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Scotsman
19 hours ago
- Sport
- Scotsman
Revealed: How Hibs Euro rival's first Easter Road experience whetted appetite
Europa League second qualifying round tie in Denmark tomorrow night Sign up to our Hibs football newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Edinburgh News, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Midtjylland skipper Mads Bech Sorensen already has one game against a Hibs XI on his CV. But the Dane would never claim to have been through the full Easter Road experience. The former Brentford centre-half revealed: 'I actually played against Hibs six years ago, so I've been to the stadium once before. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad 'I think it was their reserves we played. I remember it as quite intense. A good match. I can't even remember the results. It was a good experience. 'There was no spectators at all. We played at the stadium but with no crowd. 'It will be a little bit different next week. I hope it will be better from what I've heard. It should be a great atmosphere. Sorensen has experience in UK 'I've played in the UK. I've played a few Scottish sides before. Hopefully, it should help me and the team. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad 'They all share the same quality. Hard work. They are all hard-working. 'You know it'll never be easy when you play Scottish sides, they'll work hard, they'll be physical, they'll make it a tough day, no matter what. 'But Hibs looks like a tactically good team. They want to play with the ball. They have quite a good flow when they build up. So of course we need to set the pressure on up front.' European success vital to Midtjylland model Midtjylland's status as European regulars is vital to the model of a club founded in 1999. Upstarts, pioneers, new kids on the block, they've built their reputation on achieving success beyond the Danish Superliga. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad 'It's very important, it's one of the main goals every season,' said the skipper, who will lead his team into Europa League action at home to Hibs tomorrow. 'We always go for the championship - and we want to get into the group stages of Europe. 'For that, you need to be consistent. We have a young team but very talented, but we need the consistency to be there to be in Europe every single year.' Midtjylland are motivated by more than just Europe, of course. The disappointment of losing the title to arch-rivals Copenhagen – by just a single point, not less – last season is still very much part of their motivation. So can they compete on two fronts? After dropping points on the opening weekend of league action, with a couple of individual howlers contributing to a 3-3 home draw against newly-promoted Odense Boldklub, it will be a tricky proposition. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Speaking from his club's £20 million training ground, a remarkable facility that includes Midtjylland's own primary school, the usual array of pitches plus a whole heap of facilities shared by everyone, meaning the youngest prospect can bump into the club captain at any time, Sorensen said: 'We want to seek revenge, we want to win the championship, because it was close. 'The year before we did it on the last day, so of course a bit disappointed, but it only motivated us more. We need to have a good season; we need to win the championship back. And we need to do well in Europe as well.'
The Herald Scotland
3 days ago
- Sport
- The Herald Scotland
Hibs and Dundee United learn who they'll face in Euro draws
The draw for the third stage was carried out earlier and should David Gray's side make it through, they would then get Norwegians Fredrikstad FK. Read more: Lose and they would drop into the Conference League. The Easter Road men have now learned they would face Ukrainians Olexandriya or Serbs Partizan Belgrade in the third round of Conference League qualifying. Dundee United were also in the draw for that and if they can get past Luxembourg side UNA Strassen in the second round, they would then be up against Decic from Montenegro or Rapid Vienna.
BBC News
4 days ago
- Sport
- BBC News
'A lot of improvement' to come from Hibs, says Gray
David Gray said "there's a lot of improvement to come" from Hibernian - but the head coach is "not getting too downhearted" by the pre-season defeat to strikes from the English third-tier side sealed a win at Easter Road in Darren McGregor's competitive action starts on Thursday for Hibs when they face a tough trip to Midtjylland in the first leg of their Europa League second-round qualifier."It wasn't our best, most fluent performance by any means," Gray told Hibs TV. "We all know that. There's a lot of improvement to come."We've got a lot of hard work still to be done and we've got a really good game to look forward to on Thursday."I'm not getting too downhearted by what I have seen. A lot of good work has been done and I'm happy with the fitness levels of the players."On former team-mate McGregor, who is now Hibs Under-19s head coach, Gray added: "It's a special day for Darren and his family. I wish we had a better result for him."But, on the whole, for what he has done for this club, it was a fitting testimonial and I'm delighted to be part of that for him."
BBC News
5 days ago
- Sport
- BBC News
Hibs lose to Bolton in McGregor's testimonial match
Hibernian fell to a two-goal defeat to English League One side Bolton in Darren McGregor's testimonial match at Easter former Hibs defender was unable to play in the game after being involved in a road traffic accident last recruits Josh Mulligan and Jamie McGrath started for David Gray's men in the friendly, which was goalless at the record signing Thibault Klidje also featured after the break, but he could not inspire the hosts to victory as second-half strikes from Amario Cozier-Duberry and Sonny Sharples-Ahmed earned a win for third-tier competitive action starts on Thursday for Hibs, who travel to Midtjylland for the first leg of their in Europa League qualifier.
BBC News
6 days ago
- Sport
- BBC News
'He was a nightmare to play against, he'd nip & push you!'
"Scary. Tenacious. Very intimidating. A good leader."Martin Boyle can only be talking about Darren boyhood Hibs fan who got to live his dream should be all giddy the night before his testimonial at Easter Road on Saturday, but the defender turned coach is instead recovering from a road traffic accident. McGregor, who won the 2016 Scottish Cup with Hibs, will not play in his own testimonial against Bolton, but former team-mate Boyle is still urging supporters to shout about him on his special day."It's unfortunate timing for him," Boyle told Sky Sports."We wish him all the best for his recovery and hopefully they turn up in their numbers."It will be a great occasion for honouring the man for what he achieved at the club and hopefully he can have that special day."Boyle played with McGregor for seven years during his first spell at the club and admitted the former Rangers defender "brought the fear factor"."He was a nightmare, he'd push you and nip you, he'd do everything, pretty much everything, to win," Boyle added."He was just intimidating, just playing against him every day in training."A down to earth guy, family guy, but when he crossed that line he was just a different mentality."He brought that fear factor for everyone."
