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Scotsman
05-07-2025
- Sport
- Scotsman
Hibs ship six to Dutch giants, own goal ensures testimonial draw, new striker on target - friendly round-up
A round-up of how the Scottish Premiership sides got on in pre-season friendlies Sign up to our Football newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, 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... Hibs signed off their pre-season training camp in the Netherlands with a 6-3 defeat by Dutch side Ajax in De Toekomst. David Gray's Easter Road outfit had drawn 0-0 with MSV Duisburg earlier in the week, but they found the step up in quality too hot to handle on Saturday lunchtime as the Amsterdam side ran riot. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Under new head coach John Heitinga, Ajax were 5-1 up after 35 minutes thanks to doubles from Steven Berghuis and Mika Godts, plus a strike from Kian Fitz-Jim. Martin Boyle had scored for Hibs earlier in the first half. Steven Berghuis scored twice for Ajax against Hibs. | ANP/AFP via Getty Images Hibs did improve after the break and while Ahmetcan Kaplan made it 6-1 on 54 minutes, substitutes Junior Hoilett and Kieron Bowie provided some cosmetic surgery to the scoreline with goals later in the second half. Hibs are back in action on Wednesday night when they take on German third-tier side Rot-Weiss Essen in Edinburgh as part of their 150th anniversary celebrations. Elsewhere on Saturday, St Mirren were 2-1 winners over MK Dons in Spain thanks to first-half strikes from Roland Idowu and Alex Iacovitti. Earlier in the pre-season training camp, the Buddies had drawn 1-1 with Hearts. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Dundee prevail, draw at Gayfield New Dundee striker Emile Acquah was on target as Steven Pressley's men defeated Brechin City 3-0 at Glebe Park. Simon Murray and a trialist also netted for the Dee. Just down the coast, Arbroath and Dundee United drew 1-1 at Gayfield in David Gold's testimonial. Bert Esselink put the Tangerines ahead early on, only for an own goal by goalkeeper Ruaridh Adams to level matters.
BBC News
05-07-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Hibs hit for six in Ajax friendly defeat
Hibernian were beaten 6-3 by Ajax in the second behind-closed-doors friendly of their Dutch pre-season striker Steven Berghuis scored the first two goals at the Amsterdam club's training centre, with impressive winger Mika Godts also grabbing a brace after a reply from visiting skipper Martin Fitz-Jim made it 5-1 to the hosts before the interval as Hibs struggled to deal with an aggressive Kaplan nodded in Ajax's sixth goal with a free header from a corner early in the second half as both sides made a raft of Hoilett, who agreed a new one-year deal this week, added a lovely second goal for Hibs, set up by summer signing Josh Mulligan, and Kieron Bowie scrambled in from close range late in the game to make the scoreline more respectable.
Scottish Sun
05-07-2025
- Sport
- Scottish Sun
Watch Hibs concede five goals BEFORE HALF TIME as Dutch giants Ajax run amok in pre-season friendly
Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) EVERYONE wants matches against tough opposition as they sharpen up for pre-season. And that's certainly the case for David Gray's Hibs, who are entitled to feel pretty good about themselves going into the season. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 3 Hibs boss David Gray wanted a tough match and that was what he got Credit: SNS 3 How Hibs lined up for the clash 3 The evergreen Steven Berghuis (left) fired Ajax off to a great start After a strong third placed finish, the Hibees have a tough Europa League qualifier against FC Mijdjytlland to prepare for. They've secured the signature of the highly-prized Josh Mulligan from Dundee, retained Rocky Bushiri and are hopeful of persuading Nectar Triantis to join on a permanent basis. But just maybe today was the day that a few Hibs fans got a rude awakening - as they went down heavily in a preseason friendly in Holland to Dutch giants Ajax. John Heitinga's side finished second in Holland last year which means they're gearing up for the Champions League themselves. And they certainly didn't spare the Hibees in this clash at the Toekomst sports complex. While the game was played behind closed doors, the Dutch outfit made it available via their app to their supporters - and it must have been a tough watch at times for Hibees supporters. Starting the match with a strong line up which included the likes of Brian Brobbey, Steven Berghuis, Owen Wijndaal and Davy Klaassen, they had scored five goals before the first half was out. The Hibees went with the likes of Bushiri, Dylan Levitt, Jamie McGrath, Chris Cadden and Jack Iredale from the start. Classy campaigner Berghuis opened the scoring within eight minutes with a fine left foot finish then doubled the Dutch lead with a tidy finish with his right. Martin Boyle got one back for the Hibees in 16 minutes but then it was over to Ajax winger and Belgian star Mika Godst who got a quickfire double. David Gray on life as Hibs manager and how he turned it around when his job was on the line And when Kian Fitz Jim made it five not long after the half hour mark Hibs were in big trouble. With Ajax putting on a full new team for the second period, things got worse before they got better for the visitors courtesy of a goal from Turkish star Ahmetcan Caplan. But Hibs hung in there and at least got a couple of goals back late on to add a bit more respectability to the score. First Junior Hoilett netted, then Kieron Bowie pounded to make it a final score of 6-3. Keep up to date with ALL the latest news and transfers at the Scottish Sun football page
