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Benfica 6-1 Hearts: Report, Result, Goals From Europa League Qualifying as Scottish Premiership Side Suffer Record-Equalling Defeat
Benfica scored four first-half goals and added two more after the break as Hearts conceded two penalties and matched their worst European loss.
- On Thursday, August 6, Hearts suffered a 6-1 defeat to Benfica at the Estadio da Luz in the Europa League third qualifying round first leg, all but ending their European hopes.
- Hearts manager Wouter Vrancken, who joined in June, is implementing a new style with several summer signings, facing what proved a mountainous assignment against the Portuguese giants.
- Rafa Silva opened the scoring after two and a half minutes, with Tomas Araujo, Vangelis Pavlidis, Gianluca Prestianni, Jhon Duran, and Andreas Schjelderup also netting; Tom Renaud scored Hearts' lone reply with 18 minutes remaining.
- Vrancken expressed disappointment with defending, describing two conceded penalties as "stupid" and noting players lacked experience, stating "when you just kick balls forward, they are going to come back just as quickly."
- Hearts face the return leg next week at home but realistically are heading to the Conference League play-off, where Rapid Vienna awaits after leading Paide 4-1 in their first leg.
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L 45%
C 22%
R 33%
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