Benfica vs Heart of Midlothian · Europa League Qualifying

Benfica beat Heart of Midlothian heavily, 6-1 at Estádio da Luz (crowd 60,776). Marian Barbu was in charge. The goal that settled it came from Rafa Silva at the 3-minute mark and it went to 2-0 when Tomás Araújo scored after 23 minutes; it went to 3-0 when Vangelis Pavlidis scored at the 42-minute mark with a penalty and Gianluca Prestianni widened the gap after 59 minutes. Hearts answered through Tom Renaud at the 72-minute mark and Jhon Durán added to the lead late on, at 87 minutes; Andreas Schjelderup widened the gap just three minutes after that with a penalty. Six bookings were handed out by Marian Barbu. Most of it went through Benfica: 67% possession, 24 shots against 10. 11 of the 24 shots by Benfica were on target.