World News – GB – Hearts 6 Dundee 2 RECAP: Hosts Dundee Hammer in Championship Opening

The title favorites set a marker, then a few at opening night in Georgia

If there were any lingering doubts as to whether Hearts was ready for this, they were indeed dismissed in a devastating 45 minutes

Dundee was the second best throughout Tynecastle as the Championship Title Boards began to score in style

Robbie Neilson’s men quickly took the lead when Michael Smith upset Jordon Forster with his first contact, then passed Jack Hamilton with his left

The second goal was a quality improvement, Josh Ginnelly shooting a clearance in the air before breaking through a low drive past Hamilton

Dundee responded with an even better goal Charlie Adam passing several challenges before hitting a beauty in front of Craig Gordon

The two-goal lead was restored early enough, Liam Boyce with a nice shoulder drop before shooting but was denied a goal by Jordan Marshall’s arm

At the stroke of half-time, Hearts rubbed it a bit when Stephen Kingsley threw a magnificent free kick in the top corner

Danny Mullen’s dink in the second half reduced the backlogs but Hearts just picked up the speed, Kingsley hit home a good second after a good team move before Andy Halliday did the same one minute away

A perfect start to the campaign for Robbie Neilson’s men, who beat their closest opponents for the title and set a first scorer with an excellent display at Tynecastle

Another nice team goal Walker leads to Dundee during the break, moves to Halliday who backs on the left and the midfielder runs through Hamilton and into the far corner Hearts really see you tonight

Seals it A wonderful team move sees Hearts moving the ball to the left side, to the right and then again and Stephen Kingsley throws a clean shot into the top corner of the edge of the box A very, very well worked objective

A strong run from Dorrans sees him chasing the ball towards McGown, who tries to bend one with the outside of his foot, but he gets it wrong and the ball goes into Craig Gordon’s arms from inside. the surface

Hearts scores almost immediately as Jordan Roberts takes the lead from a corner corner but his eye effort barely sparkles over the bar with Hamilton beaten

Dundee pulls one off Alofabi’s shot on goal is blocked, but falls well for Danny Mullen, who shows good poise to dink the ball on Gordon up close This has been happening for about ten minutes

Mihail Popescu goes after Dorrans in what appears to be a bit of revenge, and has his name taken with the Dundee bench calling for a red card

Mullen tries his luck again with a well-hitting volley but it’s too high and Gordon can wave it over the bar without having to make a stop this time Dundee a little better this half after the finish from Alofabi

Craig Gordon with more amazing reactions Danny Mullen’s strike takes a big deflection and seems to have gone badly for the Hearts keeper, only for him to jump to his right and put a strong hand on the ball to push him back towards security,

Dundee hit Hearts at the break and Alofabi picks McGowan at the far post, but the midfielder takes it a bit too long and his shot is blocked by the retreating Hearts defense, with Dundee yelling for the ignored handball

Boyce runs left then feeds Walker who faces his man before trying to find the far corner, but his effort is wide Dundee closes in as Alofabi tries to pass Gordon but the Hearts keeper saves with his legs

Charlie Adam tries his luck on a free kick and he was hit well but still drifting off Craig Gordon’s left post and he looked like he covered it anyway

Dundee restarts action after making change at break Celtic forward on loan Jonathan Afolabi replaces Jordon Forster

It’s a rout! Yet another goal for a Hearts rookie as Stephen Kingsley registers a wonderful free kick over the wall and into the top corner with Hamilton well beaten Riot in the heart of Tynecastle

Kingsley gets up to meet Lee’s cross and his header drifts just past Hamilton’s far post after lightly touching a Dundee defender hearts beating Dundee on the wings and whipping dangerous crosses

Boyce takes it on his own and cooly sends Hamilton the wrong way to restore his team’s three-goal advantage After sending his country to the Euro 2020 play-off final there is no was no doubt, was there any doubt?

Liam Boyce sees his shot at goal blocked by Jordan Marshall’s hand, and David Munro points the finger

Sow enters late on Michael Smith who needs treatment The Swede is reserved and Robbie Neilson is not too happy with his former striker

Dundee pulls out one Charlie Adam creates space on the edge of the box and crushes a great effort past Gordon with the former Celtic keeper only able to stand and watch The visitors really needed it

Hosts double their advantage! A corner from the right is led by Osman Sow, but only up to Josh Ginnelly The winger takes an inside touch on his right foot before searching a low drive past helpless Hamilton Dundee in danger of sinking without a trace here

There is a race to get a flyby pass between Mihail Popescu and Graham Dorrans The Romanian wins and is immediately wiped out by the former Ranger man, whose name appears in the book

A bad kick from Hamilton allows Jamie Walker to gain possession and feed Liam Boyce The striker drops his head and crushes a left-footed shot towards the goal Hamilton does well to parry before Dundee, who seems vulnerable, manages to free

Craig Gordon is called into action after a good move from Dundee gave Charlie Adam the chance to shoot low from a distance, but Gordon is able to tip his shot around the post for a corner, which Hearts then clears without too many problems

What a start from the Jambos and it’s the returning Northern Ireland international Michael Smith, of course The right-back enters the box, takes a charming touch inside his man before sending past Hamilton with his left foot to give title favorites another early lead at Tynecastle

Hearts give Josh Ginnelly wide to the right to work the ball well, the winger tries to bend a weak effort to the far corner and he is hit well but not on target and Jack Hamilton is able to see him wide without much worry

Not exactly No recognition of Dundee CEO in director’s seats by Ann Budge, as the American consistently plays with his phone #footballfamily

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