"As finishers, at half-time we were told to bring energy and an impact," Smith said. "We tried to do that when we came on and the day being so special for all of us, to have our friends and family watching us, and to have a sell-out crowd supporting us on the start of this new journey, was amazing and I really enjoyed my run onto the field. In the 87th minute Goldson fired over the bar from 10 yards following a corner and with that chance went any slim hopes of a comeback, leaving Hibs to celebrate at the final whistle and posing plenty of questions for Van Bronckhorst. Medvedev did not face a single break point in the match and won 83 per cent of his first-serve points with 15 aces. In the 20th minute Hanlon's timely tackle inside the box prevented Macey from being tested by Aribo's goalbound shot.