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Head coach Wouter Vrancken has urged his Hearts players to "take the next step" by overcoming Rapid Vienna and securing a place in this season's Conference League. The sides drew 2-2 at Tynecastle last week, leaving the tie finely balanced before Wednesday's meeting in Austria. Vrancken believes his team have made significant progress since he took charge and says they now have the confidence to compete with Austrian side Rapid. "For sure, the progress is there," the Hearts boss said. "[The players] feel we can get a good result and we can match them. "We have to show this conviction and belief in a difficult away game. It will be necessary to put it all in out there to take a good result. "And the only good result is when you go through to the league phase. Let's take the next step again [on Wednesday]."