Wasteful Hearts pay the Euro price and now must regroup fast for Celtic and Mo Salah

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Nordsjaelland strike late to earn a point at TynecastleHearts so desperately crave progression to the knock-out stages of the Conference League, but their quest to start this campaign with a bang faltered late on.Going into the final five minutes 1-0 up against Danish side Nordsjaelland at Tynecastle thanks to Oisin McEntee's 33rd-minute opener, they could not withstand severe pressure from the visitors and deflected Nicklas Rojkjaer effort ensured a share of the spoils.It was a fair reflection of an entertaining clash in Gorgie, with both teams committed to playing attractive football. Head coach Wouter Vrancken will surely lament his team's profligacy at the end of the first half, when they were dominant and failed to build upon their advantage.This was Nordsjaelland's first competitive trip to Scotland since 2008, when they were drawn against Queen of the South in the Europa League and played them at New Broomfield in Airdrie, prevailing 2-1.

As they do under Vrancken, Hearts harried hard and looked to win the ball back in Nordsjaelland's final third, with the Danes looking to play through the press and feed their dangerous 19-year-old Prince Amoako Jnr wide left, who is a full Ghanaian internationalist.Amoako Jnr had the first proper sight of goal on 12 minutes, but a lunging block from Malachi Fagan-Walcott deflected the ball away. Then a weak punch from Hearts keeper Beau Reus wasn't properly seized upon by Juho Lahteenmaki, whose weak header was scrambled away.A tantalising cross from Calvin Miller on 21 minutes just evaded both the unmarked Claudio Braga and Josh McPake, before Amoako came so close to opening the scoring when he broke free and fizzed a shot off the base of the post.The miss was to prove costly as Hearts nosed in front on 33 minutes.

First Braga slashed off target after a good through ball from Christian Borchgrevink, then Nordsjaelland keeper Andreas Hanssen made a fine double save from McEntee and McCart, and then the keeper plunged to his left to tip a netbound effort from McPake.A second goal before the break would likely have killed off the Danes, but they regrouped after the break, showing far greater composure on the ball. They finally broke Hearts' resistance on 86 minutes.