Robbie Neilson admits Hearts will need to give everything to get a result in Florence as he backed the thousands of travelling fans to make plenty of noise.
The Jambos have arrived in Italy ahead of their Europa Conference League return against Fiorentina after suffering a 3-0 defeat at Tynecastle to the same opposition last week. The home side lost an early goal and never really recovered with young Lewis Neilson also sent off early in the second half to make the task at hand even more difficult.
But it's a fresh slate going into this one with the Hearts boss hailing the game as 'exciting' as he outlined plans to try and apply pressure higher up the pitch in what will be a very difficult occasion.
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Speaking in his pre-match media conference, Neilson said: “We had a decent flight and we’re looking forward to the game.
“We’ve had some great European results over the years, but we know that we’re coming up against a great team. It’s going to take everything from us to try and get something out the game, but it’s exciting for us.
“It’ll be difficult for us over here, but I think we need to try and apply some more pressure higher up the pitch. The other three teams in this group are very tight, so there’s a lot at stake for everyone.
“I wasn’t happy with the performance last week because we didn’t press them in the way we would have liked. Tomorrow night will be a different kind of atmosphere in a new stadium; one that’s a lot more open.
“We’ve got thousands of Hearts fans coming over who I’m sure are going to make a lot of noise."
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