Summary

  • Jovic, Baraghi, and Gonzalez strike early for rampant Italians with Barak adding fourth before break

  • Humphrys races in on goal to finish low at start of the second half

  • Hearts have one win from three games in Group A

  • Istanbul Basaksehir 3-0 RFS in group's other game

Live Reporting

Thomas Duncan

  1. Ciao!

    FT: Fiorentina 5-1 Hearts

    Thanks for your company this evening. Hopefully Hearts fans have enjoyed their trip despite tonight's result.

    It ends a horrible week for Scottish football, with three defeats (two of them heavy) in European football, and a missed opportunity for the Women's national side as they failed to reach the World Cup.

    It can only get better, eh? Join us at the weekend for all the domestic action. Ciao!

    Hearts Stephen Humphrys is head in hands after missing a first half chance during a UEFA Europa Conference League match between Fiorentina and Heart of Midlothian at the Stadio Artemio FranchiSNS

  2. 'We didn't get close enough' - Neilson

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    Hearts manager Robbie Neilson tells BT Sport: “Small margins in this game. At the start, we hit the post but we’re playing against a very, very good team.

    “First half we didn't get close enough and, to the player's credit, we were a lot more aggressive in our press [in the second half] but still not enough to take anything.

    "They're a very strong and physical team and we didn't match that. All in all, we didn't do enough to win the game, credit to Fiorentina they’re a top top team.

    Hearts head coach Robbie Neilson in FlorenceSNS

    "We've said this whole campaign is a learning curve to play consistently at this level. First half we didn’t get close enough but second half we showed we can and hopefully we take that forward in the games to come.

    "We’ve got to believe [we can still qualify]. It’s a home game [against RFS] so we’d like to try and take three points and that sets it up for the last game.

    "The fans were absolutely unbelievable here tonight and it really pushed the players on.

    "Disappointed in the first half but I’m proud of the players in the second half."

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    Reaction from Hearts head coach Robbie Neilson coming your way very shortly.

  4. 'Hearts fans got their goal to cheer'

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    Craig Levein
    Former Hearts manager on BBC Sportsound

    The Hearts fans are still here, still singing. It's crazy. They're all still in the main section and deary me they're having a whale of a time. They wanted to celebrate

    -SNS

  5. Scottish struggles

    FT: Fiorentina 5-1 Hearts

    Obviously the wage gap between Fiorentina and Hearts is huge, but the counter argument is Latvian side RFS have managed to get draws against the richest sides in the group.

    Scottish clubs are on the wrong side of a financial gulf, but the sheer size of the defeats is what is concering.

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  7. 'Painful' night for Hearts

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    Hearts striker Stephen Humphrys on BT Sport: "It was a painful night. We wanted to come here and get some redemption.

    "Second-half we gave a good account ourselves but in the first half we let ourselves down.

    "We've just got to focus on Aberdeen now and put it right. We gave them a lot of respect and time on the ball. If you give teams like that too much respect they punish you."

  8. 'Hearts need to learn from this'

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    Craig Levein
    Former Hearts manager on BBC Sportsound

    It sounds crazy to say but I thought Hearts did have a go at it tonight, certainly more than they did at Tynecastle. What pleased me enormously was their attitude in the second half. Fiorentina looked like they wanted to bury Hearts but they had very few chances in the second 45. It was always about a learning experience for them, now they need to get back up there in the league to get back here again and have a real go next time. You can't build belief in these situations overnight

    -SNS

  9. 'Second half was an improvement'

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    Derek Ferguson
    Former Hearts midfielder on Sportsound

    The first half was a bit of a horror show, but in the second half they stuck at it. It was a good second-half showing from Hearts

  10. How it stands

    FT: Fiorentina 5-1 Hearts

    Group ABBC Sport

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    Incidentally, Basaksehir have beaten RFS 3-0 in Istanbul. That means the Turkish side are through to the knockout stages.

    To qualify, Hearts need to beat them and RFS in their final two matches, and hope Fiorentina take no more than a point in their games against the same opposition.

    It looks extremely unlikely at this stage.

  12. FULL-TIME - Fiorentina 5-1 Hearts

    Alessandro Bianco flashes a 20-yard shot just wide. And that's it.

    Another sobering evening for a defensively depleted Hearts side.

    A terrible week all round for Scottish football.

    Another sobering European night for a Scottish sideSNS

    Another sobering European night for a Scottish side

  13. Two minutes added

    Fiorentina 5-1 Hearts

    We're into stoppage time as Fiorentina come forward again.

    But Cristiano Biraghi shoves over Euan Henderson and Hearts get a free kick.

  14. Fiorentina 5-1 Hearts

    Hearts' record European defeat was a 5-0 loss to Tottenham back in 2011.

    That record looked under threat at half-time, but Hearts have managed to steady slightly.

    Fiorentina have undoubtedly slowed the pace, too.

  15. Fiorentina 5-1 Hearts

    Ooft the players are squaring up to each other. Fiorentina's Lorenzo Venuti is booked after reacting furiously to Orestis Kiomourtzoglou kicking the ball straight into him after a tackle.

    Then Andy Halliday gets involved and is probably unlucky to escape a booking himself as he raises his hands a bit.

    Andy Halliday squares up to Fiorentina's VedutiSNS

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    Craig Levein
    Former Hearts manager on BBC Sportsound

    You can always tell with keepers and he was panicking there, he was back-pedalling as fast as he could

  17. CLOSE!

    Fiorentina 5-1 Hearts

    That would have been the goal of the night from Lawrence Shankland.

    He spots goalkeeper Gollini off his line, and tries to dink the ball over him from 40 yards.

    It lands on the roof of the net. Just.

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    Craig Levein
    Former Hearts manager on BBC Sportsound

    It was a bit rash by Cochrane, he was on the wrong side. To give away a cheap goal after all their hard work is really quite irritating

  19. goal

    GOAL Fiorentina 5-1 Hearts

    Nicolas Gonzalez

    Right down the middle, and Gonzalez has his second of the night.

    The Argentine did a little feint at the last minute and tucked it away from goalkeeper Craig Gordon.

    Fiorentina goal

  20. PENALTY FIORENTINA

    Alex Cochrane trips Riccardo Sapponara, who spun the defender with ease.

    He gets a yellow card, Cochrane.