Hibernian 0-7 Malmo (agg 0-9)
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Malmo will face Swansea in the Europa League third qualifying round after a ruthless display in Leith completed an aggregate win over Hibernian.
and were clinical in front of goal in the first half at Easter Road.
Strikes by Magnus Eriksson and Emil Forsberg were added to by Markus Halsti and Miiko Albornoz before the break.
And efforts by Tokelo Rantie, Jiloan Hamad and Simon Kroon completed the rout in the second half.
With such a handsome win, Malmo will be confident going into next Thursday's first leg at the Liberty Stadium, though Swansea are unlikely to be nearly as vulnerable in defence as Hibs, who sustained their worst ever European defeat.
A 16,000-strong crowd gathered to cheer on Pat Fenlon's side and also pay tribute to the late Hibs forward Lawrie Reilly with a minute's applause before kick-off.
The visitors were given less time on the ball than they had enjoyed in the early stages of last week's encounter but it still took Hibs some time to carve out a decent chance, Jordon Forster heading Liam Craig's corner wide.
And before too long Malmo took charge of the match and the tie with a blistering four-goal burst in a 20-minute spell.
An intricate move on the left ended with Eriksson converting Rantie's low cross.
Hibs captain James McPake limped off to be replaced by debutant Fraser Mullen and the re-shaped defence were soon struggling to cope with more pressure from the Allsvenskan side.
Eriksson fired against a post moments before Forsberg curled home following a one-two with Simon Thern.
Halsti then netted with a drive from just inside the box and the hosts' misery continued when Albornoz cut in from the right to sweep the ball in off the post.
The hosts seldom looked like reducing their hefty deficit after the interval as Malmo continued to find openings.
Rantie was waiting to pounce and add his name to the list of scorers after Williams had spilled a shot by Hamad.
A free-kick by Hamad evaded Williams for the sixth goal of the evening and Kroon, who had replaced Forsberg, finished well off Rantie's cut-back for number seven.
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Well done Saints...... Hibs players on the other hand should be looking long and hard at themselves in the mirror tonight. Better still give all your weeks wages to charity you certainly haven't earned it.
With Love,
Neil Doncaster xx
St Johnstone qualified through the league and their result reflects this.
Other than that, I had expected to log on to read Hibees (I'm not one) infuriated, bewildered, talking about what next/Fenlon out, whatever.
Instead...snide remarks from Newco fans about 'sporting integrity'...
What a joke, I mean, you REALLY had the good of Scotlands game at heart when you tried to buy the League for the last 25 years, eh ?
Thank you and good night.
Although, Malmo are a good side. Didn't they beat Rangers a couple of seasons back?
@32
Celtic played 12 games in Europe last season. Winning 7. And we heard the season before last that Celtic would get pumped then they only lost to the eventual winners in the Europa. Get over yourself.
If on the basis of example from one night of football, 40 miles to the West, St Johnstone were knocking out a very good Rosenborg side packed with quality international players. Manager, Tommy Wright lauded a "tremendous" performance in the Europa League win over Rosenborg.
> Scottish football is not dead. See St Johnstone and Celtic's exploits.
> Hibs, Scotland's biggest club? Hah! Celtic, Hearts and Aberdeen are considerably bigger.
> Swansea will make Malmo look like amateurs.
> Malmo would do well to finish outside bottom 6 of PL.
> Scandinavian teams are less technically competent than most PL teams.
> Malmo in PL = logistical nightmare.