Hearts 0-2 Sturm Graz (Agg: 0-6): Wouter Vrancken's side eliminated from Champions League in heavy aggregate defeat

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Hearts’ Champions League dream fizzled out with a meek 2-0 defeat at home to Sturm Graz in the second leg of their second qualifying round tie. Trailing 4-0 from the first leg in Austria a week earlier, recently-appointed Jambos boss Wouter Vrancken said his team would have to be "almost perfect" if they were to enjoy "a magical, historic night" at Tynecastle. A bright start gave the home support some hope of a famous fightback, but Graz soon took the sting out of proceedings before eventually c