Hearts brought an end to their European adventure with defeat as Istanbul Basaksehir ran out 3-1 winners.
Robbie Neilson shuffled the pack knowing the Jambos couldn't qualify from the Europa Conference League section with this afternoon's opponents and Serie A outfit Fiorentina already guaranteed of a top two finish. The Gorgie outfit ended the campaign in third with big moments to cherish in the run like the victory over RFS in Riga and also the home success over the same team.
The capital club made six changes for showdown in Turkey with three big Premiership games to come before the World Cup break against Motherwell, Rangers and Livingston. The squad is already stretched due to a high number of injuries but it was a chance for fringe men to prove their case for more first-team action. Full focus is now on the race to finish best of the rest behind Celtic and Rangers so they can return to the big European stage next year and make an even better fist of things. Here is three things we learned from the European clash.
