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Ten-Man Hearts Prevail on Penalties to Down Rapid Vienna and Reach Conference League
Beau Reus saved two penalties as 10-man Hearts recovered from a red card and a late equaliser to secure a minimum £5 million payday.
- Hearts qualified for the UEFA Conference League on Wednesday by defeating Rapid Vienna on penalties at the Allianz Stadion in Austria.
- Reduced to 10 men after Tomas Magnusson's 76th-minute red card, the Jambos overcame Ercan Kara's first-half goal through Landry Kabore's 79th-minute equalizer to force extra time.
- Goalkeeper Beau Reus made two critical saves in the shootout after Calvin Miller's 100th-minute volley and Nenad Cvetkovic's 119th-minute equalizer left the aggregate score at 4-4.
- This victory guarantees Hearts more than £5m in revenue and makes them the first Scottish side outside the Old Firm to win a European play-off tie since 2009.
- Head coach Wouter Vrancken's squad enters the Conference League main phase for the third time in five seasons, with additional funds potentially bolstering recruitment before the transfer window closes.
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Showdown in Hütteldorf! The SK Rapid has survived two Quali rounds, today (18.45 o'clock) it's time to take the last step in the play-off after the first match-2:2 in Edinburgh, against the Hearts in the lucrative league phase of the Conference League. With striker Tonni Adamsen, Rapid also has a European Cup specialist.
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Wouter Vrancken has salvaged his European season with Hearts after all. Following earlier eliminations in the qualifying rounds of both the Champions League and the Europa League, everything depended on the Conference League play-offs. There, too, Wednesday night turned into a nerve-wracking evening against Rapid Wien.
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