‘A really bad feeling’ – Wouter Vrancken rues Hearts hammering against Benfica

Wouter Vrancken lamented Hearts’ lack of composure as a “difficult” night in Lisbon ended with a demoralising 6-1 defeat at the hands of Benfica.The Jambos are facing the prospect of dropping into the Conference League play-off round after the first leg of their Europa League third qualifying round tie panned out in predictably one-sided fashion.Benfica took the lead in the third minute through Rafa Silva before a Tomas Araujo header and a Vangelis Pavlidis penalty had them three up at the break.Gianluca Prestianni capitalised on a Tom Renaud mistake to make it four just before the hour and after Renaud pulled one back for Hearts, two late goals from Jhon Duran and Andreas Schjelderup – another penalty – all but killed the tie.“It was difficult,” said head coach Vrancken in a club intervie