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Edinburgh club continues to prepare for the new season. Today the Scottish team played a friendly match at home with . The match at the crowded "Tynecastle" stadium ended in a 1-1 draw.
In this match, two new Lithuanian players made their debut for "Hearts" - forwards and . The latter just yesterday wore the jersey of the FBK team and scored two goals against Torshavn's "HB" in the Champions League qualification matches, so his arrival in Scotland was completely unexpected.
Both Lithuanians appeared in the match after substitutions. The first entered the field in the 46th minute of the game, and in the 66th minute his partner in attack was E. Jankauskas. However, it is still unclear whether both forwards will stay in the Scottish team for a longer period. In total, four Lithuanians played against "Middlesbrough" - was on the field from the beginning of the match, was substituted in the 67th minute by , and entered the field in the 46th minute.
The first goal for the eagerly awaiting "Hearts" fans came in the 77th minute, unfortunately, it went into the host's net. Paul Hartley fouled Gaizka Mendietta in the penalty area, and the penalty kick awarded by the referee was successfully converted by Yakubu Aiyegbeni. However, just five minutes later, the Edinburgh team equalized the result when defender Andy Webster scored a header goal after a corner kick.
By the way, three new faces from the Czech Republic also appeared in the team - the loaned-out right-back R. Skacel from "Marseille", and two forwards participating in the trial J. Pospisal and R. Bednar, the Frenchmen J. Brellier and S. Schemmel also tried to earn a place in the club.
1 - 1
77' [1 - 0] Yakubu (penalty kick)
82' [1 - 1] Andy Webster
"Hearts" lineup: C. Gordon; S. Schemmel (83' Sives), S. Pressley (70' Berra), A. Webster, J. McAllister (Hamill, 57); S. Mikoliunas (E. Cesnauskis, 66), J. Brellier (40' L. Wallace), P. Hartley (86' H. Thorarinsson), R. Skacel (75' G. Tierney); R. Bednar (46' A. Rimkevicius), J. Pospisal (10' C. Elliot (66' E. Jankauskas)).
"Middlesbrough" lineup: B. Jones; S. Parnaby, F. Queudrue, R. Parlour, U. Ehiogu; G. Southgate, G. Mendietta, G. Boateng; Y. Aiyegbeni, M. Viduka (60' J. Kennedy), A. Johnston (73' C. Liddle).
