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An own goal and a very soft penalty stopped us winning 0-2 😁

For the oldest whores on the block:

Christ, you'll be wanting to exhume auld Montford anaw! 😆

Out of the 3 away games..... Dens is by far the most important

No injuries and leave us with a chance of progression is all I would ask for tonight

Dessers not amazing tonight but IMO that was a hard shift. Already seeing criticism of him online. Give the guy a break FFS. We know he's ultimately not good enough but he's one of our options until the end of yhe season. That won't change so just get behind the guy.

Our away record against Portuguese teams is quite remarkable. That's 2 draws against Porto and Benfica as well as victories v Braga and Sporting over the last 2 decades.

At scorecast odds of 145/1 myself and Dolly the cat will be dancing 😆

What a half! Harsh pen imo, his arms out to challenge with the defender and he's headed into it, is what it is in Europe. Butland has been excellent bar the one throw out, although he's not getting any nearer the pens he's facing! Ridvan and Dio the difference in this team for me - both left footed and technically gifted which is what we've been crying out for in Europe. Brilliant lads, let's get this win and bring them back to Ibrox smarting.

Don't think you could ask for any better from us! great first half against a quality side! very tough 2nd half to come but we have shown we can cope with them. Same again lads!.

There's that bloody love heart celebration I was talking about. 1. A heart doesn't look like that. 2. Love hearts are for wee lassies. 3. What kind of a name is Angel anyway? Intae this lot, Rangers!

There's a double edged sword to this European competition if we do well it could distract us from the main challenge the league.

Our next three games are all away, played in a short ten day period and are in different competitions. 1. Tonight in Lisbon against Benfica in the Europa Cup. 2. Sunday at Easter Road in the Scottish Cup. 3. The following Sunday at Dens Park against Dundee in the Premiership. After our defeat by Motherwell on Saturday last, this next ten days could be the defining point of our season. The Gaffer has a ton of credit in the bank but, I fear our specific injury crisis in the creative - wide areas of the pitch will be a huge factor. I suspect the consensus among our support is to survive Lisbon, no further injuries and remain in the tie? A waiting Hibs team finding a bit of form and growing confidence is probably as hard as it gets having only one day recovery. If we are leggy and, we will be then, our start will be most important ............. etc. Trepidation Loyal RSC.

Going away to Benfica twice and being gutted you didn't win on both occasions shouldn't happen for Scottish teams, but that's Rangers in Europe the last 6 years. Don't let other fans downplay our record in the UEL either btw, look at the scores tonight - Leverkusen scraped a draw and Brighton and West Ham got pumped. We've never been as consistent in Europe as we are now imo.

Random observation but I thought Butlands distribution was poor tonight. Both throwing and kicking.

I think the lack of options could potentially work in our favour as he will rotate less. My big concern is Lawrence. He evidently can't play 3 games in a week so the sooner Cantwell gets back the better to bolster the no 10 options.

Hopefully but we will not see Cortes again IMO and Danilo will be nowhere near fit to make a significant contribution.

Brilliant performance lads! Get them to Ibrox and turn them over. My motm was Diomande.

His yellow was never a booking! the tackle on him at the edge of the box was!. Very soft pen as well imo! looked to me like Souttar headed the ball onto his own arm.

Hope the score stays this way

it must have been fun trying to block him on the line 😁

Well said. I think that entitles you to a seat in the Chamber of Old Fogeys.

We play Benfica, at Ibrox, next Thursday.

I am sure the manager and players dont see it that way. They dont come to Rangers to play in our shitty league. They come to do well in Europe and get noticed for their performances on that stage. Clement will pick his strongest side, and they will give absolutely everything to get a result. Whether we get a result or not remains to be seen, but this squad genuinely think they can beat anyone, and have no fear.

We showed great fight and character. Pity about the 2 poor goals. We were in a bad position tonight with so many injuries and I will take the draw. Some of our players looked dead on their feet tonight. Hopefully the crowd will get that little bit extra out of them next week.

Gutted tbh. We should have won that game. They were shell shocked when we got the second goal. Wee Ridvan, Sterling, Silva and Diomande were excellent, and Big Jack made a couple of great saves. But Goldson and Souttar made an arse of it.

Yes and would have put him out of Ibrox. The ref shat it. Proud of the team tonight and we were a bit unlucky not to win. Bring on the spoonburners

And he's shit at pens 😀

Agree 100%.

Awe naw, Sterling with strapping around his thigh at end of game. Hope it doesn't stop him from flying the team home.

Make changes phil, the players are knackered. They can barely trap the ball.

This competition really does make for unmissable viewing for Rangers fans. Benfica dominating at times but, unlike domestically, we've been clinical with our chances and are good value for the lead. I do worry about this referee who seems extremely inconsistent at best.

He's been rubbish, again, tonight.

That first touch from Dressers was abysmal

DiMaria guy is a douchebag.

Don’t hear that fucking drum hopefully he’s in a Portuguese jail

Not too many surprises with the starting XI and it's a team very much setup to make their mark in the game. Not sure who will play where but it was interesting on Saturday that Lawrence sat deeper whilst Diomande played further forward. Certainly scope to be flexible throughout.

Head says a 2 or 3-0 defeat my heart says 1-1 so ; Rangers 2 v 1 Benfica Tav FGS

Tells a great story about a test in South Africa were an opponent's glass eye falling out in a scrum

Last time I saw shorts that high they were playin shuffle board in Coral Gables. Neck tattoos just tell the world you have burned all legitimate bridges and no plans past football...legal plans. I think it indicates a certain commitment.

Agree - 3 x tough fixtures. Going to need a player or two to show up with some extra quality in the final third of the pitch. I fancy Dessers and Fabio to show up well though, and its about time we had a few cameo goals from Roofe.

This great force of nature was in awe of the distance John Greig could hoof a rugby ball.

🎶 Onto the head of Billy Simpson and in goes number three🎶