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Rangers

VfB Stuttgart

  • Rudy 16’
  • Kuzmanovic 59’

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  1. Rangers crash out of Europe

    Rangers crash out of Europe

    Rangers crashed out of the Champions League following a 2-0 home defeat against Stuttgart in Group G. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Rangers
    • VfB Stuttgart
    • 93' Rangers are out of Europe. Dreadful. Stuttgart's Champions League dream is still alive.
    • 89' Another save from McGregor. This time he saves from Timo Gebhart.
    • 89' Rudy makes way for Timo Gebhart.
    • 88' Thomas Hitzlsperger is then denied by McGregor.
    • 87' McGregor saves again from Pogrebnyak.
    • 86' Sub for Rangers. Kyle Lafferty makes way for DaMarcus Beasley.
    • 84' The Rangers fans are heading for the exits.
    • 83' Not one shot on target from Rangers. Woeful.
    • 78' Hleb beats Wilson and pulls the ball back for Pogrebnyak who turns in the box and crashes a shot against the post.
    • 76' Another substitution by Rangers. Fleck comes on for Thomson.
    • 75' Markus Babbel makes a change, Kuzmanovic is replaced by former Aston Villa player Thomas Hitzlsperger.
    • 75' Booking for Stuttgart's Cacau.
    • 68' Smith has introduced Novo for Miller. Good luck....
    • 65' Rangers miserable home record in the Champions League has cost them dearly.
    • 63' Stuttgart in cruise control. Rangers have been woeful.
    • 61' Great double save from McGregor. He beat out a long range effort from Cacau before deflecting the rebound over from Pogrebnyak.
    • 60' As Rangers threatened, Stuttgart snuffed out the danger to destructive effect. Rudy found Zdravko Kuzmanovic in the box and he guided a header into the back of the net.
    • 59' It's 2-0 to Stuttgart. Game over for Rangers.
    • 57' Rangers are throwing bodies in front of shots. They're struggling big time.
    • 55' With Unirea Urziceni beating Sevilla it's looking ominous for Rangers. They might not even make the Europa League. Oh dear.
    • 54' Very limp effort from Rangers so far. They need to get the crowd on their side.
    • 51' Hleb is giving Whittaker a torrid time.
    • 50' Rangers need something special, but when you look at their attacking options, it doesn't look too promising. Stuttgart continue to dominate.
    • 47' Dangerous cross whipped in from the left by Boka. Thankfully for Rangers no Stuttgart player could make a telling connection.
    • 46' Rangers have 45 minutes to save their European campaign.
    • 45' Second half kicks off. Rangers kicking left to right.
    • 45' Half-time. Stuttgart lead 1-0. Boyd will be rueing that miss. Rudy's goal is the difference.
    • 42' Stuttgart look very comfortable. Rangers lack a creative spark.
    • 39' The crowd are getting behind Rangers.
    • 37' Terrible miss from Boyd. Stuttgart tried to break out, but Kenny Miller intercepted a pass and whipped in an early cross from the right. It found an unmarked Boyd who headed over. Horrible.
    • 35' Boka fires a shot harmlessly wide of the post.
    • 34' McCulloch chops down Hleb and goes in the book.
    • 30' Cacau cuts in from the right and fires a shot goalwards. It flies inches past McGregor's left hand post.
    • 29' There's an added zip to the German's play. You get the impression their domestic league position - third from bottom - belies their ability.
    • 26' It's another yellow card for Rangers. Thomson launches himself into a late tackle on Osorio and is rightly booked.
    • 25' Georg Niedermeier booked for a soft challenge on Kenny Miller.
    • 24' Stuttgart look very slick going forward - strange considering their struggling for goals domestically.
    • 22' Rangers are trying to work their back into the game, but it's not looking to promising.
    • 19' Stuggart just have a goal disallowed and then Boyd gets himself in the book for a foul on Osorio.
    • 17' Hleb flew down the left wing and exchanged a one-two with Cacau. He got to the byline and pulled it back for Pavel Pogrebnyak who miscued, but it ran kindly for Sebastian Rudy at the back post and he made no mistake.
    • 16' Goal for Stuttgart. Rudy on target for the Germans! Rangers have it all to do now.
    • 14' Boyd has suffered a cut following a challenge with Stuttgart captain Delpierre.
    • 14' Rangers are struggling down the left wing. Stuggart are concentrating their attacks down this flank.
    • 11' Stuggart look dangerous again. Cacau drives a low shot from distance at goal. It's gathered comfortably by McGregor.
    • 10' The game has settled down with Stuggart dominating possession.
    • 6' Arthur Boka skinned Steven Whittaker down the left wing before laying the ball into Cacau. The Brazilian born German turned Weir and unleashed a strong right foot shot. McGregor flew to his left to turn the ball around the post. Great early effort.
    • 6' Frenetic pace to the game.
    • 5' The tackles are flying in early on. Rangers are up for it, but they can't get the ball.
    • 4' Walter Smith has set his Rangers team out in a 3-4-3 formation. Ambitious, but are the players up to the task?
    • 3' Robust challenge from Thomson on Osorio. He won't get away with too many of them....
    • 2' Rudy looks dangerous down the right wing, he just turned Lafferty inside out, sadly his cross was terrible.
    • 1' And we're off, Stuggart kicking left to right.
    • ' Walter Smith's men will want to keep an eye on former Gunner Hleb.
    • ' The teams are out, the atmosphere is crackling, it's now or never for Rangers.
    • ' Of their five previous meetings, it's two wins apiece and one draw.
    • ' When the two teams met earlier in Group G it ended in a 1-1 draw.
    • ' History suggests yes. The Scots have a great record against German opponents - winning their last five and being unbeaten in eight.
    • ' It's do or die for Rangers tonight. Can they do it?
    • ' Both Rangers' previous CL home games this season have ended in 4-1 defeats - against Sevilla and Unirea. Rangers have won only one of their last nine European home games.
    • ' Stuttgart: Lehmann, Osorio, Niedermaier, Delpierre, Boka, Rudy, Trasch, Hleb, Kuzmanovic, Cacau, Pogrebniak. Subs: Ulreich, Tasci, Marica, Hitzlsperger, Gebhart, Hilbert, Schieber.
    • ' Here are the line-ups. Rangers first... McGregor, McCulloch, Weir, Wilson, Whittaker, Davis, Thomson, Papac, Miller, Boyd, Lafferty. Subs: Alexander, Novo, Beasley, Bougherra, Smith, Fleck, Little.
    • ' Good news for Rangers.... Stuttgart have won only one of their last 13 CL and have lost eight. The Germans have lost all of their five previous away games in Scotland.
    • ' The Spanish side are already assured of their place in the last 16, but top spot in the group is still up for grabs as they make the trip to Romania.
    • ' The Scottish champions must beat Stuttgart at Ibrox and hope that Unirea Urziceni fail to beat Sevilla.
    • ' In Group G Rangers' fate is out of their own hands as they play host to German side Stuttgart.

  • Summary

    • 89' Another save from McGregor. This time he saves from Timo Gebhart.
    • 88' Thomas Hitzlsperger is then denied by McGregor.
    • 87' McGregor saves again from Pogrebnyak.
    • 78' Hleb beats Wilson and pulls the ball back for Pogrebnyak who turns in the box and crashes a shot against the post.
    • 61' Great double save from McGregor. He beat out a long range effort from Cacau before deflecting the rebound over from Pogrebnyak.
    • 59' It's 2-0 to Stuttgart. Game over for Rangers.
    • 37' Terrible miss from Boyd. Stuttgart tried to break out, but Kenny Miller intercepted a pass and whipped in an early cross from the right. It found an unmarked Boyd who headed over. Horrible.
    • 35' Boka fires a shot harmlessly wide of the post.
    • 30' Cacau cuts in from the right and fires a shot goalwards. It flies inches past McGregor's left hand post.
    • 16' Goal for Stuttgart. Rudy on target for the Germans! Rangers have it all to do now.
    • 11' Stuggart look dangerous again. Cacau drives a low shot from distance at goal. It's gathered comfortably by McGregor.
    • 6' Arthur Boka skinned Steven Whittaker down the left wing before laying the ball into Cacau. The Brazilian born German turned Weir and unleashed a strong right foot shot. McGregor flew to his left to turn the ball around the post. Great early effort.

Team lineup & ratings

  • Lineup

    Live Team Line-Up

    • Starting line-up

      • A. McGregor
      • L. McCulloch Yellow Card
      • D. Weir
      • D. Wilson
      • S. Davis
      • K. Thomson Yellow Card Substitution Out (77′)
      • S. Whittaker
      • S. Papac
      • K. Miller Substitution Out (69′)
      • K. Lafferty Substitution Out (86′)
      • K. Boyd Yellow Card

      Subs

      • D. Beasley Substitution In86′
      • N. Novo Substitution In69′
      • M. Bougherra
      • S. Smith
      • J. Fleck Substitution In77′
      • A. Little
      • N. Alexander

    • Starting line-up

      • J. Lehmann
      • R. Osorio
      • G. Niedermeier Yellow Card
      • M. Delpierre
      • A. Boka
      • C. Träsch
      • A. Hleb
      • S. Rudy Goal Substitution Out (90′)
      • Z. Kuzmanovic Goal Substitution Out (75′)
      • Cacau Yellow Card Substitution Out (83′)
      • P. Pogrebnyak

      Subs

      • T. Hitzlsperger Substitution In75′
      • R. Hilbert
      • S. Ulreich
      • J. Schieber Substitution In83′
      • C. Marica
      • S. Tasci
      • T. Gebhart Substitution In90′

  • Rate Players

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    • Player Y! Users Expert My Rating
      Goalkeeper
      6.1 -
      Defenders
      Yellow Card 4.4 -
      4.7 -
      4.8 -
      Midfielders
      5.4 -
      Yellow Card Substitution Out77′ 4.2 -
      4.6 -
      5.1 -
      Strikers
      Substitution Out69′ 5.1 -
      Substitution Out86′ 4.4 -
      Yellow Card 4.8 -
      Subs
      Substitution In86′ 2.4 -
      Substitution In69′ 4.2 -
      Substitution In77′ 3 -
    • Player Y! Users Expert My Rating
      Goalkeeper
      5.4 -
      Defenders
      5.9 -
      Yellow Card 6.3 -
      5.8 -
      6.1 -
      Midfielders
      6 -
      6.5 -
      Goal Substitution Out90′ 6.6 -
      Goal Substitution Out75′ 7.1 -
      Strikers
      Yellow Card Substitution Out83′ 7.1 -
      5.7 -
      Subs
      Substitution In75′ 6.4 -
      Substitution In83′ 6.7 -
      Substitution In90′ 5.9 -

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  1. ok aye moon

    From Mark, on Fri 27 Nov 2:32PM

  2. id already seen the 55 minutes on the live commentary­ cast lexi ..what was priceless about it .. your the sad­ wee man. 2nd best again lexi

    From Yin, on Thu 26 Nov 4:14PM

  3. have to say i agree with yin in some points, Celtic can­ laugh all they want but should really take a hard look­ at themselves, that rangers team are in the CL because­ Celtic couldn't win the league, yes rangers are­ @#$%, but people in glass houses..............

    From inverkenny, on Thu 26 Nov 2:43PM

  4. #211 check 55 minutes on the livecast you stupid wee­ man! Have you no conception what humour is?

    From lysdexic, on Wed 25 Nov 10:22PM

  5. 198 &199 signs of a beaten man , just had to keep­ on going when u knew i was away.. as for your post­ 200.. away and read your post no.81. .contradicting­ yourself again.. always too much to say lexi and always­ bull s hit when it comes out..

    From Yin, on Wed 25 Nov 8:47PM

  6. rangers are pish

    From John, on Wed 25 Nov 3:36PM

  7. LETS ALL LAUGH AT RANGERS, OUT OF EUROPE BEFORE­ CELTIC.....HAHA......POLICE CAN NOW TAKE THEIR HOLIDAYS­ SINCE THERE WONT BE ANY RANGERS THUGS GOING TO THEIR­ COUNTRY TO FOLLOW THEIR BIGOTED CLUB......AGAIN HAHA

    From George S, on Wed 25 Nov 1:08PM

  8. my point 206 is two things is why call it CHAMPIONS­ LEAGUE when the champions of the leagues takin part r­ joined by the runners up 3rd 4th etc in other leagues­ it would give the champions of those leagues a better­ share of the money, the other point is the epl would­ not be anywhere if it wasn't for sky tv ,sky has­ pumped millions of pounds in the epl and lower­ leagues,if sky were ever to pull out of screenin the­ epl the standard of the game will slowly die without­ the money, all am sayin is MONEY TALKS

    From Wuls, on Wed 25 Nov 12:41PM

  9. ENJOY SAVILLE BEAUTY-FULL CITY TO CHILL-OOT...

    From UB40,LOCHEE, on Wed 25 Nov 12:17PM

  10. ALL THE BEST TO THE YOUNG BHOYS AT THE CELTIC ACDAMEY,­ THE SPL NEEDS YOU...

    From UB40,LOCHEE, on Wed 25 Nov 12:12PM

  11. yes yet again scotts team out-classed in europe. boyle­ a goal scorer in the spl,BUT NOT IN EUROPE IM­ AFRAID....WEE SHOULD NEVER UNDERSTIMATE THE UNKNOW ­ ESPECIALLY IN FITBA.....LOOK LIVERPOOL OOT RA­ CHAMPS-LEAGUE TOO PS THE HOOPS MIGHT YET SURVIVE IN THE­ NEXT 4WEEKS SUESIE BOYLE SING WALK ON AT PARK-HEED,X

    From UB40,LOCHEE, on Wed 25 Nov 12:10PM

  12. Jog on ye dirty hun priks!!!!!!!! CELTIC TILL I DIE

    From Diarmuid, on Wed 25 Nov 4:06AM

  13. And here is a Club that wants to be admitted to the­ Premier League............................and get­ hammered every week......................I don't­ think so

    From Bonzo Dog, on Wed 25 Nov 4:01AM

  14. 205: Stupid, stupid comment. The facts is EPL is at­ least 10 times better than SPL, and the top 4 from EPL­ would annihilate Rangers and Celtic any day. And SPL is­ pointless, the same two teams win every week/season and­ they get the top 2 spots everytime. With the EPL,­ Everton/Aston Villa/Tottenham/Man City all have a­ massive chance now to grab a spot in the top 4 and it­ seems every season there is progress by these clubs­ getting closer and closer. But with the SPL Celtic and­ Rangers win most weeks, every season. Its pointless.

    From Sam D, on Wed 25 Nov 2:05AM

  15. the champions league is a complete farce it should get­ a shake up like the europa league,( speaking as a­ rangers fan ) it's no wonder our finances are so­ poor when the team coming 2nd 3rd 4th in th e.p.l gets­ a champions league spot taking away much needed money­ for the gers in tv, sponserships etc,i know it happens­ in most of the top european leagues,maybe if got better­ income we could invest in the squad and progress in the­ champions league and in europe as a whole

    From wuls, on Wed 25 Nov 12:34AM

  16. And just another thought for you yin, while I will­ sling pelters at you all, I am disappointed that the­ 'gers didn't do so well tonight. As I've­ said on here many times, and the regular lads all know­ my feelings, I am 100% all our (Scottish), lads in­ Europe.

    From lysdexic, on Tue 24 Nov 11:16PM

  17. BTW yin, this is the 21st century, nearly ten years­ in!!!

    From lysdexic, on Tue 24 Nov 11:11PM

  18. yin; ancient history mate, live with it, it's all­ you've got!

    From lysdexic, on Tue 24 Nov 11:10PM

  19. just before i go.. i look forward to celtic getting­ f-ucked out of the europa league .. its goin to happen­ . .. since the turn of the century lexi.. what age r­ u.. go back and count the trophies celtic won in the­ 90s and since the turn of the century untill the­ present day.. then count rangers trophies

    From Yin, on Tue 24 Nov 11:06PM

  20. l8r yin; don't greet!

    From lysdexic, on Tue 24 Nov 11:01PM
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