INFO
HEARTS 0-0 (3-4 ON PENALTIES) AIRDRIE UNITED
LEAGUE CUP ROUND 2
VENUE � TYNECASTLE
KICK OFF TIME � 7:45PM
DATE - 27 AUGUST 2008
STARTING 11
1 � STEPHEN ROBERTSON - MAN OF THE MATCH, 2 � MARC SMYTH (CAPTAIN), 3 � MATTHEW HAZLEY, 4 � KEVIN MCDONALD, 5 � BOBBY DONNELLY, 6 � DAVID NIXON, 7 � STEVEN MCDOUGALL, 8 � STEPHEN MCKENNA, 9 � PAUL DI GIACOMO,
10 - SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN, 11 - JOE CARDLE
SUBS
USED
12 � DARREN SMITH FOR 7 � STEVEN MCDOUGALL, 14 � SIMON LYNCH FOR 9 � PAUL DI GIACOMO,
15 � MICHAEL BROWN FOR 11 � JOE CARDLE
NOT USED
16 - STUART NOBLE, 17 � LEE HOLLIS
MAN OF THE MATCH
1 - STEPHEN ROBERTSON
MATCH REPORT
AIRDRIE UNITED PROGRESSED TO THE THIRD ROUND OF THE LEAGUE CUP AFTER PRODUCING AN EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE TO DRAW 0-0 WITH HEARTS OVER 120 MINUTES AND THEN WIN 4-3 ON PENALTIES.
FIRST HALF
THE DIAMONDS WERE TO HAVE THE FIRST CHANCE OF THE GAME AGAINST THERE SCOTTISH PREMIER LEAGUE OPPONENTS AS ON THE 8TH MINUTE THEY WON A CORNER AND FROM IT STEVEN MCDOUGALL CROSSED THE BALL INTO THE BOX AND BOBBY DONNELLY SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. HEARTS HAD TO WAIT ANOTHER 11 MINUTES UNTIL THEY HAD THERE FIRST CHANCE AND WHEN THEY DID CHRISTOS KARIPIDIS HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT STEPHEN ROBERTSON MADE THE SAVE. A FEW MINUTES LATER JOE CARDLE WAS YELLOW CARDED.
ON THE 31ST MINUTE THE DIAMONDS HAD THE NEXT CHANCE AS PAUL DI GIACOMO HAD A GO FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT MARIAN KELLO GOT DOWN LOW TO MAKE THE SAVE. EIGHT MINUTES LATER HEARTS HAD THERE FINAL CHANCE OF THE HALF WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. TWO MINUTES LATER THE DIAMONDS CAME REALLY CLOSE TO OPENING THE SCORING WITH THE FINAL CHANCE OF THE HALF AS PAUL DI GIACOMO HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT RATTLED THE CROSSBAR AND BOUNCED AWAY TO SAFETY AND THE GAME HEADED INTO HALF TIME GOALLESS.
SECOND HALF
HEARTS WERE TO GET THE HALF OFF TO A QUICK START AS DURING THE OPENING TEN MINUTES OF THE HALF THEY HAD THREE CHANCES. FIRSTLY ON THE 49TH MINUTE THEY HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT STEPHEN ROBERTSON MADE THE SAVE. THREE MINUTES LATER SAULIUS MIKOLIUNAS HAD A GO BUT IT WENT MILES WIDE. SHORTLY AFTER THIS LARYEA KINGSTON HAD A GO FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT INTO THE SIDE NETTING. THEN ON THE 56TH MINUTE KEVIN MCDONALD HAD AIRDRIE�S FIRST CHANCE OF THE HALF WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT MARIAN KELLO MADE THE SAVE. SHORTLY AFTER THIS JAMIE MOLE HAD A GO FOR HEARTS FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT STEPHEN ROBERTSON TURNED THE BALL AWAY AND THE DEFENCE CLEARED THE DANGER.
THE NEXT CHANCE AFTER THIS WAS FOR HEARTS ON THE 63RD MINUTE WHEN THEY HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE. A MINUTE LATER JOE CARDLE HAD A CHANCE FOR THE DIAMONDS WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT IT WENT INTO THE SIDE NETTING. SAULIUS MIKOLIUNAS WAS TO HAVE THE NEXT TWO CHANCES FOR HEARTS ON THE 68TH AND 72ND MINUTE BUT THEY BOTH WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR. TWO MINUTES LATER HEARTS HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 35 YARDS OUT BUT STEPHEN ROBERTSON MADE THE SAVE. AIRDRIE WERE TO MAKE THERE FIRST TWO SUBSTITUTIONS BEFORE THE NEXT CHANCE AS ON THE 78TH MINUTE SIMON LYNCH CAME ON FOR PAUL DI GIACOMO AND AS ON THE 80TH MINUTE MICHAEL BROWN CAME ON FOR JOE CARDLE. TWO MINUTES AFTER THIS HEARTS HAD THERE FINAL CHANCE OF NORMAL TIME WHEN THEY GOT A CROSS INTO THE BOX AND THEN SENT A HEADER GOALWARDS BUT IT WAS SAVED BY STEPHEN ROBERTSON. A MINUTE LATER THE DIAMONDS MADE THERE FINAL SUBSTITUTION AS DARREN SMITH CAME ON FOR STEVEN MCDOUGALL. THEN ON THE 87TH MINUTE MICHAEL BROWN HAD THE LAST CHANCE OF NORMAL TIME WHEN HE HIT A SHOT FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT IT TOOK A DEFLECTION AND WENT WIDE AND FROM THE CORNER HEARTS CLEARED THE DANGER. A MINUTE LATER KEVIN MCDONALD WAS YELLOW CARDED AND AFTER THIS NO TEAM WAS ABLE TO BREAK THE DEADLOCK AND THE GAME WENT INTO HALF TIME.
EXTRA TIME
FIRST HALF
THE FIRST HALF OF TIME SAW THREE CHANCES. FIRSTLY ON THE 94TH MINUTE HEARTS HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT OVER THE BAR. FOUR MINUTES LATER MICHAEL BROWN HAD A GO FOR THE DIAMONDS FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT IT WENT WIDE. THEN ON THE 101ST MINUTE STEPHEN MCKENNA WAS YELLOW CARDED AND HEARTS WON A FREE KICK ABOUT 20 YARDS FROM GOAL AND FROM IT DAVID OBUA HIT A SHOT BUT IT WENT FLYING HIGH AND WIDE AND THE GAME REMAINED GOALLESS HEADING INTO HALF TIME OF EXTRA TIME.
SECOND HALF
THE SECOND HALF OF EXTRA TIME GOT OFF TO A BAD START FOR AIRDRIE AS DURING THE 2ND MINUTE OF IT KEVIN MCDONALD WAS SENT OFF DUE TO RECEIVING A SECOND YELLOW CARD FOR A POOR CHALLENGE. FIVE MINUTES AFTER THIS HEARTS HAD THERE FIRST CHANCE OF IT WHEN DEIVIDAS CESNAUSKIS HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 20 YARDS OUT BUT STEPHEN ROBERTSON MADE THE SAVE. A FEW MINUTES AFTER THIS DAVID OBUA HAD A GO FROM ABOUT 25 YARDS OUT BUT IT WENT WIDE. THEN ON THE 116TH MINUTE DEIVIDAS CESNAUSKIS HAD A GO FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT STEPHEN ROBERTSON AGAIN MADE THE SAVE. A MINUTE LATER CHRISTIAN NADE HAD A GO FROM INSIDE THE BOX BUT THE IMPRESSIVE STEPHEN ROBERTSON PARRIED THE BALL AWAY AND FROM THE REBOUND MICHAEL STEWART SENT THE BALL HIGH OVER THE BAR. DURING THE FINAL MINUTE OF THE GAME HEARTS WON A CORNER AND HAD THE FINAL CHANCE OF THE GAME WITH IT AS THE BALL WAS CROSSED INTO THE BOX AND A HEADER WAS SENT GOALWARDS BUT IT WENT FLYING OVER THE BAR.
PENALTIES
SO PENALTIES IT WAS AND AIRDRIE�S SIMON LYNCH STEPPED UP TO HIT THE FIRST ONE AND HE SENT THE BALL INTO THE NET TO GIVE AIRDRIE THE LEAD. CHRISTOS KARIPIDIS WAS THEN UP FOR HEARTS AND HE SCORED TO TIE THE SHOOTOUT AT 1-1. NEXT UP WAS MARC SMYTH AND HE SCORED TO MAKE IT 2-1 DESPITE MARIAN KELLO GUESSING THE CORRECT WAY. LEE WALLACE WAS THEN NEXT UP FOR HEARTS BUT HIS PENALTY WAS WELL SAVED BY STEPHEN ROBERTSON TO GIVE AIRDRIE THE ADVANTAGE. MATTHEW HAZLEY WAS TO NET WITH AIRDRIE�S NEXT PENALTY TO PUT THE PRESSURE ON HEARTS BUT EGGERT JOHNSON SCORED TO KEEP HEARTS IN THE GAME. DARREN SMITH WOULD THEN STEP UP TO HIT AIRDRIE�S FOURTH PENALTY BUT MARIAN KELLO MADE THE SAVE AND MICHAEL STEWART SCORED WITH HEARTS NEXT PENALTY TO TIE THE GAME UP. THIS MEANT THE PRESSURE WAS ON SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN TO RESTORE AIRDRIE�S LEAD AND HE SENT HIS PENALTY INTO THE TOP CORNER OF THE NET TO GIVE MARIAN KELLO NO CHANCE AND PUT THE PRESSURE ON HEARTS DAVID OBUA WHO STEPPED UP TO HIT THE LAST PENALTY BUT STEPHEN ROBERTSON GUESSED THE CORRECT WAY AND MADE THE SAVE TO SEND THE DIAMONDS INTO THE THIRD ROUND AND SPARK WILD CELEBRATIONS AMONGST THE AIRDRIE PLAYERS AND SUPPORTERS.