Hearts endured a predictably bruising evening in Lisbon as their hopes of progressing to the Europa League were all but ended by a 6-1 thrashing at the hands of Benfica. Benfica swiftly set about picking holes in Hearts’ set-up, signalling their intent in the second minute when Gianluca Prestianni’s shot from the edge of the box was pushed away by Beau Reus. Hearts almost mustered a swift response but Claudio Braga headed wide from Calvin Miller’s cross. Tomas Araujo did the damage, heading home Georgiy Sudakov’s corner as Hearts’ woes defending set-pieces this season continued. Mendy effectively gifted Benfica their third when he conceded a penalty in the 41st minute by needlessly tugging Prestianni’s shirt as he ran into the box.