Martin Boyle is in a “stable condition” after being taken to hospital following a nasty head and neck injury in Hibernian’s 2-0 Scottish Cup quarter-final defeat to Rangers on Sunday.
Boyle was stretchered off in the 45th minute after a heavy fall following an aerial challenge for the ball with John Souttar. The game was delayed almost 10 minutes as the Socceroo received treatment.
Hibs confirmed Boyle went straight to hospital and was “receiving the best possible care”.
Hibs manager Nick Montgomery added after the game: “He’s landed on his head, probably a bit of concussion, a bit of a sore neck and that’s something you have to worry about.”
Hibernian FC can confirm that Martin Boyle is now in a stable condition in hospital.
Everyone at Hibs wishes Martin a speedy recovery 💚
— Hibernian Football Club (@HibernianFC) March 10, 2024
Nectar Triantis started and played 81 minutes in midfield for Hibs in the loss, earning a 7/10 rating from Edinburgh Evening News, who wrote: “Took a while to look comfortable in central midfield.
“But excellent in second half – and deserved his ovation when replaced by Levitt late on.”
In Sunday’s other quarter-final, Tete Yengi made it four goals in six games for Livingston as they went down 4-2 to Celtic.
Jordan Bos scored for Westerlo in second-half stoppage-time, unleashing a long-range shot into the top corner.
However, Westerlo were comfortably beaten by Mechelen 3-1 in the Belgian Pro League in Saturday’s encounter. Bos put in a full shift.
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Bos pakt uit met een fantastische streep in de winkelhaak. 3-1! #KVMWES 3️⃣-1️⃣ pic.twitter.com/J66zNDMnO3— KVC Westerlo (@KVCWesterlo) March 8, 2024
In the Swiss Super League, ex-Wellington Phoenix centre back Joshua Laws was given his marching orders for a second yellow card in Grasshoppers’ 2-0 loss to Winterthur.
Laws was sent off for a shirt tug after being beaten on the byline by Nishan Burkart who got past him and into the box, earning a penalty too. Awer Mabil was absent for Grasshoppers.
Jason Davidson played a full game as struggling KAS Eupen secured an important three points, beating Sint-Truiden 1-0 on Sunday.
Aiden O’Neill missed Standard Liege’s 3-0 loss at Genk on Sunday, with the club confirming during the week he’ll miss four weeks with an ankle injury.
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Speedy recovery, Aiden ! 💪#RSCL #COYR pic.twitter.com/z9KADVkhK6
— Standard de Liège (@Standard_RSCL) March 5, 2024
Mat Ryan kept a clean sheet as AZ Alkmaar triumphed 4-0 over Excelsior to consolidate fourth spot in the Dutch Eredivisie.
Ajdin Hrustic put in a full shift as Heracles went down 3-0 to Feyenoord, while Garang Kuol was an unused sub as struggling FC Volendam drew 1-1 at PEC Zwolle.
Sunday at home, sold out and with a win and cleansheet 💪🏼
Onto the next one 👊🏼 pic.twitter.com/srn6qweyuU— Maty Ryan (@MatyRyan) March 10, 2024
Jackson Irvine got an assist to help St Pauli stay firmly on track for promotion with a 2-0 home win over Hertha Berlin in the German 2.Bundesliga.
Irvine laid off the first-time pass for Marcel Hartel on the edge of the box to make it 2-0 in the 44th minute. Irvine played a full game while Connor Metcalfe started and got through 89 minutes.
St Pauli remain top of the 2.Bundesliga table with 51 points from 25 games, six ahead of second-placed Holstein Kiel and 10 ahead of third-placed Hamburg SV with nine games to play. The top two automatically go up.
Joe Gauci was absent for Aston Villa’s 4-0 home loss to Ange Postecoglou’s Tottenham in the English Premier League.
Riley McGree earned a 7/10 rating in Middlesbrough’s 2-0 win at QPRin the English Championship on Saturday. McGree started and played 90 minutes, before being replaced late.
The Evening Gazette wrote: “Was quiet like his attacking partners in the first half but added far more quality in the second half and played a crucial role in the counter which led to Boro’s second goal. Looked shattered as he came off, which was a testament to his effort.”
Sam Silvera was a 78th minute sub for Boro, while Tom Glover was an unused sub, having lost his spot to fit-again Seny Dieng.
In Croatia’s Prva HNL, Fran Karacic and Tomi Mrcela both put in full shifts for Rudes following recent moves, as they went down 3-0 to Lokomotiva Zagreb. Rudes are last on the 10-team table, some 19 points adrift and destined for relegation.
Full games
Tyrese Francois (Vejle), Cameron Burgess (Ipswich Town), Gethin Jones, Jack Iredale (both Bolton), Thomas Deng (Albirex Niigata), Mitchell Langerak (Nagoya Grampus), Aaron Calver (Daejeon Citizen), Alexandar Popovic (Gwangju), Trent Sainsbury (Al Wakrah)
Minutes
Massimo Luongo – ST 76 (Ipswich Town), Anthony Kalik – SB 63 (Hajduk Split), Kusini Yengi – ST 74 (Portsmouth), John Iredale (Wehen Wiesbaden), Mitch Duke – SB 86 (Machida Zelvia), Craig Goodwin – ST 46 (Al Wehda), Peter Makrillos – ST 73 (Seoul E-Land)
Unused subs
James Holland (Austria Vienna), Cristian Volpato (Sassuolo), Harry Souttar (Leicester City), Nicholas Bilokapic (Peterborough), Ash Maynard-Brewer (Charlton), Lachlan Jackson (Suwon)
Notable absentees
Alessandro Circati (Parma)
