Sallinger eyes Hibs progress after Tynecastle spectator role

Hibs goalkeeper Raphael Sallinger was in the stands at Tynecastle on Tuesday to see rivals Hearts knocked out of the Champions League. Now he is determined to ensure his side don't suffer European embarrassment. Hearts' 2-0 home defeat to Sturm Graz completed a 6-0 aggregate hammering - their worst ever two-legged European scoreline. Sallinger's full focus is now on trying to overturn Hibs' 2-0 deficit against Kosovan minnows Malisheva at Easter Road in Thursday night's second leg of their Conference League qualifier. The Austrian said: "My missus actually works for Sturm Graz as a nutritionist so it was obviously clear for me to go and watch her at Tynecastle. "She's not over in Scotland very often. She'll be at our game tomorrow as well to support me. "Sturm are a very good team. Of course there were a few conversations when we knew they were playing Hearts, but only about small details, nothing special. I'm happy for them that they went through." Sallinger admits there is still lingering disappointment from Hibs' first-leg defeat, but insists they have the character to put things right. "We as a group spoke about a lot of things which went wrong in that game. There are clearly things we can improve on, but we've worked very well this week," he said. "These are the moments where you can see what character is in this team and we will show that character tomorrow. "It doesn't matter which side we're playing against. The main target is getting through to the third round of the Conference League. "We have to make sure we win tomorrow. We don't want to look back too much on the last game. All we can do is look forward and try to change things around."