Thursday August 18, 2011 Play-off round Finished Ljudski vrt

NK Maribor 2 - 1 Rangers

  • Ibraimi 52’
  • Velikonja 90’
  • Ortiz 31’

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    Time:90'
    • NK Maribor
    • Rangers
    • 93' Full time, Maribor have beaten Rangers 2-1.
    • 92' GOAL Maribor have taken the lead, a daft back hill from Velikonja. Mezga does well down the right, nut megs Broadfoot, drills his cross into Velikonja, he neatly beats McGregor. But it was really poor defending from Rangers as they shoot themselves in the foot.
    • 90' Mejac comes forward from the back for Maribor, and looks to try his luck, but his shot goes well over.
    • 88' Cvijanovic has a shot but will not threaten McGregor
    • 86' Final change for Maribor, Milec on for goalscorer Ibraimi
    • 84' Mculloch concedes a freekcik with 6 minutes to go. Chance for Maribor to put the ball into the box, but Viler wastes the opportunity as he goes for goal himself, and his shot is woeful and goes well wide.
    • 82' Davis has a speculative volley, from 30 yards but goes well over. Dissapointing as Davis normally hits the target from there
    • 81' Lafferty becomes the fourth player to be booked tonight, as his studs were showing in his attempt to tackle
    • 80' His foul, coming as he stops a driving run from Davis, who has been quite in the second half McCulloch goes for glory from all of 45 yards, and gets a corner out of his ambitous attempt. Nothing comes from the resulting corner.
    • 79' Arghus picks up a yellow card, which has long been coming
    • 78' Second sub for Maribor, Velikonja on for Volas
    • 77' Broadfoot looks to find Jelavic in the box, but his shot is weak and comfortably picked up by the keeper.
    • 76' The last 5 minutes Maribor beginning to stamp their authority on the game.
    • 74' Approaching final 15 minutes both sides, are looking for a winner, is it going to come....
    • 71' Maribor win a free kick, on the edge of the area once again, a decent opportunity for the home side. Once again Mezga goes agonisingly close, as the balls goes wide of the post
    • 70' Ibraimi in a great postion with the volley, but miss kicks his attempt,as he watches it go wide. However MAribor are now creating more chances
    • 69' Jelavic and Lafferty showing good link up play, but just lack the final touch and ability
    • 67' Substitution for Maribor, Cvijanovic on for Filipovic
    • 65' With 25 minutes to go Rangers are looking dangerous, and now are by far the better side. But Maribor get the ball up to Ibraimi on the left, who puts across into the box, and this tie Volas puts his header helplessly over. Trouble for Rangers as the new centre pack pairings, didn't know where each other were.
    • 63' Chances are coming more often now, ORtiz finds to find LAfferty in the box, finds Jelavic instead who wins a corner for Rangers. Davis with a deep corner and is punched away from Hananovic in goal. Broadfoot long deep throw causes trouble in the box, Jelavic is offside, but his shot goes wide anyway.
    • 61' Rangers come close once again, Jelavic sets Edu up about 25 yards out, his powerful shot comes very close, but just goes wide. A shot on target would have had the keeper beaten. Great effort from Edu.
    • 60' Rangers get away with another chance, goal score comes provider, Ibraimi puts a great ball in, finds, Beric whose header this time is much better, and brings the best out of McGregor, who makes a great reflex save.
    • 58' Edu plays Jelavic in, his touch takes him wide, puts a cross in, finds Lafferty but his header just inside the penalty area goes wide, keeper not tested.
    • 56' Maribor go close once again, a very good ball is played in, but Beric who is in the centre, puts his head well wide. A great chance for the home side, but his attempt was very poor. The game increasingly open, and the home fans coming to life.
    • 55' How are Rangers going to deal with the situation, they are level and still have an away goal. They pust up, Ortiz has the ball, down the left, plays Lafferty in, a great chance for Rangers, but his shot is blocked, and cleared. At least we can see the intention from Rangers. This could be an interesting final 35 minutes.
    • 52' GOAL Ibriami picks the ball up at the edge of the box, puts it onto his left foot, and strikes the ball well, and beats McGregor at his near post.
    • 50' Lafferty tries to get pass Arghus down the centre of the pitch, but the big defender, takes the ball off the striker
    • 49' Davis finds Jelavic, who time and space in the box, dummy's the defender, puts the ball onto his left foot, and his cross is deflected behind for a corner. From the proceeding corner, the ball is too long and comes to nothing.
    • 47' Rangers holding the ball, looking to keep possession, building from the back. Edu looks for Lafferty but he won't be able to get on the end of that pass. Goes straight through to the keeper
    • 45' Kyle Lafferty is on as a substitute
    • 45' Second half kicks off, can rangers hold on to their away goal, and take back a valuable lead to Ibrox. Rangers were the better side in the first half, despite only having 42% of possession. Can they build on this infron of their vocal fans, who have made this trip.
    • 47' One last chance for Rangers, Naismith once again puts a cross into the box, but cant pick any one out, as the ball goes out for a throw in. That was the last play of the half, as the ref brings a close to the play. Rangers have a well deserved lead at the break
    • 44' Maribor have possession up the field, but are greeted by a Rangers wall, as they try to see the game through to half time.
    • 42' Naismith, has time and space down the right, but finds no one with his cross.
    • 41' Davies concedes another freekick, was reckless there. The ball is floated into the box, but McGregor does well to claim the ball
    • 38' Freekick for Maribor in a dangerous position on the edge of the box, poor challenge from Edu. Mezga goes very close as his shot hits the side netting. McGregor might have had it covered
    • 35' Ten minutes to go until half time, Rangers will be happy so far.
    • 34' Freekick for Rangers, Arghus goes in hard from the back on Jelavic. Davies with a poor freekick however, as he over hits his cross, out for a goal kick
    • 32' Edu puts Jelavic through, who is one on one with the goalkeeper, but his shot goes wide, another great chance for Rangers.
    • 31' Mejac comes down the right for Maribor, trying to take on Wallace, poor cross, and McGregor with an easy catch
    • 31' GOAL Broadfoot has space on the right, does well to beat his man, puts a low ball into the box, which find Ortiz at the back post who puts it into the back of the net. Rangers have a pricelss away goal.
    • 28' Maribor look to get the ball forward, but the Rangers back line is looking hard to beat. Rangers will be happy with a clean sheet away from home
    • 26' Jelavic has the ball, and strides to bar line, puts a ball in but is too high for Ortiz, who is the only man in the box
    • 25' Rangers are playing with a very deep back four
    • 24' Maribor looking to retain possession, and are having a much more patient build up, as they keep the ball. Rangers have everyone behind the ball
    • 22' Jelavic wins a free kick for the gers as he takes an elbow to the back of the head. Davies is over it, as he looks to put it into the box, Finds the head of McCulloch, who finds Jelavic who on the turn hits it straight to the keeper
    • 20' Maribor have their first corner of the night. well defended by Naismith
    • 19' Jelavic puts the ball into the box, and is headed away only as far as Edu, who tries to get the ball under control, but the defence stays strong. Half a chance for Rangers, who have perhaps been the better side so far
    • 18' Rangers at the moment are trying to go long when they get the ball, which at the moment is working for the Maribor defence
    • 16' Maribor try to get the ball into the box, but the cross is poor and Goian deals with matters easily
    • 15' Both sides already trying to get forward, this time Rangers through Ortiz tries to find Edu, but his searching ball is going to go out for a throw in for Maribor deep into their own half.
    • 13' An exiting opening to this game, Davies and Naismith need to stay involved if Rangers are to do well here tonight
    • 12' Maribor have a penalty claim as Mezga goes down in the box, but the referee waves away the protests.
    • 10' A lively opening ten minutes to this game, is it too early too say that this game will not end goal less. Maribor have a chance as Milinkovic has a free kick from the left. Rangers deal with it through Bocanegra who heads clear
    • 8' Davies pulling the strings in the middle, sprrays it out wide to Broadfoot, who in turns gives into Naismith, who wins the corner. From the resulting corner Jelavic goes close but his shot is blocked, and the rebound is put wide of the goal by Jelavic
    • 7' Rangers go up the other end, Rangers show better link up play between Davies and Naismith, who finds Jelavic, but his shot is poor, and goes helplessley wide of the goal
    • 6' Maribor have a chance as Volas was fed through, put his shot from the edge of the area is fired powerfully over the bar
    • 4' Lee Wallace takes the corner, but new signing Carlos Bocanegra is penalised at the far post.
    • 3' Maribor have had the majority of the early position, but Rangers have got the ball forward, and Jelavic sees his cross go behind for a corner
    • 2' So a nervous opening two minutes for Ally McCoist, as the defence had their first real job
    • 2 Rangers get the game under away, and will attack from left to right. But Maribor have any early chance as McGregor makes a nice save down low to his left
    • 1' the match has kicked off
    • 1945 Rangers are favourites to go through, but we are all aware of their poor away form in Europe.
    • 1943 Rangers final obstacle facing them from getting in to the Europa Cup is Slovenia's Nk Maribor. The teams make their way out into the Ljudski Vrt Stadium. And Rangers will be backed by a noisy following of Glaswegians.
    • 1937 Rangers will give new signing Carlos Bocanegra his debut
    • 1933 Speaking before the clash Ally McCoist has said "It's really important. After the disappointment of the Champions League, this is the next best thing for us. It's the same for the opposition as well - they are in the same boat as ourselves. The Europa League gives us an opportunity to continue playing European football for the next few months of the season."
    • 1931 MATCH ODDSMaribor 15/8, Draw 11/5, Rangers 6/4To qualify: Maribor 13/8, Rangers 4/9
    • 1930 Maribor: Handanovic, Mejac, Rajcevic, Arghus, Viler, Ibraimi, Mezga, Mertelj, Filipovic, Beric, Volas Subs: Radan, Milec, Velikonja, Cvijanovic, Potokar, Trajkovski, Dodlek /// Rangers: McGregor, Goian, Broadfoot, Wallace, Juanma Ortiz, Edu, McCulloch, Davis, Jelavic, Naismith, BocanegraSubs: Alexander, Fleck, Lafferty, Healy, McMillan, Wylde, Perry
    • 1926 Rangers were dealt a double defensive blow with the news that David Weir and Kyle Bartley did not travel. Skipper Weir failed to recover from a hamstring strain that has sidelined him for a couple of weeks, while Kyle Bartley suffered a groin strain in the 2-0 win at Inverness at the weekend. The better news for Rangers is that Lee McCulloch, who can operate at centre-half if need be, did travel and looks set to recover from a knee injury. Kyle Lafferty, who is recovering from a hernia operation
    • 1920 Hello and welcome to coverage of the Europa Play off round between Maribor and Rangers

  • Summary

    • 92' GOAL Maribor have taken the lead, a daft back hill from Velikonja. Mezga does well down the right, nut megs Broadfoot, drills his cross into Velikonja, he neatly beats McGregor. But it was really poor defending from Rangers as they shoot themselves in the foot.
    • 61' Rangers come close once again, Jelavic sets Edu up about 25 yards out, his powerful shot comes very close, but just goes wide. A shot on target would have had the keeper beaten. Great effort from Edu.
    • 60' Rangers get away with another chance, goal score comes provider, Ibraimi puts a great ball in, finds, Beric whose header this time is much better, and brings the best out of McGregor, who makes a great reflex save.
    • 56' Maribor go close once again, a very good ball is played in, but Beric who is in the centre, puts his head well wide. A great chance for the home side, but his attempt was very poor. The game increasingly open, and the home fans coming to life.
    • 55' How are Rangers going to deal with the situation, they are level and still have an away goal. They pust up, Ortiz has the ball, down the left, plays Lafferty in, a great chance for Rangers, but his shot is blocked, and cleared. At least we can see the intention from Rangers. This could be an interesting final 35 minutes.
    • 52' GOAL Ibriami picks the ball up at the edge of the box, puts it onto his left foot, and strikes the ball well, and beats McGregor at his near post.
    • 47' One last chance for Rangers, Naismith once again puts a cross into the box, but cant pick any one out, as the ball goes out for a throw in. That was the last play of the half, as the ref brings a close to the play. Rangers have a well deserved lead at the break
    • 38' Freekick for Maribor in a dangerous position on the edge of the box, poor challenge from Edu. Mezga goes very close as his shot hits the side netting. McGregor might have had it covered
    • 32' Edu puts Jelavic through, who is one on one with the goalkeeper, but his shot goes wide, another great chance for Rangers.
    • 31' GOAL Broadfoot has space on the right, does well to beat his man, puts a low ball into the box, which find Ortiz at the back post who puts it into the back of the net. Rangers have a pricelss away goal.
    • 22' Jelavic wins a free kick for the gers as he takes an elbow to the back of the head. Davies is over it, as he looks to put it into the box, Finds the head of McCulloch, who finds Jelavic who on the turn hits it straight to the keeper
    • 1930 Maribor: Handanovic, Mejac, Rajcevic, Arghus, Viler, Ibraimi, Mezga, Mertelj, Filipovic, Beric, Volas Subs: Radan, Milec, Velikonja, Cvijanovic, Potokar, Trajkovski, Dodlek /// Rangers: McGregor, Goian, Broadfoot, Wallace, Juanma Ortiz, Edu, McCulloch, Davis, Jelavic, Naismith, BocanegraSubs: Alexander, Fleck, Lafferty, Healy, McMillan, Wylde, Perry

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    Manager: Darko Milanic

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    Manager: Ally McCoist

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