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00:00goes on Kent goes down and it will be a throw good defending though from Frankie Kent he holds
00:06him up he's aggressive with locals he doesn't give him any sort of room to manoeuvre
00:14Dabat holds off Beningame
00:21Clarkson out to Jensen back it comes to the Englishman Polvara Nisbet
00:27Jensen with the chance to cross comes off Penrice and another Aberdeen corner those are mounting up
00:34yeah they are and it's difficult I think from a heart's back line you maybe fancy yourself
00:39going to win the header but you don't want to keep giving corners away but you see there from
00:42an Aberdeen point of view when you do quicken up one comes short play a quick one two you get
00:46a better opportunity to put it in the box
00:48McGrath
00:55it's a poor delivery it's going to get a second chance
00:59and he doesn't get that past Devlin either
01:02the header well over the top from Polvara yeah it's a very difficult one I mean it's a good pick out from Dabat but
01:16I mean you're going to have to have one almighty header to get it on target from there with not much
01:36pace on the cross as you see here it's just pulled back it's very difficult from there to get anything on target any purchase on it
01:43such a big prize on offer at the end of it 24th of May
01:56going to be the Scottish Gas Scottish Cup final back here at Hampden Park
02:03is it going to require penalties to separate these two Nisbet
02:08of the
02:11now Jensen
02:32Dorrington Clarkson
02:34onus is all on aberdeen the questions haven't been overly probing as yet and that just about
02:44sums it up it does donnington i mean it's just a wasteful ball i mean a centre-back driving
02:51forward you need to try and pick somebody out i mean i don't know if it was a shot or a cross or
02:55to be fair what it was but no team i understand wants to make any sort of mistake especially not
03:02in extra time you don't want to give the other team an opportunity i just feel from from a heart's
03:06point of view they've been excellent defensively i know in extra time they've maybe not had that
03:12much of a threat going forward because you're trying to hold off why wouldn't you you've done
03:16all this hard work why would you not try and just be defensively sound for penalties i think i posed
03:22the question to you just in the early stages of the second half that or it was maybe more of a
03:27statement that yumi to lean would probably just stick with what what he was doing see how it
03:32panned out do you think that maybe miss an opportunity to to change something it's still
03:38that same formation that that we see them play all the time and almost plays into hearts favor when
03:45they set up with that back five yeah possibly because at times we're actually seeing flip five
03:50v five in a lane and i think from a defender's point of view if you can see everything and everybody
03:54wants it to feed it's relatively easy to mark and i think the fullbacks for hearts have been excellent
04:00in the amount of work that they've done covering back in as well so they've been excellent i think
04:05you need to try something and jimmy tillane's had opportunities to to speak to these players
04:09to say look why don't you somebody come off shot why can't we have runners in behind try and pull
04:15them out of position but they've just done the exact same thing and it's not worked
04:20and then you make back up to his feet and recovering from that incident it will be a
04:29an aberdeen free kick for the handball
04:32here's nisbet with the strike no bother for craig gordon no bother but they try something a little
04:45bit different nisbet spins off into space tries to get a strike away and it's on target where it's
04:52never going to trouble craig gordon from there but it's something a little bit different
04:56donington wins it for poplar it's going to be a heart's free kick though deviling the man down
05:09you actually seen one just before this where shankling dropped off and you see knuster actually
05:21pull he's talked you just didn't quite see it there but yeah it kind of leads with arm and i think
05:27whenever you do that especially with somebody that's not quite as tall as you it's going to look
05:31a lot worse
05:32to take this free kick again it's a very straight angle devar goes back from a cart cartoon
05:48trying to help that out to kingsley who knew he was coming back from an offside position yeah i think
05:54it is a difficult angle i mean if you're quite central but far out you can see him trying to get
05:59the bend on the ball but it didn't quite work out you're maybe best laying it short off and then
06:04deliver
06:05final two minutes off the first half of extra time
06:16final two minutes
06:28shinny clarkson
06:31ochels
06:33back it comes to graham shinny
06:39i'd love to have had that on his left foot
06:44mcgrath
06:46now nisbet takes a deflection on the cross mccart
06:50i don't think the communication was quite right there between mccart and gordon so he took no chances
06:56yeah the community if you can't hear your goalie coming up as a centre half
07:01at this late stage absolute no chances you clear out the pitch if that's what need be
07:06shinny for
07:15oh coals now gets the return graham shinny here the cut back debar oh what a save from craig gordon and to get the second one
07:23before polvara pounce that is outstanding from the 42 year old what a save from craig gordon i mean i've
07:31i've seen him do this for years but the first time that aberdeen worked out really well the fact he thinks he scored what a touch
07:38swivels on it great strike and wow what a save he's down so sharp big hand the strength and the rest
07:47everything just to claw into it brilliant save kept hearts in it
07:52such a huge part of this season scottish cup run remember back to the two penalties saved in the shootout
07:59and paisley against samirin
08:06the hearts look to be heading out with a late kalmunoff goal kept the minute
08:12that is that for the first half in extra time craig gordon coming up with a huge save
08:19to keep this level so debar denied and at the break it remains as you were
08:31half midlothian one aberdeen one thanks rory well as you were indeed still no separating these sites
08:38michael has that been better from aberdeen or are you still expecting to see more
08:43aberdeen have been so poor they've been so slow leighton clarkson's played so far off the game and
08:51taken 47 million touches on the ball you need to be quicker you need to go into areas that are going to
08:57hurt and the wide areas they've just given up and obviously shade morris has been tired and come off
09:03they've made subs keskin as well but in that second half they never went double up in the wide areas
09:10get two v ones stretch the game site to site they've been so slow in possession they've never really
09:16threatened hearts and obviously that one moment there where debar has the strike what an incredibly
09:21a good save from from craig gordon it's a fantastic save isn't it andy i think debar might have thought
09:26he'd just made the difference there yeah well we were speaking off air about how aberdeen can create
09:30chances because they're throwing balls in from 20 18 yards out you know it's easy for the three
09:35center halves we need to get to the byline cutbacks it's the one time they do it they get an opportunity
09:39but it's a wonderful save wonderful save from trey gordon but they're gonna have to do more of that
09:43they have more and more but they're gonna have to make it quicker i know they'll be tired the hearts
09:47are obviously very tired also but they need to up the tempo what do you think neil critsley was just
09:52saying there from a hearts perspective is they have been very deep haven't they but tried to break on you
09:57you know on the occasion yeah i mean they have but i mean look the pattern of the game was decided
10:01when steinbender was uh was sent off and and aberdeen have not been capable of breaking them down he's
10:06just going to be saying look dig deep more of the same i don't think hearts would be yes they've worked
10:12hard but they've not been it's not as if it's been backs against the wall chance after chance
10:17and that they've been stretched i think they've been fairly comfortable in their defensive unit
10:21well here they come the second half of extra time can we see a winner in the next 15 minutes or so
10:30or will the semi-final be decided by penalties let's find out back up to alan hutton and rory hamilton
10:39well a quarter of an hour to go or it will have to be penalty kicks to separate these two and well you
10:46feel that if that's the case if aberdeen were to go out it would be an afternoon full of regret
10:53because they've had this big advantage they had the lead as well
10:59hearts hitting back through lawrence shanklin but with the numerical advantage for such a long time
11:05aberdeen have not made it count as yet
11:08it's khartoum pick that up as well the way it goes by knoester well done by kent
11:23khartoum on the chase again devlin has worked tirelessly in the middle of the park
11:30a bit of a breakdown for hearts that's the thing rory you look at that about opportunity
11:38that's what aberdeen at the beginning of the season were very good at that one two quick passing
11:43shot byline cut back that's what they should have been trying to do in the second half but they
11:48didn't as in the second 45 so it's the first real opportunity that's taken them so long but a lot of
11:55credit i think has to go to hearts and everything they've done well i'll think dorrington has just
12:00gone down timital meetoff demanding that matt's canister puts the ball out so he can receive
12:06attention but straight away that looks like the hamstring and may well be the end of his game
12:12looks like that to me you can see sometimes you can see when players go down and it's a
12:17hamstring pull or whatever but see when that he was looked quite rigid there and just holding on
12:23that's because the muscles just cramped up tensed and he just can't straighten his leg
12:28it's understandable i mean to get to this stage of a game on a pitch that's this big is very difficult
12:58so that is the end for alfie dorrington jack milne
13:10comes on to replace him
13:13i always think it's one of those ones as a defender you can't really risk it because whenever i played
13:18see whenever i feel cramped i could not run it off like some people just have a drink or a look as it
13:23or whatever it may be a jail and they can continue i was never like that and i think as a defender if
13:28the ball goes over your head and you start cramping up that's you
13:32canister gets it back from okels shinny
13:45okels points for it it's a good ball from shinny halkin sends it high and clear
14:00graham shinny looks for it again beningame trying to track him which he does he saved the corner he
14:07certainly does the mangamy excellent again there done really well not to give away the corner but
14:14another decent better player from aberdeen out wide they move the ball quickly okels again he just wants
14:19to go down the line he can't quite pick some doubt but it's taken to this part of the the game to try
14:25find carve out an opportunity
14:29okels now mcgrath
14:34jensen makes the run beyond him devlin tracking it
14:42this is milne
14:43canister
14:49oh it almost came through
14:54for polvara clarkson has it
15:00knuster
15:02shinny plenty in the box for aberdeen it's over the top polvara and jensen steers the volley wide
15:09he's couldn't quite guide it into that back post
15:14it's a difficult one to take but look i think he has to do better i know he's a fullback probably the
15:19the wrong guy in that situation he's looking at it all we look i know it's difficult but you need to
15:24try you need to get on target it's such a big opportunity i know he just slightly pulls it
15:31they want someone like nisba or somebody like that in that sort of situation deba
15:35uh needs to get on target
15:41james penrice is feeling it
15:46pain there for the left back
15:49not surprised the amount of work he's he's got through i mean defensively covering his center
15:54halves getting forward getting balls into the box sprinting back into position outstanding
16:05so
16:14milan didn't quite time it right jensen forward deba
16:19the layoff clarkson
16:23shinny uncles wanted to go in behind
16:26back with shinny
16:34clarkson
16:36ochls
16:39mcgrath helps it back looking for ochls and mccart got turned quickly enough
16:45it was a good idea but luckily mccart was switched on
16:48in from milan shinny's coming in at the back post
16:51it will just be a goal kick and now lawrence shankland has gone down for hearts
16:56look you think the amount of work that you go through with 11 men never mind 10
17:01lawrence shankland's been up on his own a lot he's went through a lot of work himself running the line
17:06trying to close people down getting back in
17:09and honestly the the pitch there's so much ground to cover with 11 never mind 10
17:17it's one though you'd want to keep him on if it does go for penalties it's like can you just run it
17:26off please i know that's i think in the context of the the game within extra time probably thinking of
17:34penalties isn't to walk deep towards the back of the minds but the clamps went again it has to be in
17:42the managers thinking of who can hit a penalty and shankland would be right up the top of the list
17:47absolutely absolutely so it'll be in the back of your mind it looks like that they're possibly
17:53going to make a change at the moment we'll see who it's for but the penalty situation you're definitely thinking about
17:59what's the drama that is being ready to come on and could that be the end for lawrence shankland's
18:13afternoon they're going to give him every chance to try and run that off
18:20there's no bend in that leg right now that's what i'm saying like when i was talking about when i was
18:24playing like when you run about that much and it kicks in it's very difficult just to have a stretch
18:29and a drink and and release it so we'll see how he gets on down goes devlin to claim the free kick
18:38and now the change is going to be made and it will see lawrence shankland's come off
18:47it's a drama to come on but it was shankland's equalizer that has forced us to this stage seems a long long
18:59time ago when he lashed that one through the legs of dimitar mitov i mean you're probably looking at him
19:06like he's putting a power of work what a shift even if he did manage to stay on could even run up to hit one
19:17taken by khartoum now aberdeen looking to break forward at pace and really elizabeth and debah got in
19:28each other's way they've now combined to keep possession polvara that's good play from the american
19:36great play from polvara clarkson only four back right now for hearts jensen clarkson
19:47and frankie kent i think got the vital block in brilliant block from frankie kent i mean
19:56aberdeen worked out really well cut back and you have to get a block on it and then again
20:02good play to stop it
20:07yellow car for mats knoester for what went on beyond the free kick
20:17its
20:25but
20:31it
20:34it
20:36Five minutes left of extra time.
20:58It's Milne that wins it.
21:00Beningame, the last outfield player, back for Hearts.
21:04Craig Gordon will just send it long again.
21:07Kent is still up there.
21:12Shinny up the line.
21:14Daba turns well.
21:18Polvara eating up the ground.
21:22Polvara has done well here, taking advantage of some tired bodies.
21:26Oakhles, oh he cuts back in, Gordon another big save and off the line from Penrise.
21:33Clarkson but it will be a free kick.
21:36It's going to be an Aberdeen free kick.
21:39Another great save from Craig Gordon.
21:41But see just before it happened I was thinking to myself, don't let the game become too stretched.
21:47You're allowing Aberdeen who's got the extra player that little bit more room to get into and make something happen.
21:53But again, Craig Gordon comes up with the goods.
21:55And there's a red card.
21:59And it's Cammie Devlin.
22:00The second yellow is out for the Australian and Aberdeen.
22:05Now have a two-man advantage with four minutes left to play.
22:11The backs to the wall job is going to be a part of the bus to finish this one.
22:16He doesn't even see him for me.
22:26You can see here, fully focused on the ball.
22:30It's unfortunate, I think it's a harsh one.
22:42Another change coming, Fletcher Boyd.
22:49The Aberdeen youngster will come on for Alexander Jensen.
22:53They desperately want to get this done before the end of extra time, before the threat of penalties.
23:08Harks are going to try and get Blair Spittle on as well, but they've got this free kick to face.
23:15Clarkson did it last week, curled one into the top corner.
23:20It's Leighton Clarkson.
23:23Here's Milne, McGrath.
23:31A two-man advantage for Aberdeen, but time running out.
23:36Clarkson, can they make it happen?
23:38McGrath, there, and the touch goes, and there it's Dabar!
23:41The Palestinian in the perfect position to touch it home.
23:58And a long, long last, Aberdeen find themselves back in front, and has that booked the place in the Scottish Cup final?
24:12Oney Dabar, to write his name in history of Aberdeen, it will be tight for offside.
24:22Hearts are praying for a miracle now.
24:24I mean, they work it really well, they're finding spaces, you see the ball into the box.
24:35He looks, he looks onside to me from here, or if it's from the Craig Gordon save mode, you never know, you see it here.
24:48It looks tight, but Dabar does really well, after the initial save, to just reactions, he's in there.
24:54It's devastating for hearts, different than they've put in, but Aberdeen in the last five minutes have just managed to find a little bit of space, but this does look tight.
25:08It has been checked, the goal will stand, Ode Dabar, the Palestinian striker on loan from Charleroi,
25:17looks to put Aberdeen into the Scottish Cup final, Blair Spittel has come on for Benny Beningame, but hearts have only got nine men left out there.
25:33Could be on for Nisbet here, Dabar towards Ocals.
25:43And now Shinny.
25:47Aberdeen do excellent, don't they, to get the goal, they work it well.
25:53Yeah, I mean, the work that hearts have put into this game and everything, you could just sense it from the players, the devastation when they've seen that ball hit the net.
26:04Tabar comes short, there's four additional minutes.
26:12McGrath back to Clarkson.
26:17Clarkson just can't get a hold of the ball.
26:24Late, late.
26:47But do guys want to, I'll give you a call.
26:56We have more feelings.
26:57We have to give people a call.
26:59We have some król tonight.
27:00We have to bow about 20 seconds or an hour from our Seton.
27:03We have to zurück from our Vera serves to take the ball.
27:06Don't finish that hot, the Steigerian or 22 seconds.