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Hearts 0-2 Sturm Graz (0-6 Agg): Scottish Runners-up Fall Into Europa League Qualifying
Simon Seidl and Emran Soglo scored in four second-half minutes as Hearts fell 6-0 on aggregate and dropped into Europa League qualifying.
- On Tuesday, Hearts suffered a 2-0 loss against Sturm Graz at Tynecastle, ending their Champions League qualification hopes with a 6-0 aggregate defeat.
- Trailing 4-0 from the first leg in Austria, new manager Wouter Vrancken acknowledged his squad lacked the physical conditioning of their experienced opponents after only three weeks of preparation.
- Simon Seidl scored in the 64th minute, and Emran Soglo added a second four minutes later, while goalkeeper Alexander Schwolow made several key saves in his final appearance before returning to Germany.
- Dropping into the Europa League, Hearts will face the winner between Swiss side St Gallen and Portuguese club Benfica in the third qualifying round.
- Captain Stephen Kingsley suffered a hamstring injury and must be managed carefully ahead of Saturday's Premiership opener at Pittodrie, with Alexandros Kyziridis also limping off with cramp.
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"It was just magical," Simon Seidl sums it up. At Sturm Graz, the cheer was huge after the climb in the Champions League qualification. Three victories in three mandatory games, no counter goal, fixation of the participation in a European Cup league phase: For vice champion Sturm Graz, the new season could not have been better started! That the Grazers in the 2nd qualifying round of the Champions League overrun the Scottish Fast Champion Heart o…
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Sturm Graz has secured the 4-0 lead from the first round over the finish line. In Edinburgh, the Grazers also won the backlash against Heart of Midlothian and are thus in the third qualifying round of the Champions League.
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