last

:18:39. > :18:45.season against Aberdeen, Callum Morris, indeed, he scored in that

:18:46. > :18:53.game. -- Callum Morris. It is a key ball by Stokes. Here is grey. --

:18:54. > :18:56.David Gray. Three in the middle, could not find one of them, all

:18:57. > :19:11.moving towards the near post. Hibernian beginning to dominate.

:19:12. > :19:49.Jason Cummings. First corner of the match goes to

:19:50. > :19:54.the. They are getting the ball into feet, decent ball in, deflected the

:19:55. > :20:06.corner, but certainly Hibernian on top in terms of the passing.

:20:07. > :20:29.Not the worst ball. It is back in Bygrave. -- back in by Gray, an

:20:30. > :20:36.Orthodox from Sean Dillon but it was enough. Really good defending, head

:20:37. > :20:43.in from David Gray, has two deal with it, that is a really clever

:20:44. > :20:44.flick. -- has two deal with it. Keeping the Hibs defence

:20:45. > :21:23.comfortable. I mentioned Anthony Stokes is one of

:21:24. > :21:27.those players on a yellow card, two yellow cards, if you come in at the

:21:28. > :21:32.fourth round, you miss the next round, if Hibernian get through...

:21:33. > :21:34.That is an side... If Hibs get through today and Celtic get through

:21:35. > :21:38.tomorrow, Stokes and Neil Henderson through today and Celtic get through

:21:39. > :21:40.will be unable to play in the final against their parent clubs, lots of

:21:41. > :22:02.ifs and buts at the moment, though. On loan from West Ham United, played

:22:03. > :22:13.a Europa League game way back in the summer for West Ham United, when

:22:14. > :22:16.West Ham United played the remaining inside Astra Giurgiu. Onto the

:22:17. > :22:26.former Dunfermline player. Nigel he has been called into minds, he

:22:27. > :22:32.has given Hibernian the chance to he has been called into minds, he

:22:33. > :22:36.break. -- Kyle Knoyle. Stays on his feet.

:22:37. > :22:59.A lot of joy down the right-hand side. David Gray getting up and down

:23:00. > :23:03.there all day long. Dundee United must start to think about sending an

:23:04. > :23:07.extra player across. So often David Gray is on the run, John Rankin

:23:08. > :23:11.tucks in, allowing him into space, the final ball is not good enough,

:23:12. > :23:17.as you get there often enough, eventually one will hit a striker.

:23:18. > :23:22.Hibs don't play with wingers, they do not play that kind of game,

:23:23. > :23:26.adding David Gray and Lewis Stevenson, particularly David Gray

:23:27. > :23:29.in particular, they have the ability, these full-backs, for most

:23:30. > :23:34.of the season, have been able to get into those areas. That is Alan

:23:35. > :23:37.Stubbs's formation, midfield diamond, no white players, staying

:23:38. > :23:46.in the middle, getting on the ball, leaving room for the two full-backs.

:23:47. > :23:55.Conrad Logan, the Hibernian debiting, yet to be tested by Dundee

:23:56. > :23:56.United. This game is flowing to our left, most of the time, Jason

:23:57. > :24:13.Cummings bursting into the box. Fraser Fyvie goes down, the referee

:24:14. > :24:16.does not want to know. The ball comes back does not see a great deal

:24:17. > :24:47.in that, big shout from the Hibs fans. The referee had a good view.

:24:48. > :24:51.It was a good idea, saw him on the run. Just had to check that ball

:24:52. > :25:05.with a bit of check, too much on it. Alan Stubbs, unused substitute when

:25:06. > :25:17.Celtic beat Hibernian in the final in 2001, to complete a treble.

:25:18. > :25:25.Lovely play by Chris Erskine. Felt Rankin was the better option, rather

:25:26. > :25:31.than the well marshalled Mackay full is. -- Mackay.

:25:32. > :25:41.David Gray again... How did he find him? Can he find him, not 1 million

:25:42. > :25:44.miles away from doing so. Decent idea, Dundee United had dropped

:25:45. > :25:49.back, they were deep enough, it made it difficult to get the ball in

:25:50. > :26:05.behind him and the goalkeeper always looked favourite.

:26:06. > :26:13.The last meeting between these two in this competition was also at the

:26:14. > :26:18.final stage, 2005. -- semifinal stage. Gold from Jim McIntyre and

:26:19. > :26:23.Jason Scotland overturned a 1-0 deficit and sent Dundee United

:26:24. > :26:32.through. -- goals. After a penalty had been converted by Derek Riordan.

:26:33. > :26:44.First big decision of the game so far forward referee John Beaton, the

:26:45. > :26:52.penalty shout. -- so far for referee John Beaton.

:26:53. > :26:58.You could produce a good case for Hibernian's dominance on the ball,

:26:59. > :27:16.looking at possession statistics. Neat and tidy, Hibernian, when they

:27:17. > :27:22.want to be. Neat and tidy by Paul Paton. Not enough work for the

:27:23. > :27:26.goalkeeper, very little to do. Statistics will tell you so much,

:27:27. > :27:31.but Hibernian have their positions, they just need that bit of spark,

:27:32. > :27:44.that little bit of magic, in the final third.

:27:45. > :27:57.Mackay, offside. The last time that Dundee United were in such peril in

:27:58. > :28:04.the league, at the bottom of the table, back in 2000/1, they won

:28:05. > :28:09.their last four matches. That campaign, they stayed up. At St.

:28:10. > :28:12.Mirren's expense. They will need something similar. Even then, they

:28:13. > :28:51.will be needing snookers. Eiji Kawashima gets there, well read

:28:52. > :28:56.by the Japanese. Gets him at the second attempt.

:28:57. > :29:02.You have got to be sharp to outrun Darren McGregor, once he gets up a

:29:03. > :29:07.head of steam, he can cover the ground. Sticks a leg in there, takes

:29:08. > :29:31.Marvin Bartley, it is going to be a warning, a word of warning.

:29:32. > :29:37.Big chance, they have asked a question of Conrad Logan. The

:29:38. > :29:51.Hibernian debited and comes up with an answer. There is confidence, big

:29:52. > :29:57.save. Normally does. Again, John Beaton had a right good luck at

:29:58. > :30:06.that, as Marvin Bartley tumbled in the Dundee United penalty area.

:30:07. > :30:11.Twice, he has said no. This game has opened right up in the last minute

:30:12. > :30:18.or so, this is Mackay. 13 goals this season. You would put a lot of

:30:19. > :30:22.money, Billy Mackay, one-on-one, to make it 14, he failed to do so, and

:30:23. > :30:27.he has given away the ball. -- Billy Mckay. Stevenson, two strokes. And

:30:28. > :30:38.again. Suddenly it is going from one end to

:30:39. > :30:52.the other. Fine day for it, on the new service.

:30:53. > :31:16.-- surface. It was a shout for a penalty, Batley

:31:17. > :31:23.on the run. Very difficult to see if there was any contact but here is a

:31:24. > :31:28.chance for United. Mackay is one on one. That is a really good save from

:31:29. > :31:35.Conrad Logan. Spreads himself, doesn't give him much to aim for. A

:31:36. > :31:42.really good block. Billy Mackay almost had a one goal every two

:31:43. > :31:53.games ratio. He missed out on a Scottish Cup medal. After make his

:31:54. > :32:05.move to Wigan. -- after making his move to Wigan.

:32:06. > :32:20.United's Tok top scorer. He will keep looking for chances. Helped

:32:21. > :32:25.United to this semi-final with a late winner against Ross County.

:32:26. > :32:36.They really had to overcome a series of adversities that day. Lost Mark

:32:37. > :32:56.Dunn to a red card. Behind at the time, as well, came

:32:57. > :33:04.certainly looked the more likely, in the blink of an eye, Billy Mackay

:33:05. > :33:14.could have been out in front. Could have had two free kicks out there.

:33:15. > :33:19.Mackay let that go out thinking it was a goal kick. He could be made to

:33:20. > :33:25.suffer here. The linesman is so close that, in its going to get that

:33:26. > :33:30.right. They don't have a lot of height, Hibs. You need those two

:33:31. > :33:36.centre-backs in better at that Biddle bit extra. -- to add that

:33:37. > :33:52.little bit extra. Oh, he's given a penalty for a

:33:53. > :33:58.handball. It is a third penalty shout for the afternoon and John

:33:59. > :34:04.Beaton has pointed to the spot. Donaldson gets the head down and the

:34:05. > :34:08.arm up here. Unusual position, it is difficult to tell exactly where it

:34:09. > :34:12.hit from that angle. He is coming out to block and, you know

:34:13. > :34:16.something, that is a tough one. Jason Cummings is going to have the

:34:17. > :34:28.chance to put Hibs in front in the semifinal. Against the Japanese 80

:34:29. > :34:39.Kawashima, Hibernian's top scorer this season. Oh, dear, oh, dear, oh,

:34:40. > :34:43.dear. What on earth was that? That is the one, you are either a hero or

:34:44. > :34:49.you are the opposite. At this stage in the competition, they don't need

:34:50. > :34:55.that. They need the ball to fire into the back of the net. He has

:34:56. > :35:00.gone for a clever chance, and he has missed the best chance of the game.

:35:01. > :35:11.Red faces all round. In particular for Jason Cummings. There are times

:35:12. > :35:16.to the gallant, semifinal 29 minutes in, is not one of them. I would love

:35:17. > :35:25.to see the face of Alan Stubbs is that ball went behind the goal. A

:35:26. > :35:30.yellow card here. Paul Donaldson will be breathing a big sigh of

:35:31. > :35:35.relief. It was a debatable penalty. He came charging in. It is a tough

:35:36. > :35:43.decision, again. I think it is a genuine challenge for the ball. How

:35:44. > :35:50.decision, again. I think it is a important will that proves to be?

:35:51. > :35:55.Mixu Paatelainen, you can see what he makes over debugging. -- over the

:35:56. > :36:08.booking. It is Liam Henderson's free kick.

:36:09. > :36:17.You just wonder where Jason Cummings's head is right now.

:36:18. > :36:26.Ford lip readers out there, a apology in case you were offended by

:36:27. > :36:37.Mixu Paatelainen. Although it may have been in finish. Just sneaks by,

:36:38. > :36:46.John McGinn attacked it. Still have no answer, Gray down that right-hand

:36:47. > :36:50.side. Beyond the front post, difficult to get it on target.

:36:51. > :37:00.United are really struggling. Billy Mackay had the best chance for them,

:37:01. > :37:05.United could so easily have been won nothing up. They have been up

:37:06. > :37:13.against it in this first half. Hibs have passed the ball better,

:37:14. > :37:14.dominated possession. You tend to tagging all the time, and that has

:37:15. > :37:34.given David Gray absolute control. Here is Stevenson. Gets it in, at

:37:35. > :37:39.the expense of a corner. Donaldson intervention. I think United are

:37:40. > :37:43.thinking about a change. Callum Morris appears to be the man who

:37:44. > :37:49.will be sacrificed with Paul Dixon coming on. A natural line back

:37:50. > :37:51.will be sacrificed with Paul Dixon playing in that position. It hasn't

:37:52. > :38:28.worked, Mixu has to change it. Fancies it. You don't want to give

:38:29. > :38:32.him room. From 30 yards in, it just takes a step and I tell you what,

:38:33. > :38:38.only hits than absolute beauty rising all the time, just too high.

:38:39. > :38:46.But what a hit. Callum Morris is being withdrawn here. Paul Dixon, as

:38:47. > :38:50.we were saying, is going to replace him. We can only imagine it is

:38:51. > :38:57.because he is being torn apart by David Gray's running on the flank.

:38:58. > :39:01.Callum Morris, he hasn't played badly but when you keep tucking in

:39:02. > :39:04.and leaving room, they will eventually be picked. It is good

:39:05. > :39:13.management. These decisions have to be made. Paul Dixon's von hasn't

:39:14. > :39:20.been fantastic but if you have a natural left-back who is experienced

:39:21. > :39:24.and played in games of this magnitude, do not start them ahead

:39:25. > :39:29.of a centre-half in that position? Sometimes in an effort to get all

:39:30. > :39:36.your best players in the team, you don't do the team any favours. But

:39:37. > :39:42.Mixu has done the best thing and changed it. Certainly didn't look

:39:43. > :39:59.like an injury to Callum Morris. He is smiling now, Donaldson. He

:40:00. > :40:03.wasn't earlier on. John Beaton gave a penalty and Jason Cummings dipped

:40:04. > :40:12.wasn't earlier on. John Beaton gave it over the crossbar.

:40:13. > :40:19.Such a fine line when that happens, because if that goes in, he is a

:40:20. > :40:23.genius. It makes headlines, but now depending on how this game goes, it

:40:24. > :40:27.will make headlines for the wrong reasons. I think at that stage of

:40:28. > :40:36.the game, if you are on a run like Hibs are, you don't try something

:40:37. > :40:43.funny. He said after a win over Rangers last season, he had the

:40:44. > :40:50.touch other names angel. -- the touch of an angel. He just has to

:40:51. > :40:54.settle down now. You don't want to go trying every time you get the

:40:55. > :40:58.ball to get it on your left foot and try and work the goalkeeper. He

:40:59. > :41:03.needs to work his way back into the game. A chance will come for him.

:41:04. > :41:07.Jason Cummings actually missed one of the penalties in the play-off

:41:08. > :41:11.final against Hamilton that relegated Hibs a couple of seasons

:41:12. > :41:18.ago. They have never been outside the top for more than a couple of

:41:19. > :41:21.campaigns. They want to finish second because that means they won't

:41:22. > :41:34.have to play Raith Rovers over two legs. If nothing else, third place,

:41:35. > :41:36.fourth, the winner of that plays team 11 in the Premiership. If

:41:37. > :41:55.either of these two are involved,, either of these two are involved,,

:41:56. > :42:02.... A free kick. Might have been some sarcasm from the United

:42:03. > :42:06.supporters there. First chance if United can see they can work

:42:07. > :42:07.something out. Paul Donaldson getting himself up in that back post

:42:08. > :42:26.area. Coll Donaldson, nearly gave away the

:42:27. > :42:26.disputed penalty there. A hearts supporter, certainly was as a

:42:27. > :42:46.youngster. Actually not a bad ball in there but

:42:47. > :42:52.you have two credit the Hibs defenders, they got around, they got

:42:53. > :42:53.next to players, made sure the United player wasn't getting his

:42:54. > :43:06.head on that. outline how far Dundee United have

:43:07. > :43:13.fallen in this campaign, it is the first time they've been outside the

:43:14. > :43:22.top six since 2007. Finished fifth, fifth, third when they won the

:43:23. > :43:30.Scottish Cup in 2010, fourth, sixth and fifth. They are marooned in 12

:43:31. > :43:35.this campaign. There is so long -- only so long a plaster will tend to

:43:36. > :43:39.a deep wound because they have lost so many players over the last few

:43:40. > :43:49.years. I think the family silver being flogged this season...

:43:50. > :44:01.Donaldson giving it away. Good recovery initially. I thought just

:44:02. > :44:07.made it onto your right foot, take on the goalkeeper, but the mistake

:44:08. > :44:15.is made. I fancy Stokes to get a shot away. Defending. Eventually

:44:16. > :44:21.Paul Donaldson -- Coll Donaldson completed.

:44:22. > :44:37.They lost their areas players -- they lost various players in

:44:38. > :44:41.previous seasons. John Rankin has been at Tannadice for a while.

:44:42. > :44:43.Difficult to sustain a good position in the league and have good seasons

:44:44. > :44:47.when you are losing your best in the league and have good seasons

:44:48. > :44:51.players in such a regular basis and perhaps not replacing them with that

:44:52. > :44:58.kind of quality. You tend to replace them with youngsters from the youth

:44:59. > :45:02.system. You can't do that over a period of ten years. You have a lot

:45:03. > :45:06.system. You can't do that over a of players coming through, when that

:45:07. > :45:13.dries up, it you have to spend money and Dundee United didn't have the

:45:14. > :45:20.money to spend. Is not going either way. A good run by Dixon. He has got

:45:21. > :45:30.to get back to his post. Just over five minutes to half-time.

:45:31. > :45:56.0-0 at the National Stadium. A wonderful chance for both teams in

:45:57. > :46:10.this first task, if you are joining us, Mackay is in, penalty went over

:46:11. > :46:28.the bar, that is why we are still at stalemate.

:46:29. > :46:42.Mixu Paatelainen very much a hero at Hibs in his time. Really good team

:46:43. > :46:43.Mixu Paatelainen very much a hero at in that campaign, or the way to the

:46:44. > :46:59.Scottish Cup final. Noticed an article with John O'Neill

:47:00. > :47:04.this morning where he was talking about winning the Scottish Cup,

:47:05. > :47:15.would be preferential in the eyes of the Hibs supporters to promotion.

:47:16. > :47:26.A chance for Spittal inside the box to create havoc. Another great save

:47:27. > :47:27.by the goalkeeper. Guilty final ball doesn't get into the danger area

:47:28. > :47:56.again. Options ahead of them. You have

:47:57. > :48:01.to pick somebody out there, and I have to say, a lot of goalkeepers

:48:02. > :48:03.don't go for that. Logan, was brave and got down and that was a good

:48:04. > :48:29.stop. Knoyle looking for doubt. The winner of this, faces the winner

:48:30. > :48:31.of tomorrow's semifinal between Rangers and Celtic. You may have

:48:32. > :48:54.heard about that one. I'm not sure Kawashima is the best

:48:55. > :49:20.at cross balls. He dealt with it and that is all that matters now.

:49:21. > :49:28.Here is Spittal on familiar territory, former Queens Park man.

:49:29. > :49:33.Mackay is in, Hibs just stopped and again he is denied by Conrad Logan.

:49:34. > :49:41.The goalkeeper I'll has been worth his weight in this first half.

:49:42. > :49:47.Another defensive lapse let Mackay in and the keeper makes a real good

:49:48. > :49:48.stop. How many of them will Hibs be able to count and the keeper against

:49:49. > :50:04.Mackay? It has been entertaining stuff,

:50:05. > :50:09.plenty happening, that is for sure. United trying to finish the first

:50:10. > :50:17.half strongly. One minute added on at the end, minimum of. Another

:50:18. > :50:19.substitution earlier on. Dixon replaced Morris. -- there was a

:50:20. > :50:42.substitution. Will someone make the breakthrough

:50:43. > :50:49.before the interval? Hibs are going to get a chance. One last

:50:50. > :50:54.opportunity to get the ball into the box. Here is the chance. When it

:50:55. > :50:56.goes through, Bailly I is offside. No one touches the ball, linesman

:50:57. > :51:20.doesn't see it. -- Bailly RA. Free kick goes united's way. He has

:51:21. > :51:21.ended up having a fairly eventful first half, John Beaton, the

:51:22. > :51:34.referee. Who was the happier manager? I think

:51:35. > :51:38.Mixu. Look at the dominance Hibs have had on the ball, both sides are

:51:39. > :51:44.going to look back at chances missed. Alan Stubbs is not good to

:51:45. > :51:53.be happy with that missed opportunity. There is nothing

:51:54. > :51:58.between their respective sides at the moment, though there possibly

:51:59. > :52:05.should be. Billy Mackay the two gilt-edged opportunities. The second

:52:06. > :52:08.was well offside. It doesn't matter any more, but Conrad Logan making a

:52:09. > :52:10.couple of saves and Jason Cummings might be about to get a flea in the

:52:11. > :52:16.couple of saves and Jason Cummings era from his manager after his

:52:17. > :52:19.penalty went horribly wrong over the bar and that means at half-time in

:52:20. > :52:29.the first of the William Hill Scottish Cup semis, it is 0-0. For

:52:30. > :52:34.much of that first half, it looks as if Hibs are heading for the second

:52:35. > :52:37.major cup final for the season. What a sucker punch that might have been

:52:38. > :52:43.had Billy Mackay scored. When you're too has been on the run Hibs have

:52:44. > :52:46.been on recently, that maybe wasn't the best idea from Jason Cummings.

:52:47. > :52:55.He will be hearing all about it and it is a goalless at half-time. Let's

:52:56. > :53:01.hear from Mark Wilson and from Pat Nevin as well. For much of that

:53:02. > :53:06.half, it looked like the old team from the league below hips rather

:53:07. > :53:10.than the one above. We said at the top of the show her love week United

:53:11. > :53:13.look like that. I thought with this being a semifinal they would come

:53:14. > :53:17.out and play like a Premiership side. They have been off the pace,

:53:18. > :53:21.Hibs have controlled the ball for the majority of the game and

:53:22. > :53:25.tactically I thought they were all over the place, especially with

:53:26. > :53:27.their choice at left-back. Not a good first half but they still

:53:28. > :53:32.their choice at left-back. Not a created two chances to score. How

:53:33. > :53:44.will Hibs be feeling currently in the game is still goalless?

:53:45. > :53:49.Groundhogs to day. Dominated possession, got into great

:53:50. > :53:52.positions, not always made good chances but should be ahead. They

:53:53. > :53:59.are not, and Hibs and have been watching for a good of time. Alan

:54:00. > :54:03.Stubbs saying for long periods, we are playing really well but we're

:54:04. > :54:08.not winning games. Sounding a bit like that just now and there will be

:54:09. > :54:12.a lot of people watching thinking we are finding new and exciting ways to

:54:13. > :54:15.mess up and it looks a bit like that just now. It just takes one goal for

:54:16. > :54:22.his and that would relax them. -- Hibs. Let's look at the penalty.

:54:23. > :54:28.This is a good shout from John Beaton. Quickly, it wasn't instantly

:54:29. > :54:34.obvious. Yes, behind the play, not obvious. My first reaction, it is a

:54:35. > :54:37.penalty. His arm comes up. I think Donaldson is a bit unlucky that he

:54:38. > :54:42.attempts to head the ball but you can just see his armies in the

:54:43. > :54:49.awkward position. It stops the ball, definitely. -- his arm is. Is it

:54:50. > :55:02.still a Brit? You kind of needs to drag his arm away there. -- is it

:55:03. > :55:13.deliberate? We'll say it is entertaining, but when you miss it

:55:14. > :55:18.and the run that you're on. I think slightly on his head, in his head,

:55:19. > :55:24.that Tuesday night he scored a penalty kick and he's might it into

:55:25. > :55:29.the right-hand corner there. People think you will be really confident,

:55:30. > :55:34.but your mind is thinking, do I do it in the same place? Do I do it

:55:35. > :55:43.lower? That is probably why he has done it as he did. I feel sorry for

:55:44. > :55:50.him because Hibs deserved to be one goal up. It is about percentages.

:55:51. > :55:54.The run Hibs have been on, they have to get something powerfully on

:55:55. > :56:00.course. Pat mentioned it there, the penalty scored on Tuesday night was

:56:01. > :56:05.a beauty. I think just put your boot through it. His try to be too

:56:06. > :56:08.clever. It is part of it, he scored two goals on Tuesday, he had the

:56:09. > :56:17.confidence of a centre forward and he is not working in confidence that

:56:18. > :56:19.the best of times anyway. I struggle to be too hard because when it

:56:20. > :56:26.the best of times anyway. I struggle works, we all applaud and say well

:56:27. > :56:31.done, fantastic. When it doesn't, it doesn't look good. For much of that

:56:32. > :56:33.first half, we were asking the question who is playing left-back

:56:34. > :56:38.for Dundee United and it was a good question. After about three seconds

:56:39. > :56:44.I looked at the teams and I couldn't believe I saw Callum Morris at

:56:45. > :56:49.left-back. I played with him and he is an outstanding centre-half. Not

:56:50. > :56:58.one I thought could be can converted to that position. We all assumed

:56:59. > :57:03.Sean Dillon would play left-back. There were so many examples of Hibs

:57:04. > :57:07.exploiting weakness. It took them only a few minutes to realise what

:57:08. > :57:12.was going on ahead of them. It is the additional, the full-backs have

:57:13. > :57:17.to see the full position and if you look at Morris, he is totally caught

:57:18. > :57:20.out, getting dragged to the ball. He shouldn't be going there, stay with

:57:21. > :57:24.your man. The move comes from going down the right-hand side and Hibs

:57:25. > :57:32.kept trying to exploit it. There he goes, he comes in. He would see Gray

:57:33. > :57:36.bombing on and hold his position. In time and time again he got caught

:57:37. > :57:40.out and I felt sorry for him because he has been asked to do a job and it

:57:41. > :57:45.looks like he has been put in there without any thought. This one

:57:46. > :57:49.particularly, you must read it. The guy is going wide, you must read

:57:50. > :57:55.that is where to go. That is exact we what saying beforehand about not

:57:56. > :58:02.a centre-back, there you go. You cannot afford to let... Full-back

:58:03. > :58:06.star let that happen. Again, it came off there. I feel sorry for him.

:58:07. > :58:10.He's trying to do a job for his team, he's not used to it and in my

:58:11. > :58:14.opinion it is the manager's mistake putting in there. Don't think

:58:15. > :58:25.there's much doubt that Hibs haven't created enough for a team that has

:58:26. > :58:34.dominated that first half. Two out of three are long-range shot at

:58:35. > :58:40.goal. If it is on target, you kind of want the goalkeeper to save that

:58:41. > :58:44.one. It is a nice short but I read some statistics recently. If you

:58:45. > :58:47.look at football, one in 20 shots from outside the box go in so you

:58:48. > :58:52.need to have a hell of a lot of shots out there if you are going to

:58:53. > :58:57.work. Have you thought of getting out of it more? Hanging around the

:58:58. > :59:04.wrong people. But you are right about this, yes, getting balls into

:59:05. > :59:10.dangerous areas. If it lands at Stokes's feet, you think it may get

:59:11. > :59:20.to the back of the net but not from so far out. That is asking a lot.

:59:21. > :59:27.Loads of possession, fantastic areas that Hibs are getting into, chances?

:59:28. > :59:30.Very few. If you are a Hibs fan, you are not feeling good about the game

:59:31. > :59:35.at the moment because Hibs have been running the show. That is the thing,

:59:36. > :59:40.that is the worry. How many times have Hibs done this? They play so

:59:41. > :59:44.well and fall at the final hurdle. It looks like the game is going that

:59:45. > :59:49.way now. They have controlled the first half but they haven't taken

:59:50. > :59:52.advantage. You would think Dundee United can't play that much worse in

:59:53. > :59:57.the second half. You'd think that come out and have a go. Can you not

:59:58. > :00:01.just feel a little lift at the end there from Dundee United. Not only

:00:02. > :00:09.the tactical change, but getting the odd little half chance now. The

:00:10. > :00:16.original stats where they had 64% of position Hibs had, when they did

:00:17. > :00:18.have these little chances, that was your first question before the game,

:00:19. > :00:22.have these little chances, that was what is he going to do? The first

:00:23. > :00:27.thing you do, make yourself big, and he has managed to do that. I don't

:00:28. > :00:35.think there is much doubt Conrad Logan has been a better shape. A

:00:36. > :00:39.couple of absolutely crucial saves. That one we've just seen, this one

:00:40. > :00:46.is good for him. That is what you practice in training every day. He

:00:47. > :00:51.anticipated it. I don't know what he is thinking of here, but again, he

:00:52. > :00:55.spreads and self and a top-class save. On the United side, you would

:00:56. > :01:01.think Billy Mackay at the start of the season, more confident.

:01:02. > :01:06.That is a tough one for the assistant to see, because you would

:01:07. > :01:09.expect the defender to get it, say what you like about Logan, he is

:01:10. > :01:15.quick off his line, spreading himself. He's not leaving much to

:01:16. > :01:24.the striker to go for, in that goal. You have got the above for that. He

:01:25. > :01:29.has saved well there, is that a case of a new goalkeeper and a lack of

:01:30. > :01:33.communication with Paul Hanlon? They train alongside each other every day

:01:34. > :01:42.in training, I know that he has not played so much but... Hanlon should

:01:43. > :01:49.deal with it, I don't like defenders standing off and waiting for a

:01:50. > :01:51.goalkeeper, I like to see a defender or a goalkeeper clearing it

:01:52. > :01:54.goalkeeper, I like to see a defender properly, and doing it properly. We

:01:55. > :01:59.will come back to today semifinal, but a few words about the one

:02:00. > :02:03.tomorrow, Rangers against Celtic, only the second time in four

:02:04. > :02:07.seasons, this was 14 months ago a League Cup semifinal, 2-0 was the

:02:08. > :02:14.final scoreline. With its and Connolly got the goals. 2-0, going

:02:15. > :02:19.on a good deal more. There was an absolute chasm between the two clubs

:02:20. > :02:24.at the time, it could have been 14 years ago, so little in common, with

:02:25. > :02:30.the side. Not just personnel, but the way that they play. Their ideas

:02:31. > :02:36.about how to play, the quality, the confidence, there was no confidence.

:02:37. > :02:40.The confidence in this Rangers team now, winning the league, winning the

:02:41. > :02:46.cup last week, beating Premiership opposition, this time, on their way

:02:47. > :02:49.here. They have a better squad. The gap has definitely got more narrow

:02:50. > :02:54.as the years have gone on. Fairly obvious that Rangers have improved,

:02:55. > :03:03.have your old team, Celtic, have they improved? That is the question,

:03:04. > :03:07.I don't think they have improved. Ronny Deila has said that we will

:03:08. > :03:14.get better, but it has not happened, that is why it is so interesting.

:03:15. > :03:24.Celtic have stood still, Rangers have improved, how big is the gap?

:03:25. > :03:26.We will find out. The result of the match was fairly inconsequential,

:03:27. > :03:32.but Rangers winning the title by a country mile, James Tavernier, now

:03:33. > :03:36.up to 14 goals for the season. All sorts of attacking options for

:03:37. > :03:43.Rangers midfield. The concern would be at the back end. The defence is

:03:44. > :03:47.the question, comfortable in midfield, they have goals, playing

:03:48. > :03:59.with confidence. The fans are behind them. Winning the cup, winning the

:04:00. > :04:05.league, everything feeling good. I do not know how good he is going

:04:06. > :04:12.forward. They will really get tested. If you somehow stop Rangers,

:04:13. > :04:15.if you are Celtic, you have got to stop that left-back and back right

:04:16. > :04:20.back hammering forward, if you can do that, you have done a good job in

:04:21. > :04:26.stopping them. -- big job. He will have his own team in mind, but they

:04:27. > :04:32.are almost certain to win this if they do that. 4-0, Rangers winning

:04:33. > :04:33.at Hampden Park, against Peterhead, this was something of a

:04:34. > :04:36.at Hampden Park, against Peterhead, reconnaissance mission for a lot of

:04:37. > :04:43.players who had not been to the national stadium, getting a feel of

:04:44. > :04:48.what it is like, a different playing surface, by this weekend, it allows

:04:49. > :04:52.them to have a sampler. One of the goals of the season, but you get to

:04:53. > :04:56.the stadium, especially if few have not been there, such a different

:04:57. > :05:00.environment, Hampden Park, the fans are a wee bit further away,

:05:01. > :05:05.different pressure. Those guys have not sampled that, they will feel

:05:06. > :05:16.better about themselves. No lack of confidence whatsoever. You have got

:05:17. > :05:23.to be honest about this. That is the thing that would worry Rangers fans

:05:24. > :05:28.right now. Four of the best buy is not playing, it is going to be

:05:29. > :05:32.difficult. There is going to be live coverage on BBC radio Scotland, from

:05:33. > :05:35.11:30am. The second of the William Hill Scottish Cup semifinals, and

:05:36. > :05:38.11:30am. The second of the William you can see the best of the action

:05:39. > :05:39.on sports scene, tomorrow, highlights, from this one, and that

:05:40. > :05:52.one, from 10:30pm. I wonder, the way that the first

:05:53. > :05:55.half ended, the penalty miss, Dundee United looking more of a force,

:05:56. > :06:02.would not have been difficult for them for the top they were not in

:06:03. > :06:05.it. Do you think the match has turned a little towards United in

:06:06. > :06:09.that half. I think they will go in feeling the happier side, that can

:06:10. > :06:12.give you a lift when you go into the dressing room, and you think that

:06:13. > :06:21.you are still in the game, I think they will come out a better side.

:06:22. > :06:27.They cannot play any worse than they did in the first half, I would

:06:28. > :06:32.expect United to have a real go. Have United got away with one so

:06:33. > :06:38.far? They have, and Hibernian have not been finishing strongly

:06:39. > :06:41.recently. Everyone has asked the question, really, what has been

:06:42. > :06:45.wrong with Hibs, recently, it is tiredness, towards the end of the

:06:46. > :06:50.game. The story so far of the first of the Scottish Cup semifinals.

:06:51. > :06:58.Hibs threatening the Dundee United goal from the very start, that could

:06:59. > :07:04.have been a sucker punch, no credit to Jason Cummings for the glaring

:07:05. > :07:07.penalty miss, boy was his face red at that point! Stokes going close,

:07:08. > :07:12.not close enough for Hibs, as the first half came to a close, it is

:07:13. > :07:14.0-0, heading into the second half at Hampden Park. Back to the commentary

:07:15. > :07:36.team. COMMENTATOR: Hibernian about to get

:07:37. > :07:40.us under way for the second half. The talk has been about Jason

:07:41. > :07:43.Cummings and the penalty miss, Zinedine Zidane, seventh minute of

:07:44. > :07:47.the World Cup final, is it just about goes in on the underside of

:07:48. > :07:52.the bar, you are a national hero. Other side of the debate, the former

:07:53. > :07:59.Hibernian defender, he has been very critical at half-time, on social

:08:00. > :08:02.media platforms. He says, is one of my team-mates did that in a semi and

:08:03. > :08:07.we did not go through, I would rip off his head! You want what Alan

:08:08. > :08:12.Stubbs had to say to them at the break. CO-COMMENTATOR: He has got to

:08:13. > :08:18.keep them going, he is the man most likely to score a goal. You have got

:08:19. > :08:27.to lift players. This is a good early chance. Not a great touch by

:08:28. > :08:31.John McGinn, looked like it was going to open up. That is the

:08:32. > :08:40.umpteenth time that Hibs have got into this position. Worth defending,

:08:41. > :08:44.another chance gone. No changes for either team in the second half. Paul

:08:45. > :08:53.Dixon replacing Callum Morris. Towards the interval.

:08:54. > :09:24.Hibs attacking the east end of the stadium. United going back towards.

:09:25. > :09:34.Mixu Paatelainen staring down at the semifinal.

:09:35. > :09:37.The Japanese goalkeeper has played at two World Cup finals tournaments.

:09:38. > :09:52.With Japan. Five clean sheets for the Dundee

:09:53. > :10:03.United deeper since he arrived. Great play by McGinn, lovely play,

:10:04. > :10:13.Sean Dillon left it. He has two deal with it. Fraser Fyvie... And

:10:14. > :10:23.again... Hibernian almost a little guilty of trying to pass the ball

:10:24. > :10:34.into the net. Willing to have a pop. Marvin Hartley has had a good game,

:10:35. > :10:37.winning the ball back once again. John McGinn, Man of the Match in the

:10:38. > :11:28.Scotland game against Denmark. United again starting the second

:11:29. > :11:35.half nervously. Defensively, they have blocked the goalkeeper. You

:11:36. > :11:42.have got a clear your lines. Do not get caught playing it out from the

:11:43. > :12:50.back. Probably Liam Henderson's poorest corner of the afternoon.

:12:51. > :13:02.You would be a brave man to step up. No replays in Scottish Cup

:13:03. > :13:14.semifinals anymore. If Bernie part in the last one. Jim McIntyre

:13:15. > :13:25.scored. -- Hibernian. Knocking out Hibernian.

:13:26. > :13:50.Jim McIntyre, scorer for Dundee United against Hibernian, 2005.

:13:51. > :13:59.Conrad Logan Ingold today, because Mark Oxley was booked for time

:14:00. > :14:05.wasting in the replay in invidious in the last round. -- Inverness. He

:14:06. > :14:16.was looking for his contact lens, at the time... He was booked anyway.

:14:17. > :14:26.Great ball, great take via David Gray. Jason Cummings was close. Not

:14:27. > :14:30.close enough. What a goal that would have been, crossfield pass, take

:14:31. > :14:42.into the box, Jason Cummings must have been so close. What a ball in

:14:43. > :14:48.from David Gray. If you are a striker, that is the kind of ball,

:14:49. > :14:49.the kind of service that you want. Hibernian continuing their dominance

:14:50. > :15:09.of the ball. Second period. Everything was quality, from that

:15:10. > :15:15.ball, to the touch, early ball into the middle, Jason Cummings, just

:15:16. > :15:24.half a yard away, David Gray, all of the pace on the ball, just needs a

:15:25. > :15:36.touch, cannot get there. Not his afternoon. But plenty of time still.

:15:37. > :15:41.Blair Spittal, that is poor. He had a really good first half to the

:15:42. > :15:46.season, Blair Spittal, a rare shining light for this Dundee United

:15:47. > :15:49.side. They need him, they need Erskine, they need the three players

:15:50. > :15:53.playing under Mackay to get more involved in the first half, we saw

:15:54. > :15:54.them in tandem in the first half at the Hibs end, causing problems but

:15:55. > :16:12.we have not seen enough. This is to the ire of the Dundee

:16:13. > :16:39.United supporters. Paul Dixon got himself into a really

:16:40. > :17:05.good area. Erskine delayed it. Jason Cummings. That would have been

:17:06. > :17:09.quite something. That work out as planned. Anthony Stokes, return

:17:10. > :17:23.ball... Lovely understanding between

:17:24. > :17:27.Henderson and Stokes. Neatly taken by the goalkeeper. That is a real

:17:28. > :17:32.waste, I mentioned Hibernian don't have too many tall players, but the

:17:33. > :17:40.two centre-backs, they have got to get there and get a chance. Look who

:17:41. > :17:43.is there again for Hibs, United have struggled in the final third, every

:17:44. > :17:50.time they have gone in there, Marvin Bartley, the majority of occasions,

:17:51. > :18:03.as won it back for his team. It is the two Billy Mckayone-on-ones. This

:18:04. > :18:09.is a chance, set play, get things sorted out, get bodies into the box.

:18:10. > :18:29.Thought they might try to take it short, seemed to take...

:18:30. > :19:13.This is an a knife edge, two teams outperform and out of sorts. -- out

:19:14. > :19:18.of form and out of sorts. What did you make of the surface? Looking

:19:19. > :19:22.lush, green, cut nice and low, really holding up, it suits the

:19:23. > :19:30.players, they can really get the ball fizzing about on it.

:19:31. > :19:36.Erskine, two ranking. They don't want to pass to Paul Dixon, for some

:19:37. > :20:01.reason! -- Erskine, to Rankin. Stevens finding

:20:02. > :20:10.Henderson. Offside flag up here. At least there was.

:20:11. > :20:17.Henderson still things he is taking a corner. Clever ball from him, but

:20:18. > :20:21.I think the fact that the delayed it, Lewis Stevenson must have got

:20:22. > :20:30.the wrong side, and found himself half a yard offside. Dundee United,

:20:31. > :20:38.twice winners of the competition, runners up 11 times. Hibernian

:20:39. > :20:45.looking to get back to the Scottish Cup final after losing two in a row,

:20:46. > :20:52.in 12 and 13, better outcome this time. Stretching something there.

:20:53. > :20:57.Certainly no contact with the Hibs player, that is a hamstring that he

:20:58. > :21:01.has tweaked, it is going to be difficult to see out 90 minutes.

:21:02. > :21:08.Took off one of their best centre halves, in the first half, in Callum

:21:09. > :21:09.Morris. I have seen Paul Paton play at full-back, I have seen him play

:21:10. > :21:15.at centre-back, one of those players at full-back, I have seen him play

:21:16. > :21:16.who does all over the park, but they will be hoping that this man can

:21:17. > :21:48.continue. Well, he is smiling. Many options on the bench for Dundee

:21:49. > :21:56.United, but not too many defensive options. They have Henri Anier, and

:21:57. > :21:57.Florent Sinama Pongolle, among the attacking options, Edward Ofere, as

:21:58. > :22:16.well. Erskine, back from Billy Mckay...

:22:17. > :22:19.Got plenty behind it. Good play around the edge of the box from

:22:20. > :22:33.Dundee United and another decent save from the Hibs goalkeeper.

:22:34. > :23:02.Winning all of these 50/50s. -- 50/50s. The Hibs bench.

:23:03. > :23:22.Paul Thompson, Edinburgh boy, started his career at Kingston.

:23:23. > :23:45.United see more of it. Last five minutes or so.

:23:46. > :23:54.Corner, the assistant was not sure. Waiting for John Beaton to clarify

:23:55. > :24:06.his position. Runner coming in the middle of the park. You have got to

:24:07. > :24:11.see, coming back. Dundee United's first corner of the match. Taken by

:24:12. > :24:17.Erskine, Donaldson jumped. Did not get anything on it. It was a

:24:18. > :24:23.sandwich, Paul Hanlon very close, Allan McGregor behind him, making

:24:24. > :24:30.sure that he does not get a touch. -- Darren McGregor. Decent ball in,

:24:31. > :24:34.whipped into a good area. That victory for Dundee United in 2005 at

:24:35. > :24:40.this stage was Gordon Chisholm's first win as caretaker, against Tony

:24:41. > :24:47.Mowbray's team, they reach their first Scottish Cup final since 1994,

:24:48. > :24:50.that day, the other semifinal meeting, in the 1993/94 League Cup,

:24:51. > :25:02.Darren Jackson scored the only goal for Hibs, in zero victory. -- in a

:25:03. > :25:23.1-0 victory, another who played for both of these clubs.

:25:24. > :25:33.Hibs six points behind Falkirk in the championship. Couple of games in

:25:34. > :25:38.hand. It could be in their own hands, when it comes to finishing

:25:39. > :25:40.second, the team that finishes third will be taking on Raith Rovers, in

:25:41. > :26:02.the play-offs. Two games in hand. Mixu Paatelainen and Dundee United

:26:03. > :26:14.would rip your arm off for a place in the play-offs right now. It is

:26:15. > :26:27.all about the cup today. Here comes Paul Dixon. Erskine, two -- to

:26:28. > :26:34.Rankin. United probing. Paul Paton, Paul Dixon. Erskine, two -- to

:26:35. > :26:44.Erskine... He was onside, still alive... Off the line by Hanlon!

:26:45. > :26:47.Real chance for Dundee United, a lot of Hibs players standing with their

:26:48. > :26:51.hands in the air, looking for offside rather than getting on with

:26:52. > :26:56.the job, comes back, another decent blog, taking up a decent position on

:26:57. > :27:03.the line, cover ball, little flick chests, onside, and United should

:27:04. > :27:08.have made Hibernian pay, good defending, chances do not come a lot

:27:09. > :27:12.better. Darren McGregor, Paul Hanlon, looked like taking the lead.

:27:13. > :27:29.It is in from Blair Spittal... 6-2, in Hibs's favour, on the corner

:27:30. > :27:30.kick. They do have a good understanding, Paul Paton and Chris

:27:31. > :27:33.Erskine, played for Partick Thistle understanding, Paul Paton and Chris

:27:34. > :27:38.together, Jackie McNamara brought them to Tannadice.

:27:39. > :27:54.Stokes... Just came back of the wheel of Anthony Stokes. Scored six

:27:55. > :28:02.times, double Scottish Cup winner. Man of the Match against Hibernian

:28:03. > :28:07.in the final in 2013, 3-0 Celtic win. Game on as a sub to Jude a

:28:08. > :28:15.couple of years before that, Celtic brushed aside Motherwell by the same

:28:16. > :28:17.scoreline. Billy Mckay has been on the periphery of things. Couple of

:28:18. > :28:34.chances in the first half. Stevenson. Less than 25 to play of

:28:35. > :28:43.the 90, will we be going to extra time. United get that all wrong,

:28:44. > :28:53.Marvin Bartley, Fraser Fyvie, now Henderson... David Gray... Sean

:28:54. > :29:10.Dillon beats his countrymen Anthony Stokes to the ball. -- countryman.

:29:11. > :29:14.Sense of anticipation among the Hibs supporters after all that but Dundee

:29:15. > :29:43.United have won it back. Paul Paton. Out it goes to Kyle

:29:44. > :29:50.Knoyle. He is onto it. Does just enough. So too does Fraser Fyvie, he

:29:51. > :29:56.is going to get a free kick as well. Just a tangle of legs, enjoying a

:29:57. > :30:01.bit of possession and territory. Not working the goalkeeper that often,

:30:02. > :30:04.but the first half, they could not get hold of the ball, but

:30:05. > :30:12.second-half, certainly going better for them. Neither of these teams

:30:13. > :30:15.come here in good form at all, at what point would it come into the

:30:16. > :30:19.mind of a player that things have not been going for us recently? It

:30:20. > :30:25.is because things have not been going well recently that the nearer

:30:26. > :30:29.the end of the game you beget, the more nervous you get, you get the

:30:30. > :30:35.ball as far from you as possible, but Hibs cannot do that, they need

:30:36. > :30:37.to get it down and play. -- it is because things have not been going

:30:38. > :30:41.well recently that the nearer the end of the game you get, the more

:30:42. > :30:49.nervous you get. All kinds of problems here...

:30:50. > :31:17.Just one win in their last six league games for Dundee United. Just

:31:18. > :31:21.one loss in their previous five. Many expecting them to crawl out of

:31:22. > :31:27.the hole they have got themselves into. Space for David Gray here.

:31:28. > :31:44.Stokes! Some people don't think Anthony

:31:45. > :31:50.Stokes' move to Hibs has worked out for either party. He plays every

:31:51. > :31:54.week so that tells me something about his attitude in training and

:31:55. > :31:58.what the manager thinks. The fact it has coincided with a bit of a dip in

:31:59. > :32:09.form, you can never blame one player for that.

:32:10. > :32:17.Since beating hearts in their replay, they have only won three.

:32:18. > :32:25.Alloa and Livingston in the league, Caley Thistle. Erskine tries to find

:32:26. > :32:33.Mckay. We are about to go into the final

:32:34. > :33:27.20. He has got United at the park.

:33:28. > :33:33.Donaldson is down again. Out of your picture. He had to be treated

:33:34. > :33:37.earlier on in the second half. I don't think he is going to last a

:33:38. > :33:42.great deal longer. That is two or three times. A tweak in your

:33:43. > :33:46.hamstring turns into ATA and you could be out for six weeks. He does

:33:47. > :33:52.not want to go off, it is a semifinal, it is a big stage, but if

:33:53. > :33:56.you can't sprint you could cost your team. You have got to say to the

:33:57. > :34:13.manager, I could become a liability. You need to make a change.

:34:14. > :34:27.He gave away the penalty in the first half. It was a disputed one.

:34:28. > :34:36.He got away with it. Cummings failed to do what the team managed to do in

:34:37. > :34:46.1976. I don't think United have got anyone to come on yet, have they?

:34:47. > :34:54.Coll Donaldson has left his side playing with ten men and United have

:34:55. > :34:59.not even got a sub ready. As soon as he went down, I thought the signal

:35:00. > :35:02.had come on, you have got to make a change, somebody would be ready, and

:35:03. > :35:07.you don't want to play for any period of time with ten men, because

:35:08. > :35:13.if you are picked off, it does not look good. He is not happy, Coll

:35:14. > :35:19.Donaldson. He was down for more than a minute. United have surely got to

:35:20. > :35:25.be aware of the situation. Guy Demel is going to come on for United. Hibs

:35:26. > :35:34.have a man advantage at the moment. They are seeking to profit.

:35:35. > :35:51.United are getting away with another one. Fancher replaces Donaldson. --

:35:52. > :35:57.Demel replaces Donaldson. We will see where Demel takes a position. He

:35:58. > :36:01.Demel replaces Donaldson. We will can see, he can certainly play at

:36:02. > :36:06.the back. Guy Demel is going to be asked to go in there and fill that

:36:07. > :36:12.hole next to Sean Dillon. He played for West Ham United. He was dropped

:36:13. > :36:21.from the starting line-up today. Once upon a time, he won the

:36:22. > :36:32.Bundesliga with Borussia Dortmund. Mixu Paatelainen is not a man to

:36:33. > :36:39.fall out with. Donaldson is a tall man. I think the message is, stay

:36:40. > :36:46.down, we get somebody on and we don't play with ten men.

:36:47. > :36:55.They have got their full complement restored now, United. The ball into

:36:56. > :36:59.the box is cut out by Stevenson. Just over 15 minutes left of the

:37:00. > :37:18.first William Hill Scottish Cup semifinal. This is Paul Paton.

:37:19. > :37:27.Chris Erskine went down earlier. Minutes ago. He has been important

:37:28. > :37:33.to Dundee United in the second half in particular. He has made them look

:37:34. > :37:41.like more of a threat in the final third. It is the Estonian who is

:37:42. > :37:47.about to come on. That is the weight you get substituted. You sit there

:37:48. > :37:51.and you refuse to move. The physio comes on. You give it a try and then

:37:52. > :38:01.off you come and you are back to your full complement.

:38:02. > :38:06.To get here, Hibs had to beat Raith Rovers, hearts, after a replay,

:38:07. > :38:21.Caley Thistle after a replay. Dundee United came through against

:38:22. > :38:29.Partick Thistle and Ross County to get to this stage. Henry and near

:38:30. > :38:36.scored in the quarters. -- Anier scored in the quarters. He had a

:38:37. > :38:41.loans fell at Hibernian. He is going to come on with the sole intention

:38:42. > :38:48.of knocking them out of the Scottish Cup. He is a goal threat. He has

:38:49. > :38:55.certainly got that going for him. A new test for the Hibs back division.

:38:56. > :39:06.Not too many chances in the second half. The penalty in the first, the

:39:07. > :39:07.two Mckay chances. And one of the line from Ryan Dow's deflected

:39:08. > :39:18.effort. For Dundee United, that is three

:39:19. > :39:28.service down and they could be quite a long way to go. Potentially,

:39:29. > :39:41.effectively half a football match. On the new service, it does take its

:39:42. > :39:51.toll. A high-stakes game. In sunny Glasgow.

:39:52. > :40:02.A double change for Hibs at the moment. Two attacking players will

:40:03. > :40:11.be coming on. I think it is going to be El Alagui certainly coming on and

:40:12. > :40:15.Martin Boyle may be the other one. Whatever Alan Stubbs decides to do

:40:16. > :40:20.here, it is a big call. Anthony Stokes is a big game player. He has

:40:21. > :40:25.won this competition twice. Jason Cummings is your top scorer. He is

:40:26. > :40:32.going to have to take at least one of them off. It is just a different

:40:33. > :40:36.test for Dundee United now. They have tried to play through Hibs,

:40:37. > :40:41.they have not managed to get there, and now it is a more robust striker,

:40:42. > :40:47.someone you can hit early, and it is a new test. Guy Demel is on there,

:40:48. > :40:48.someone you can hit early, and it is Sean Dillon. El Alagui will pose a

:40:49. > :40:55.someone you can hit early, and it is real threat. They are holding off on

:40:56. > :41:00.the Martin Boyle one. El Alagui had a brief spell at Dundee United,

:41:01. > :41:05.didn't he? He has been blighted by injury this year. He is desperate to

:41:06. > :41:08.get in there and play a part before the end of the season. At Falkirk,

:41:09. > :41:22.he scored 27 in 43 appearances. A very different kind of threat to

:41:23. > :41:25.what Stokes offers. The Cummings, Stokes partnership has not really

:41:26. > :41:31.gelled yet so this might be the best thing to happen to Hibs. They have

:41:32. > :41:36.got a lot of balls into the box, now they have got a striker in their

:41:37. > :41:39.will feed off that kind of service. -- service. Can they keep getting

:41:40. > :42:00.them in there? 11 minutes to play. A bit more even Stevens now. That

:42:01. > :42:04.will be a concern for Alan Stubbs. This time last week, they were

:42:05. > :42:12.preparing to take on already relegated Alloa and lost. 1-0. They

:42:13. > :42:16.surrendered a 2-0 lead with three minutes to play against ten men at

:42:17. > :42:25.home when they took on faltered in the league. -- Falkirk. All these

:42:26. > :42:31.things I am sure will be going through the manager's mind. Both

:42:32. > :42:36.managers. If your team has been losing recently, you fear the worst.

:42:37. > :42:45.What can go against us, rather than thinking positive. Just under 20,000

:42:46. > :42:46.inside the National Stadium today. I am sure both clubs would have hoped

:42:47. > :42:58.inside the National Stadium today. I for more. Dow. Knoyle. In those

:42:59. > :43:13.Mckay and McGregor gets there! I am sure it will be very much on

:43:14. > :43:14.the bucket list for Darren McGregor to lift the Scottish up playing for

:43:15. > :43:36.Hibs. I tell you what, United are the

:43:37. > :43:37.better team right now. They are looking sharp and they look up for

:43:38. > :44:16.it. Henderson. El Alagui. That is the

:44:17. > :44:21.first time that Kawashima has had to make a shave -- save in recent

:44:22. > :44:25.times. A simple save for the goalkeeper as well. Just make sure

:44:26. > :44:30.you don't spill it. Write down his throat. El Alagui knew he had lost

:44:31. > :44:42.any impetus so we just decided to try his luck. Good play. Just shut

:44:43. > :45:21.the door on Anier. After it had creaked open.

:45:22. > :45:37.We are on a knife edge and Hampden Park.

:45:38. > :45:45.It is the kind of time that if a goal goes in, it will put you in the

:45:46. > :45:48.final. It would certainly help, a goal now, and it would be a

:45:49. > :45:56.ding-dong last seven or eight minutes. You would certainly see

:45:57. > :46:06.some end to end stuff. Hibs suffered recent heartache here.

:46:07. > :46:17.They were thinking extra time that day. Ross County had used all their

:46:18. > :46:22.Serbs that day. One or two were starting to run on empty.

:46:23. > :46:28.Serbs that day. One or two were Gray is in a decent position.

:46:29. > :46:55.A sore one for both players there. John McGinn looks like he's going be

:46:56. > :46:57.OK. It looks like he gets caught in the back of the head. Both eyes on

:46:58. > :47:12.the ball. That change we brought you exclusive

:47:13. > :47:17.news of ages ago is now being made. Martin Boyle for Liam Henderson.

:47:18. > :47:21.Liam Henderson missed out during the week so I am not sure if it is a

:47:22. > :47:24.situation where his legs are starting to go. Alan Stubbs is

:47:25. > :47:28.looking for something in the last starting to go. Alan Stubbs is

:47:29. > :47:32.few minutes so he is bringing on a flying machine. What a goal it was

:47:33. > :47:39.against Livingston a couple of weeks back. It looked like that was the

:47:40. > :47:46.signal, for Hibs to go four across the midfield.

:47:47. > :48:16.They have still got a change left. United have used all this.

:48:17. > :48:26.Hibs looking to reach both major cup finals in the first calendar year

:48:27. > :48:36.for the first time since 1972. -- in the same calendar year.

:48:37. > :48:43.Only East Fife have won the Scottish Cup while playing outside the top

:48:44. > :48:46.division. We have seen team from outside the top division play in the

:48:47. > :48:54.final plenty in recent times. Falkirk last season. Ross County,

:48:55. > :49:39.Queen of the South and Gretna, the others.

:49:40. > :49:48.United go back to come forward. Hibs have not won at Hampden Park since

:49:49. > :49:57.they beat Falkirk 4-3 in the breathtaking semifinal in this

:49:58. > :50:06.competition. I wonder what the odds were on two 4-3 results. Stokes, who

:50:07. > :50:27.is now off the park, scored the winner in extra time.

:50:28. > :50:36.The final couple of minutes of the 90. The spectre of extra time is

:50:37. > :50:42.looming large over the National stadium.

:50:43. > :50:54.This is Blair Spittal. Paul Paton. United left it very late against

:50:55. > :51:06.Ross County in the last round. Sean Dillon's ambitious ball for

:51:07. > :51:26.Dixon. That is good defending. Talkers through what it is like at

:51:27. > :51:32.this stage of such a big game. Nothing in it. Extra time is just

:51:33. > :51:37.about upon us. You settle for the fact you are going to extra time.

:51:38. > :51:41.Deep breaths, don't give anything away. Nobody wants to lose at this

:51:42. > :51:44.stage in the game. Get the ball down the other end and prepare for

:51:45. > :51:55.another 30 minutes. We have not heard how much injury

:51:56. > :52:02.time is going to be added on at the end. A minimum of four minutes. That

:52:03. > :52:25.is clever play initially. That is good play. Back to Fyvie.

:52:26. > :52:42.Away by Dillon. Mckay will chase. McGregor will

:52:43. > :52:46.cover. He has got a free kick as well as we go into stoppage time.

:52:47. > :52:53.And he has a chance to hit El Alagui. Paul Hanlon is going

:52:54. > :53:01.forward. You need to get one in the mixer.

:53:02. > :53:13.McGregor. Gray. Here is Cummings! It just would not sit for him.

:53:14. > :53:24.El Alagui. Three waiting in the middle in green and white. Others

:53:25. > :53:32.arriving. Hibs looking for a late winner that would take them into the

:53:33. > :53:46.Scottish Cup final. It would be their 14th.

:53:47. > :53:59.Anyway will do for Kyle Knoyle there.

:54:00. > :54:08.Dow has popped it through to Anier. Stevenson has to get there and does.

:54:09. > :54:15.It is a really clever ball through to the long-running Anier. I thought

:54:16. > :54:15.the fresh legs might make the difference but Stevenson did really

:54:16. > :54:48.well to get back. I am not sure the referee is flavour

:54:49. > :54:55.of the month. John McGinn falls on the ball. Knoyle is trying to win

:54:56. > :55:04.it. If it is a free kick, it has got to be the other way. After the

:55:05. > :55:19.injury time has come and gone. Anier. A free kick for Hibs.

:55:20. > :55:27.You can blow the Bugle right about now. Everybody in the box. Just get

:55:28. > :55:31.the ball forward. They have got cover for the centre-backs. Fyvie

:55:32. > :55:52.takes. Away by Demel. Hibs have had some late heroics in

:55:53. > :56:05.this competition this season as well. 2-macro-0 down at Tynecastle.

:56:06. > :56:12.Hanlon salvaging a replay. Hibs then dispatched their neighbours.

:56:13. > :56:20.Optimistic appeals for a free kick there. Here is Anier, up against

:56:21. > :56:26.Hanlon. Has he won a corner? No, free kick. I think the referee would

:56:27. > :56:33.love to blow now and get into stoppage time.

:56:34. > :56:46.Ryan Dow has been booked in the wake of all that. I think he must have

:56:47. > :56:50.felt he had a word with the referee and he has got himself booked, which

:56:51. > :56:55.is not the best thing to be doing at this stage of a game of this

:56:56. > :57:03.magnitude. He would is not one of those who would miss the final with

:57:04. > :57:11.a yellow to bash today. The final whistle. Billy McBryde has had their

:57:12. > :57:17.two best chances. And that man Conrad Logan has made a save on each

:57:18. > :57:22.occasion. But we are still talking about Cummings's failure to score

:57:23. > :57:27.from that first half penalty and the importance of that is growing by the

:57:28. > :57:32.minute at Hampden Park. As we prepare for extra time, it is

:57:33. > :57:36.goalless. Cummings missed that first half

:57:37. > :57:43.penalty and he Mike Havenaar the web to take before we finished at

:57:44. > :57:46.Hampden Park. The semifinal, if it cannot be settled in the next

:57:47. > :57:52.half-hour, that is a thought going through his head at the moment. Hibs

:57:53. > :57:56.dominated the first half. The second half much more even and it is really

:57:57. > :58:01.difficult to call. Extremely difficult to call. Maybe the first

:58:02. > :58:06.ten minutes of the second half, Hibs played well, but after that Dundee

:58:07. > :58:11.United came into it a little bit more. Dundee defended really well.

:58:12. > :58:18.They have got stronger and stronger as the game has gone on. They got to

:58:19. > :58:23.the byline a few times but could not pick anyone out. In the end, the

:58:24. > :58:27.most important thing, apart from the penalty kick, I think the best

:58:28. > :58:34.chances have fallen to Dundee United. Has the balance shifted the

:58:35. > :58:37.way of your old team? The first ten minutes, I thought Hibs came out the

:58:38. > :58:44.same. United looked like they were going to perform the same as the

:58:45. > :58:48.first half. They had a few chances. Gray flashed it across. I feared for

:58:49. > :58:53.Dundee United but they came back into it. They started to keep the

:58:54. > :58:57.ball bit better and created a few chances and probably had the best

:58:58. > :59:02.chance of the second half. It was a horrific block in the end by

:59:03. > :59:07.McGregor. But I think Mixu Paatelainen will be happy because

:59:08. > :59:12.Hibs controlled the majority of it. The majority -- the only worry would

:59:13. > :59:19.be the tired legs. They have both been really positive. I said at

:59:20. > :59:26.half-time, Hibs, for me, I think it has been a case of putting so much

:59:27. > :59:32.effort into the game, they have faded near the end of games. The

:59:33. > :59:37.likes of Henderson and McGinn, who were able to keep it going,

:59:38. > :59:42.eventually, in the length of a season, legs will tire, even for

:59:43. > :59:46.young men as well. You can see it with some of those Hibs players.

:59:47. > :59:51.They are not getting up to support the strikers at the moment. Stokes

:59:52. > :59:56.in particular at the end. Both teams are tired. Maybe it is a question of

:59:57. > :00:00.who is the most tired. Jason Cummings is still the story at the

:00:01. > :00:05.moment from a negative point of view. Could he turned that on its

:00:06. > :00:09.head and become the hero in the next half an hour? He is one of these

:00:10. > :00:13.players that has the ability to do that. We have seen time and time

:00:14. > :00:21.again him popping up with terrific goals. Is that still playing on his

:00:22. > :00:24.mind? There has been a lot of places that penalty miss two full-time and

:00:25. > :00:28.he must have thought one of his team-mates will help him out. That

:00:29. > :00:35.has not happened so it is on his mind. Can I make one absolute guess?

:00:36. > :00:45.If it comes to a penalty, he won't think the next one. The one thing I

:00:46. > :00:51.would say about Hibs, Cummings has got legs left and that is going to

:00:52. > :00:57.trouble Dundee United. Mixu Paatelainen almost walks into the

:00:58. > :01:01.camera there. We were read and I guess those Hibs fans worried about

:01:02. > :01:07.the goalkeeping position. Conrad Logan has not put a foot long. He

:01:08. > :01:11.has been brilliant. That saves he made in the first half were

:01:12. > :01:15.outstanding. I think he is getting a touch on that because he spreads

:01:16. > :01:22.himself, makes himself difficult to beat. His kicking is brilliant. It

:01:23. > :01:29.clears the halfway line. He has been a real plus point for Hibs.

:01:30. > :01:49.COMMENTATOR: A couple of players have popped off for... Comfort

:01:50. > :01:55.breaks... We understand, so we will have to wait a moment longer.

:01:56. > :02:04.After 2007, replays were abolished, at this stage, losing to

:02:05. > :02:10.Dunfermline, Celtic were the last victims of the replay. Jim McIntyre

:02:11. > :02:21.did what Jason Cummings didn't, this afternoon. -- couldn't.

:02:22. > :02:25.30 minutes to decide who will be going to the Scottish Cup final, if

:02:26. > :02:36.we still don't know the penalty shoot out will take place. As Jason

:02:37. > :02:39.Cummings will still get is due from the spot this afternoon.

:02:40. > :02:42.CO-COMMENTATOR: Difficult to pick a winner. Could not decide who you

:02:43. > :02:45.CO-COMMENTATOR: Difficult to pick a could make as favourites this

:02:46. > :02:54.afternoon. Some tired legs out there. Let's hope that it is a

:02:55. > :03:02.wonder goal, if somebody scores I wonder goal it is better than

:03:03. > :03:05.somebody making a mistake. With 15 minutes left of the 90, Dundee

:03:06. > :03:30.United had used all of their substitutions.

:03:31. > :03:46.Real self belief, Jason Cummings. Scored in the first leg of the pile

:03:47. > :03:53.final, couple of years back, he said that he can open a tin of beans with

:03:54. > :04:11.his left full. Getting just about enough there.

:04:12. > :04:36.Says it all on the scoreline, both teams have defended pretty well

:04:37. > :04:45.throughout. Forces that to Rankin. Blair Spittal popping up on the

:04:46. > :04:48.left. That is what you are looking for, anybody in the wide area,

:04:49. > :04:53.one-on-one situation, trying to get to the byline. Any cross that is

:04:54. > :05:00.blocked, still playing the final third. Corner kick keeps the

:05:01. > :05:04.pressure on Hibernian. Took many years to find a goalless draw

:05:05. > :05:25.between these two, until now. It comes, the keeper is there.

:05:26. > :05:38.He is quick but he is not that quick. Too many Hibs players getting

:05:39. > :05:42.behind the ball but doing nothing. You have got to come closer, you

:05:43. > :05:46.have got to get closer to your opposite number, it cannot allow

:05:47. > :05:48.players to come off, take touches, and begin spreading it around. Billy

:05:49. > :06:16.Mckay is offside. They have started extra time really

:06:17. > :06:25.well. Little passes, getting players involved. Hibs getting themselves a

:06:26. > :06:34.little bit too deep. Who knows the kind of impact that a semifinal will

:06:35. > :06:39.have an the survival battle. Big favourites to be relegated from the

:06:40. > :06:53.Premiership. Eight points behind Kilmarnock.

:06:54. > :07:01.Farida El Alagui may be coming off. He himself was a substitute. As was

:07:02. > :07:07.mentioned at the time, there has been injuries. Two Hibs players have

:07:08. > :07:15.clashed there, McGregor and David Gray. And it is going to be the sub

:07:16. > :07:22.the Jewish and we expected, the nightmare really cannot stop, it

:07:23. > :07:27.continues, cannot get games under his belt, he has come on open to do

:07:28. > :07:38.something special. -- it is going to be the substitution that week 's bet

:07:39. > :07:47.Farida El Alagui is coming. -- Farid El Alagui. You can see edged all

:07:48. > :07:54.over his face, the disappointment. Chris Daigle has not yet scored for

:07:55. > :07:57.this club, Dundee United have begun extra time more positively. I have a

:07:58. > :08:09.corner here. Player of the Year at Rangers last

:08:10. > :08:21.season, they did Long throw from Rankin. Dylan gave

:08:22. > :08:45.it away. Goodbye. Paul Paton volleys it out. Blair

:08:46. > :09:17.Spittal... Beaten to it. Has not been the influence on the

:09:18. > :09:22.game that we all know that he can be.

:09:23. > :09:33.Keeper had to make the save. John Rankin thought that he was scoring.

:09:34. > :09:37.More than capable, John Rankin, fires its download, wonderful save,

:09:38. > :09:52.bottom corner. Decent strike, great save. Famously scored goals like

:09:53. > :10:00.that for Hibs. Another Blair Spittal corner.

:10:01. > :10:10.He has a couple this season, Paton, never looked likely there. A

:10:11. > :10:22.lot of wrestling going in, cannot get his head to it, made his mind to

:10:23. > :10:24.go for the volley. Mixu Paatelainen, called in young, his assistant, they

:10:25. > :10:33.must be delighted with the way that the extra time has gone, still 0-0.

:10:34. > :10:48.Krist Admiral, to Stevenson. -- Krist Dagnall. -- Chris Dagnall. One

:10:49. > :10:53.heavy touch has killed the mood. It was never going to catch it.

:10:54. > :10:55.heavy touch has killed the mood. It desertion, Dundee United, at one

:10:56. > :10:59.heavy touch has killed the mood. It point, it was up at 67 in the favour

:11:00. > :11:06.of Hibernian. Most of the first half. Totally dominated, as the game

:11:07. > :11:08.has gone on. They have themselves into it. They have begun to pass the

:11:09. > :11:22.ball far better. Mark Wilson mentioned the kicking of

:11:23. > :11:28.Conrad Logan, there is another good example of it.

:11:29. > :12:01.You just wonder if Dundee United have to take advantage of this spell

:12:02. > :12:03.of domination they are enjoying. You have got to hurt the opposition, the

:12:04. > :12:57.only way to do that, scoring goals. Certainly looked more lively since

:12:58. > :12:58.coming on. Until recently, Leicester City, 13 years at Leicester City,

:12:59. > :13:33.loads of loan spells. Boyle is the better target there.

:13:34. > :13:35.But it has got to be on the ground. It has got to be perfect, far too

:13:36. > :14:20.much on it, no chance. Hibs enjoying city 7% of possession

:14:21. > :14:26.in the second half, but in the first period of extra time, the exact same

:14:27. > :14:28.amount for Dundee United, and the first period of extra time

:14:29. > :14:39.amount for Dundee United, and the another three minutes to

:14:40. > :14:51.run full stealing a march on Hanlon. Good cover. Saw that his centre-back

:14:52. > :14:54.partner was in trouble, clever ball in behind Hanlon. McGregor, making

:14:55. > :15:16.it difficult. Forced it through... What a save!

:15:17. > :15:21.Still alive... Conrad Logan has just received a standing ovation from the

:15:22. > :15:27.Hibernian supporters. He has been a real star turned today. Quick...

:15:28. > :15:33.Gets off his line so well, once again, spreads himself, that is an

:15:34. > :15:43.easy save, the first one, Hibs needed that, Dundee United, what a

:15:44. > :15:48.chance. Immediate attention being required for Blair Spittal. They

:15:49. > :15:55.have used all their substitute, now, both teams have. Martin Boyle going

:15:56. > :16:00.through... He has caught him on the both teams have. Martin Boyle going

:16:01. > :16:05.shoulder, by the look of things. Hoping that it is one of those

:16:06. > :16:11.injuries, just a clash, nothing that... Cannot afford to take him

:16:12. > :16:15.off the park. Here is the save again, not for the first time,

:16:16. > :16:18.Conrad Logan... He gets there, makes himself big, brilliant stop.

:16:19. > :16:45.Absolute star. These Hibs boulders have not seen

:16:46. > :16:51.their team lift the Scottish Cup, many of them. Not many generations

:16:52. > :17:00.of Hibs fans have. -- these Hibs supporters. Is unfortunate it has

:17:01. > :17:04.big one of these talking points. -- it is unfortunate that it has become

:17:05. > :17:10.one of these talking points. They have the win it sometime, as we said

:17:11. > :17:12.earlier. I am 56, I have been saying that since I knew what football was!

:17:13. > :17:29.These things can hang around. It is a good job that the Hamdan

:17:30. > :17:39.playing surface is looking tiptop, given the extra time to deal with

:17:40. > :17:45.today. -- Hampden. One minute added on and if Hibs go through today,

:17:46. > :17:51.Conrad Logan, you would imagine, will be getting some kind of special

:17:52. > :17:59.prize, from Jason Cummings, after that horrible penalty miss in the

:18:00. > :18:05.first half. It is ambitious, from Dixon. As soon as you see him coming

:18:06. > :18:06.onto the right foot he is... You have got to be thinking, make a

:18:07. > :18:10.pass, make a pass, he could not help have got to be thinking, make a

:18:11. > :18:21.himself. This man has been the star turn. 16 months? Big game, big

:18:22. > :18:26.occasion, had to be nervous, he has not put a foot wrong. Play for

:18:27. > :18:31.Rochdale, in a 2-2 draw with Notts County... 16 months, December,

:18:32. > :18:39.Rochdale, in a 2-2 draw with Notts 2014...! Here he is, the hero of the

:18:40. > :18:43.hour, denying Henri Anier, in extra time, we are no closer to finding

:18:44. > :18:53.out which will be the first team in the Scottish Cup final. 0-0.

:18:54. > :19:01.The second semifinal taking place here tomorrow, midday kick-off,

:19:02. > :19:10.Rangers against Celtic. That match will be live on BBC radio Scotland,

:19:11. > :19:15.the frequencies tomorrow, from 11:30am, kick-off 12pm. Craig

:19:16. > :19:23.Paterson, we do not know who the winners of that will be playing.

:19:24. > :19:30.Absolutely no idea, and the players who have a penalty kick to take will

:19:31. > :19:35.want to settle the situation before they go into that arena. United on

:19:36. > :19:41.top, creating chances. Another save to make. At the other end, Conrad

:19:42. > :19:50.Logan has been absolutely terrific. Can Hibernian wrestle back control?

:19:51. > :19:54.Will united state on top? -- will Dundee United stay on top, can they

:19:55. > :19:57.create one last chance? The magnitude of the penalty, this gets

:19:58. > :20:03.bigger and bigger, longer this plays out. The longer it plays out without

:20:04. > :20:08.Hibs scoring. It is horrible for the players, you would rather have a

:20:09. > :20:11.replay, go at it again. The substitutes have been used, these

:20:12. > :20:16.guys that are out there, they are the ones that will have to deal with

:20:17. > :20:22.it, will there be a hero? Will the players have to go through the

:20:23. > :20:28.torture of the penalty shoot out. 200 meeting between the two. 14th in

:20:29. > :20:33.the Scottish Cup, Hibernian have one four, Dundee United, five, and there

:20:34. > :20:41.have been four drawers, four replays. Dundee United have looked

:20:42. > :20:43.the better team in extra time. -- Hibernian have won four, Dundee

:20:44. > :21:02.United have won five. 105 minutes without a goal. You

:21:03. > :21:11.would think that most people would put money on a shoot out now. Such

:21:12. > :21:23.was Hibs's early season form, they thumped Dundee United in the League

:21:24. > :21:28.Cup tie, played at Easter Road, 3-0. They have not been able to recapture

:21:29. > :21:35.it, in recent times. The cross from Fraser Fyvie sums up the current

:21:36. > :21:40.form. What has gone wrong? , You have got to credit Dundee United,

:21:41. > :21:48.final system, working hard, making the play, I really don't know...

:21:49. > :21:52.Anthony Stokes, Liam Henderson... The guys that are out there, they

:21:53. > :21:53.are plenty enough, they have got to stand up and be counted at this

:21:54. > :22:14.stage. Rankin felt that he was fouled.

:22:15. > :22:21.Quite a time of things, since the first half.

:22:22. > :22:37.Goalkeeper decided to punch that, looking unorthodox, again, from Eiji

:22:38. > :22:41.Kawashima, the Japanese. Jason Cummings looking for the top corner.

:22:42. > :23:28.Time to bring Hibernian to life. Dispiriting season for Dundee

:23:29. > :23:35.United, six wins in 33 league games. The Scottish Cup has given them a

:23:36. > :24:03.nice distraction. Here is John Rankin.

:24:04. > :24:09.If he does not put arms over Sean Dillon, he has a chance of winning a

:24:10. > :24:14.free kick. Shot well, can the goalkeeper catch that? I suppose he

:24:15. > :24:21.decided not to take the chance. Rather clawed it away. He is from

:24:22. > :24:41.just north of Tokyo, he is from Yono, Saitama. He featured at

:24:42. > :25:12.World Cup in Brazil and South Africa, for Japan.

:25:13. > :25:44.Fraser Fyvie... Ten minutes until the lottery.

:25:45. > :26:08.So tense out there! Both teams losing the ball.

:26:09. > :26:19.Lovely turn, from Blair Spittal. Poor pass, though. For all of their

:26:20. > :26:24.domination, still finding it difficult to create chances. Good

:26:25. > :26:28.turn by Blair Spittal, once again, it is the weight of the past, the

:26:29. > :26:34.most important thing and he fails to get it right. The extra assistance

:26:35. > :26:44.for the Scottish Cup semifinal, this afternoon, tomorrow's one as well,

:26:45. > :26:53.Alan Mear and Andrew Dallas. That is something I didn't even notice! --

:26:54. > :26:55.Alan Muir. They have not had much to do, not much to do, no great impact

:26:56. > :27:18.in the game so far. Won back by Dagnall, for Hibs.

:27:19. > :27:22.Cannot prevent the corner... For the first time in a while, Hanlon and

:27:23. > :27:26.McGregor get to stretch their legs and get forward for this corner,

:27:27. > :27:36.John McGinn is going to keep this away from the goalkeeper.

:27:37. > :27:47.Nothing doing for Hibs. All sorts of players flying through, at the back

:27:48. > :27:51.post. McGregor has gone through the back, trying to spin their...

:27:52. > :27:58.Wrestling, jostling, the referee decides it has come from a Hibs

:27:59. > :28:01.buyer, and it is a goal kick. Alan Stubbs arrived at what was

:28:02. > :28:08.effectively a basket case a couple of years ago. Hardly any players to

:28:09. > :28:13.begin with either. -- spin there. Took a little while to get going,

:28:14. > :28:20.but apart from the recent trials they have had on the football pitch,

:28:21. > :28:24.you have got to give a lot of credit to Rod Petrie, for the job they have

:28:25. > :28:29.been doing behind-the-scenes, but he has really turned things around, by

:28:30. > :28:34.and large, a promotion is required now, though, Scottish Cup would of

:28:35. > :28:41.easily be phenomenal, as Mixu Paatelainen... Played in a certain

:28:42. > :28:46.final, which you will remember, with many great memories, best Scottish

:28:47. > :28:55.Cup final of all time, unless you are a Dundee United fan! Motherwell,

:28:56. > :28:56.winning it. Nobody in tangerine, other than Blair Spittal,

:28:57. > :29:10.retrieving. Good play by John McGinn, but that

:29:11. > :29:14.is not the area where they want to see him doing his stuff, it is at

:29:15. > :29:19.the other end, needs must. Goal side of Lewis Stevenson. Some good

:29:20. > :29:25.ground, strong enough to see it out for the goalkick.

:29:26. > :29:36.Scottish Cup semifinals do not often go to penalties. Heading that way.

:29:37. > :29:40.Surely Jason Cummings will not be going for the chip shot, gets the

:29:41. > :30:11.chance. Almost broke for Henri Anier,

:30:12. > :30:15.McGregor was there, Fraser Fyvie getting it away. That is tired legs

:30:16. > :30:42.and a poor touch going back towards his own goal.

:30:43. > :31:03.Less than five to play of extra time.

:31:04. > :31:11.Hibs looking at bit jittery in defence all of a sudden. I would not

:31:12. > :31:15.say it is their strong point, defending at depth, and they are

:31:16. > :31:29.being forced back. They are being caused real problems.

:31:30. > :32:12.It has not been the prettiest extra time, that is for sure. Both

:32:13. > :33:09.struggling. United were in the Scottish Cup

:33:10. > :33:15.final as recently as two years ago and they lost to St Johnstone. Hibs

:33:16. > :33:29.fell at the semis stage last year. The final couple of minutes. This is

:33:30. > :33:46.Dixon. Rankin. Dixon continued his run. A

:33:47. > :33:49.big moment her potentially! Read by Lewis Stevenson. Intelligent

:33:50. > :34:04.defending. He saw the danger. In fact, Hibs have not looked like

:34:05. > :34:09.scoring since the penalty. One shot on target, the Cummings one, which

:34:10. > :34:10.was a comfortable save. United have certainly looks stronger in extra

:34:11. > :34:24.time. Just one minute of football left to

:34:25. > :34:32.be played this afternoon. And then it is penalties.

:34:33. > :34:51.Paton winds one. Well away. He just snatched at it. Hibs did close him

:34:52. > :34:54.down so he had to pull the trigger quickly. It is one touch and then he

:34:55. > :35:20.has cut right across it. I am sure Jason Cummings will get

:35:21. > :35:25.the chance to make up for that miss in the shoot out, which we are very

:35:26. > :35:31.close to now. The referee has had a look at his watch. He has blown his

:35:32. > :35:37.whistle and the first William Hill Scottish Cup semifinal is going to a

:35:38. > :35:45.penalty shoot out. Drama Abbey National Stadium. It finished after

:35:46. > :35:50.extra time goalless. Hibs were the better team right from

:35:51. > :35:56.the start, from the first half an hour, but missed a penalty. Since

:35:57. > :36:00.then, as this two hours have progressed, Dundee United ending be

:36:01. > :36:06.stronger and better team. All of which matters not a jot because it

:36:07. > :36:13.is penalties. Absolutely not. They look stronger, they look fitter. I

:36:14. > :36:16.suggested that after the first half. But the positive that the Hibs fans

:36:17. > :36:22.will be thinking, who has been the Man of the Match so far? I am going

:36:23. > :36:26.for Conrad Logan and he is going to be in goal. They will be delighted

:36:27. > :36:35.because he is absolutely buzzing with confidence. Kawashima, what has

:36:36. > :36:41.he had to do so far? What a story that would be, if Conrad Logan, his

:36:42. > :36:45.last game for months ago for Rochdale, only signed two or three

:36:46. > :36:52.weeks ago, not the best of condition one might surmise, but four

:36:53. > :37:00.brilliant saves. It is a fairy tale story for the guy. He has come in,

:37:01. > :37:04.people did not know what to expect from him because not many people had

:37:05. > :37:08.seen him. But he has shown what a quality keeper he is. Especially

:37:09. > :37:16.that last one, when Anier went through. Terrific, down to his right

:37:17. > :37:21.hand side. On a technical side, from crosses, his petition -- positional

:37:22. > :37:27.sense as well, but it counts for nothing if the penalties are right.

:37:28. > :37:34.For me, the Dundee United players have grown in confidence as the game

:37:35. > :37:39.has gone on. Stokes has gone off and the other one has missed a penalty

:37:40. > :37:51.already for Hibernian. There are so many ways you can look at

:37:52. > :37:58.Cummings has already missed one and if that is in your head, it is never

:37:59. > :38:03.good. You are thinking, the next one, you are going to put your laces

:38:04. > :38:09.on it. Not if you have got a dodgy groin. So many questions right now.

:38:10. > :38:15.But both managers have to look at the faces and say, who is confident?

:38:16. > :38:20.Who has got the bottle to do it? It is all those things. Willie did you

:38:21. > :38:24.tend to be in the queue for the penalty shoot outs? I was not in the

:38:25. > :38:31.queue. I was hiding behind the physio. I was never selected. I was

:38:32. > :38:35.always overlooked on these occasions, which I was never too

:38:36. > :38:44.disappointed about. Everybody tells you they are not really spooked by

:38:45. > :38:49.it. How were you at penalties? It is a horrible feeling. There is no joy

:38:50. > :38:57.in it. Even when you get it, it is just too a relief. Joy for the

:38:58. > :39:03.neutral watching it. This is now pure excitement. To be fair, the way

:39:04. > :39:06.they have played, I don't know if the game deserved to finish any

:39:07. > :39:15.other way. No team deserved to fully win. We are very much into that

:39:16. > :39:21.stage of this first semifinal. A penalty shoot out. Is that the Hiro

:39:22. > :39:28.in the middle of the television picture? At the moment, it is all

:39:29. > :39:32.about to be settled. Back to Liam and Craig for the story of this

:39:33. > :39:37.penalty shoot out. Blair Spittal is up first. The

:39:38. > :39:44.penalties being taken into the East goal of Hampden Park. United went

:39:45. > :39:48.through against Hibs on penalties in the quarterfinal of the League Cup

:39:49. > :40:00.last season. Blair Spittal is up first. Well, wouldn't you know it?

:40:01. > :40:05.The man of the moment does it again. It is not a great penalty. It is a

:40:06. > :40:10.good height, he gets it right and he gets his hands behind it and

:40:11. > :40:16.advantage Hibs straightaway. Far too close to the goalkeeper and a decent

:40:17. > :40:25.save. The earliest possible advantage for Hibernian. John McGinn

:40:26. > :40:32.to put them in front. And does! As decisive as you get. That is the

:40:33. > :40:37.difference. The goalkeeper guesses right this time but the penalty is

:40:38. > :40:48.too good. Too much pace on the ball. Kawashima goes to his right but he

:40:49. > :40:58.is never getting there. And another save! Logan! Absolutely incredible.

:40:59. > :41:02.He is having the game of his life. He may not have played for a while

:41:03. > :41:07.but he has been an absolute star. And this is a better penalty. He

:41:08. > :41:13.gets his hands behind it and that is another horrific save. He has

:41:14. > :41:27.already put Hibernian one foot in the final. -- another terrific save.

:41:28. > :41:31.They are so close! That is a never horrific penalty by Hibs, drilled

:41:32. > :41:40.into the bottom corner. -- another terrific penalty. We are already at

:41:41. > :41:48.the point here where Paul Dixon simply has to score for Dundee

:41:49. > :41:55.United. He does. They are still breathing. No question about that

:41:56. > :42:02.one. That is exactly what United needed to keep themselves in the

:42:03. > :42:11.tide. Right in the corner. But they have taken three and only scored one

:42:12. > :42:15.of them. Martin Boyle has the chance to take Hibernian closer to the

:42:16. > :42:24.final. Scored a wonder goal recently. This is a lot closer.

:42:25. > :42:36.A wonderful penalty. They are just about there. Every penalty Hibs have

:42:37. > :42:40.struck has been an absolute pearl. It is highly past the goalkeeper.

:42:41. > :42:45.There is a chance for the goalkeeper but the pace beat him again. This

:42:46. > :42:50.has got to go in or Hibs are through. It is Guy Demel. The weight

:42:51. > :43:02.of the world on his shoulders. That is a terrific penalty from

:43:03. > :43:09.facture and he just about keeps Dundee United going -- from Demel.

:43:10. > :43:18.He is going straight down the middle. Well, well, wouldn't you

:43:19. > :43:22.believe this? Jason Cummings has the chance to put Hibernian into the

:43:23. > :43:29.final. Coming after that horror story in the first half. It is one

:43:30. > :43:34.of these ones, you know he is not going to chip it, but he has two

:43:35. > :43:50.options. You can go for the corner or just go for power. It is Glory,

:43:51. > :43:55.Glory. Jason Cummings can erase all mammaries of that penalty miss in

:43:56. > :44:03.the first half. He has taken Hibs through to the final with more than

:44:04. > :44:09.a helping hand from Conrad Logan. The Hibs fans would not known much

:44:10. > :44:15.about him before today. Alan Stubbs has guided Hibernian into the

:44:16. > :44:23.Scottish Cup final and with a chance again of perhaps ending that long,

:44:24. > :44:31.long, long wait for Scottish Cup success. Scottish Cup success that

:44:32. > :44:35.this club craves. 114 long years since they last won it. Jason

:44:36. > :44:43.Cummings with the winning penalty in the shoot out. Conrad Logan is an

:44:44. > :44:47.absolute star today. He has made some marvellous saves, anything that

:44:48. > :44:54.came into the box he dealt with, and sometimes you get days like that. He

:44:55. > :44:58.is Man of the Match today. But I have got a feel for Dundee United.

:44:59. > :45:02.They dealt with the early pressure from Hibs. As the game went on they

:45:03. > :45:07.got stronger and stronger and stronger. But it goes to penalties

:45:08. > :45:12.and it is down to who can find the back of the net. His' penalties were

:45:13. > :45:20.good and the keeper was a star all afternoon. It is his heading for the

:45:21. > :45:26.final. You have got a feel for Dundee United. What a job Mixu

:45:27. > :45:30.Paatelainen has on his hands to try and lift their spirits ahead of the

:45:31. > :45:35.running to try and avoid what looks like a certain relegation. The

:45:36. > :45:41.supporters will believe they were about to win this. And that is

:45:42. > :45:47.Hibernian lifting the Scottish Cup. Last time they did it was in 1902.

:45:48. > :45:53.It was the year Real Madrid were founded. The Royal Navy's first

:45:54. > :45:59.submarine was launched in that year. The Hibs fans are no stranger to

:46:00. > :46:04.those lines. They have had to listen to them for years and years and

:46:05. > :46:09.years. But right now, they will celebrate and it will be they who

:46:10. > :46:12.will be back here on Saturday May the 21st where they will take on

:46:13. > :46:18.will be back here on Saturday May either Rangers or Celtic, who meet

:46:19. > :46:23.tomorrow. But for now, that is for another day. They have got huge fish

:46:24. > :46:29.to fry in the coming weeks. The championship run in. The chance to

:46:30. > :46:37.try and get that second place back of Falkirk. It would mean less games

:46:38. > :46:41.in the arduous play-off that they will have to go through. Potentially

:46:42. > :46:48.three ties to get back to where they belong, in the Premiership. Jason

:46:49. > :46:52.Cummings has dodged a big bullet. That is an incredible day for him

:46:53. > :46:57.because he must have known that if they were knocked out, he was the

:46:58. > :47:01.man who was going to be blamed. It finished goalless after extra time.

:47:02. > :47:09.Jason Cummings with the winning penalty. But he had huge assistance

:47:10. > :47:14.from Conrad Logan. I am wondering if fairy tale is the

:47:15. > :47:19.word to describe this afternoon? Yes. Unbelievable. Everything went

:47:20. > :47:23.my way. Absolutely delighted and delighted for the boys as well

:47:24. > :47:29.because they put a proper shift him. I have not been here that long. As

:47:30. > :47:34.you say, every time United got the chance, you were there to stop it.

:47:35. > :47:40.That is what I am paid for. You get lucky Sundays. You make yourself

:47:41. > :47:47.big. I like to think you make yourself -- your own luck. I am

:47:48. > :47:52.delighted. It looks like you are a new cult hero for the fans. Everyone

:47:53. > :47:56.is buzzing. There is no better way to win a cup game than a penalty

:47:57. > :48:02.shoot out. Just delighted to be part of it. Would you have believed a few

:48:03. > :48:08.weeks ago that you would have been the Euro at Hampden Park? No. It was

:48:09. > :48:11.my first game in 16 months. I am just grateful for the manager

:48:12. > :48:19.bringing me in and giving me a chance. I felt I was getting back to

:48:20. > :48:24.fitness. Obviously, there are few games be for the end of the season.

:48:25. > :48:36.I am delighted the manager took Mia Pearce and also playing me today

:48:37. > :48:40.because we have got Otso Virtanen as well. Congratulations today.

:48:41. > :48:45.because we have got Otso Virtanen as What a good decision that was, to

:48:46. > :48:49.pitch in Conrad Logan. The penalty shoot out was the script writer's

:48:50. > :48:54.dream. The new goalkeeper who barely knew his team-mates saves shots in

:48:55. > :48:58.open play, saves a couple of penalties and Jason Cummings who

:48:59. > :49:03.missed from the spot takes Hibs to their second cup final of the

:49:04. > :49:07.season. It is a phenomenal story. When he went to bed last night,

:49:08. > :49:12.Conrad Logan, I bet he wished this would happen. Everything he would

:49:13. > :49:16.have dreamt of happening would -- has happened for him. After the

:49:17. > :49:20.first two penalties, he must have thought, can anyone beat him today?

:49:21. > :49:27.He was Man of the Match after 90 minutes. And then it just got better

:49:28. > :49:31.after that. Absolutely astonishing. You have to say that Dundee United's

:49:32. > :49:36.first couple of penalties were not great. They were poor but you have

:49:37. > :49:40.got to give Logan the respect he deserves today. I'm sure when Blair

:49:41. > :49:45.Spittal looks back at his penalty, he could have done better. The

:49:46. > :49:50.goalkeeper has got to save them and he has guessed correctly. I love

:49:51. > :49:57.stories like that. An underdog story, a guy coming out of nowhere,

:49:58. > :50:04.no expectations. That is a decent save. And in sharp contrast to a

:50:05. > :50:06.little bit of indecision, Spittal's was not great, but everyone of Hibs'

:50:07. > :50:13.penalties were perfect. The manager was not great, but everyone of Hibs'

:50:14. > :50:19.seemed to believe in his players. Let's hear from Alan Stubbs.

:50:20. > :50:27.Congratulations. Can you sum up your emotions after that? I am delighted.

:50:28. > :50:32.There are parts of me that feels sorry for Dundee United because it

:50:33. > :50:38.is never a great way to lose a semifinal, penalties. It is a cruel

:50:39. > :50:43.way. You have seen the of it. I do feel for them lads in dressing room.

:50:44. > :50:47.They put a lot of effort in. In the first half we were good, I thought

:50:48. > :50:52.we were the better team and I thought Dundee United came into the

:50:53. > :50:57.second half and it got to a point where it was both teams not wanting

:50:58. > :51:03.to lose the game. Talk to me about Conrad Logan's game today. I think

:51:04. > :51:11.people have been questioning me all week and it could have easily been

:51:12. > :51:16.not so. But I went for his experience and it looks like I made

:51:17. > :51:21.the right call. Does Jason Cummings owe him a great debt of gratitude?

:51:22. > :51:27.He certainly does. He has taken vital penalties for us and he is a

:51:28. > :51:31.confident boy. But if he takes his penalties that way and he has scored

:51:32. > :51:36.like that before, I don't mind, but I don't want him to start practising

:51:37. > :51:41.penalties like that in a semifinal. Did he give you any explanation for

:51:42. > :51:45.that? When you are taking penalties, it is a spur of the moment. You have

:51:46. > :51:49.got to have a strong character and he has certainly got that. If it

:51:50. > :51:53.goes in, everybody is talking about how calm and cool but when they

:51:54. > :51:59.don't, people are talking about how stupid it looks. And here is the

:52:00. > :52:09.man. Can you explain to your manager? I asked the boys, is this

:52:10. > :52:15.for me to win it? I went, I was a bit nervous, but I was just buzzing

:52:16. > :52:22.when it went in. The first penalty, a big question from the fans, why? I

:52:23. > :52:28.tried to dink it but I did not pull it off. I can say that now, getting

:52:29. > :52:33.the winner, but at the time I was thinking, it is not my day. But when

:52:34. > :52:40.I realised it was the winning penalty, I had a chance to win it, I

:52:41. > :52:46.was delighted. Is he for given, given he scored the winning penalty?

:52:47. > :52:51.On here, I will, but wait until he gets back in the dressing room! It

:52:52. > :52:54.is fair to say Jason Cummings has recovered his confidence after what

:52:55. > :53:01.happened in the first half because it was glory, glory at the end. But

:53:02. > :53:08.what about this from the first half? Donaldson handled the ball. I felt

:53:09. > :53:15.sorry for Donaldson because I don't know if he really meant it. But you

:53:16. > :53:29.can't understand why it is given. -- you can understand. But he has done

:53:30. > :53:36.that first penalty from his mind. That is exactly the kind of guy you

:53:37. > :53:40.want on penalty kicks. That's what I said, mentality Weiss, was he still

:53:41. > :53:46.up to it? But he showed that in the last penalty kick. I am sure he is

:53:47. > :53:53.sitting there thankful that he had a chance to make up for that. It

:53:54. > :53:56.really is quite an interesting thing that when he is immediately asked

:53:57. > :54:01.about the penalty kick after the game, he is not thinking of the

:54:02. > :54:06.other one, he is thinking of the one he just scored. He had a hard day

:54:07. > :54:12.today. But he always works his socks off. Hibs were a wee bit lucky in

:54:13. > :54:19.the end. Dundee United got better and better. And the conversation as

:54:20. > :54:25.Alan Stubbs was saying will not be quite so polite when they get in

:54:26. > :54:30.private. I think that was a little bit tongue in cheek. If they had

:54:31. > :54:34.lost it, he would have really let the player know what he thought, but

:54:35. > :54:39.right now they will all be happy in that dressing room. Jason Cummings

:54:40. > :54:44.put that final one away. The understatement of the day is that

:54:45. > :54:47.Alan Stubbs thinks he got the goalkeeper decision right. Conrad

:54:48. > :55:01.Logan had the date of his dreams. I watch his regularly but many people

:55:02. > :55:03.know nothing about him. The way he covered the ground, also his timing

:55:04. > :55:13.of it, it looks like a bad miss but covered the ground, also his timing

:55:14. > :55:17.there is not much to get. And again, look, that is not his mistake but

:55:18. > :55:24.there is not much angle there. He has got his angles right every time.

:55:25. > :55:30.He should have been offside. It is offside. I know he is not in the

:55:31. > :55:34.best shape but it does make a difference how big he gets himself.

:55:35. > :55:44.I like this one as well. This is right in the bottom corner. That is

:55:45. > :55:49.a great save. You heard him say, I am not to fitness yet. But he has

:55:50. > :55:57.got himself fit enough that he can get down to that. This is so similar

:55:58. > :56:03.to the other ones. Look at that. He is right on top of him. I think that

:56:04. > :56:08.is his best one. The way he spreads himself, his right hand, it is his

:56:09. > :56:17.right hand. He thoroughly deserves the Man of the Match award. Does he

:56:18. > :56:20.keep his place? If it was just a couple of great saves and reaction

:56:21. > :56:25.keep his place? If it was just a saves, that sort of thing, you would

:56:26. > :56:30.say, maybe not. He has had a dream day. But it was not like that. He's

:56:31. > :56:34.covering was good, his punching was good, his timing was great. He

:56:35. > :56:39.actually played really well all the way through. And all the different

:56:40. > :56:45.parts. You have seen many goalkeepers have the dream day. It

:56:46. > :56:51.looks like more than that for him. The Hibs fans are celebrating a

:56:52. > :56:54.place in the final. Are they also dreading what another cup final

:56:55. > :57:01.appearance might mean for their promotion chances? I think now they

:57:02. > :57:05.can put the cap to bed. It is the big occasion at the end of the

:57:06. > :57:10.season. Now they have got to concentrate... Let's hear from Mixu

:57:11. > :57:14.Paatelainen. There is never an easy way to lose a

:57:15. > :57:20.cup semifinal but that is almost the toughest way. Yes, it is, especially

:57:21. > :57:25.the way we performed. I thought we were by far the better team. In the

:57:26. > :57:33.first half, Hibernian started the game really well. But after that,

:57:34. > :57:40.once we got our composure, we kept the ball and took good care of it.

:57:41. > :57:46.We duly controlled the game and we created three fantastic

:57:47. > :57:50.opportunities. But unfortunately, that has been the story of the

:57:51. > :57:54.season. We have passed the ball well, we have created loads of

:57:55. > :58:03.clear-cut chances, but we haven't taken them. We simply need to put

:58:04. > :58:09.those chances away. It is almost a match that sums up United's season.

:58:10. > :58:14.Plenty of effort but no reward. We have dominated matches like today

:58:15. > :58:20.and created wonderful chances to score and win the match but if you

:58:21. > :58:25.don't take them, and opponent might punish you. It is always a lottery

:58:26. > :58:30.in the penalties. But I can't fully in the penalties. But I can't fully

:58:31. > :58:38.-- full the boys' effort today. Fantastic. Excellent. The fans

:58:39. > :58:41.turned up in good numbers and with really vocal out there. How

:58:42. > :58:44.difficult will it be to bounce back from that? I don't think it will be

:58:45. > :58:49.difficult. The boys realise the from that? I don't think it will be

:58:50. > :58:53.challenge we have a head of us. Not easy. We are up against it but we're

:58:54. > :58:58.not dead by any means. We will keep fighting and make sure that once the

:58:59. > :59:03.league action starts again, we are up for it. It has been a season of

:59:04. > :59:06.despair for Dundee United and that does not go away today. Beaten in

:59:07. > :59:16.the penalty shoot out. Is it truly mission impossible? They

:59:17. > :59:21.are eight points adrift with five games to go. I would think it is

:59:22. > :59:25.Mission impossible. I think today is the end of this season. Last week

:59:26. > :59:30.they were away, they were relegated with a performance in that defeat.

:59:31. > :59:34.Today was something to fight on for for the big showpiece. They are out

:59:35. > :59:39.now, they have got games against Hamilton and Dundee to come.

:59:40. > :59:43.Difficult games. You can't see them scraping eight points back on till

:59:44. > :59:46.mana at this point in time. For Hibs, it is their second cup final

:59:47. > :59:53.of the season. They lost to Ross County. What imprecations does that

:59:54. > :59:57.cup final appearance have for their chances of getting back to the

:59:58. > :00:03.Premiership? It could go either way for them. It would give them a

:00:04. > :00:08.massive lift. But when you win games of football, if you are in a cup

:00:09. > :00:17.final, you feel good. At this point in time, Hibs have got two cup

:00:18. > :00:23.finals. Celtic and Rangers in the other semifinal. They can still get

:00:24. > :00:27.promoted as well. It could be one of the great seasons but they could

:00:28. > :00:31.still be a stinker as well. I have no idea how it is going to go but

:00:32. > :00:36.they need to get stronger at the end of games. Hibs have got made sure

:00:37. > :00:43.they have a season they can enjoy. Thank you. That brings us to the end

:00:44. > :00:46.of our coverage of the first of the Scottish Cup semifinals and most of

:00:47. > :00:52.the drama was in place in that penalty shoot out. For two hours

:00:53. > :00:57.they tried to get the edge, these two, goalless it was after Jason

:00:58. > :01:03.Cummings missed a penalty in the first half. What a match Conrad

:01:04. > :01:08.Logan had. Defying United time and time again and that continued into

:01:09. > :01:15.the penalty shoot out. Two important saves from him. And Jason Cummings

:01:16. > :01:20.scored in the shoot out to take Hibs through to play Rangers or Celtic in

:01:21. > :01:24.the Scottish Cup final. Talking of that match, you will hear it live on

:01:25. > :01:32.BBC Radio 1 Scotland tomorrow. And highlights tomorrow evening. 10:30pm

:01:33. > :01:43.tomorrow night on BBC One Scotland. As for today, the results from

:01:44. > :01:49.4:30pm onwards. Hibs are on to the Scottish Cup final. We switch from

:01:50. > :01:51.football to snooker. The World Championships getting underway today