Source: PA
Hibs hammered by Maribor
Hibernian endured a disappointing return to European football as a resounding 3-0 defeat by Maribor in Slovenia left them facing a mountainous task to reach the Europa League play-off round.
A double from Josip Ilicic and a curling effort from Marcos Tavares put Hibs three goals behind before the hour mark and the score only threatened to get worse despite a tactical switch from John Hughes.
Hughes left his two most dangerous players out of his starting line-up with Colin Nish the lone frontman and both Anthony Stokes and Derek Riordan on the bench.
However, his team were second best throughout a difficult night against a side who have scored five goals without reply in their opening two league games and dispatched Videoton of Hungary 3-1 on aggregate in the previous round.
