Luzern 2-2 Hibernian (3-5 agg): Gutsy Scots set up Aston Villa Europa Conference League tie

Elie Youan looped Hibs into an aboriginal pb successful Switzerland and acceptable up his side's second

Hibernian enactment successful a gutsy show to assertion a gully distant successful Luzern and acceptable up a mouth-watering Europa Conference League play-off gathering with Aston Villa.

But, backed connected by a raucous location assemblage which aggressively roared them on, Luzern levelled six minutes aboriginal aft Lars Villiger tucked distant a cutback amid immoderate disorder successful the Hibs defence.

The Swiss broadside took steadfast power from that infinitesimal on, yet reducing the aggregate shortage to 1 extremity aft substitute Kemal Ademi headed successful from a corner.

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It seemed inevitable that the hosts would find astatine slightest the extremity they needed to unit other time, earlier immoderate brilliance from Youan efficaciously ensured Hibs' harmless transition through.

The guardant got to a agelong shot earlier defender Marco Burch, and surged into the box, earlier teeing up Martin Boyle to decorativeness from adjacent scope and level the lucifer with 17 minutes left.

It sparked bedlam among the 1,000 travelling Hibs fans and drained the beingness from the rowdy location crowd, arsenic good arsenic the Luzern players.

Hibs did the remainder of their antiaircraft enactment with full-blooded commitment, and their reward for a fantastic show is the sojourn of a Premier League broadside adjacent week with a spot successful the radical signifier astatine stake.

Player of the lucifer - Will Fish

Youan sprinkled the stardust, but Fish brought the power. He'll person the people of the shot connected his forehead tonight. The young centre-back stood tall.

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It was arsenic tense, nervy, and thrilling arsenic galore expected aft a gripping archetypal limb successful Edinburgh.

Hibs are yet to assertion a cleanable expanse this play but, though they conceded 2 goals Johnson volition beryllium disappointed with, the backmost 4 of Fish, Paul Hanlon, Lewis Miller and Lewis Stevenson withstood almighty unit for ample spells, heading and clearing for their lives.

But the quality successful the crippled was 2 moments of brilliance from Youan. The Frenchman is susceptible of being maddening and exceptional each successful the aforesaid game, and helium was again successful Luzern. Careless successful possession astatine times, but helium came live erstwhile driving astatine goal, scoring the archetypal and mounting up the 2nd each connected his own.

Those moments are wherefore Hibs paid wealth to get him successful permanently successful the summer. Villa volition beryllium an almighty measurement up successful the adjacent round, but Hibs and their fans shouldn't interest astir close now. They should savour the infinitesimal aft a fantastic 180-minute display.

What's next?

Hibs person to power their attraction rapidly to the last-16 of the Viaplay Cup arsenic they big Championship broadside Raith Rovers connected Sunday (14:00 BST), followed by the first-leg gathering with Villa adjacent midweek.