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Thursday March 13, 2008 Finished

Werder Brême 1 - Glasgow Rangers 0

Bremen

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Rangers

  1. Rangers battle into quarters-finals

    Rangers battle into quarters-finals

    A dogged defensive display earned Rangers a place in the UEFA Cup quarter-finals, despite a 1-0 defeat to Werder Bremen on the night. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Bremen
    • Rangers
    • 90'+2 There it is! All over in Bremen and Rangers become the first British team to seal their place in the UEFA Cup quarter-finals! It's wasn't pretty, but Walter Smith will not be worried about that... into the last eight they go!
    • 90' Some last ditch defending from Rangers as we head into injury time... two minutes of it!
    • 87' Naldo unleashes another effort on goal! Another save from McGregor! Nearly there...
    • 85' What a save from McGregor! Incredible! He tips Sanogo's close range effort onto the bar! How important could that turn out to be?
    • 84' Corner now to Rangers, and Ferguson will take his time about taking it... much to the displeasure of the home crowd...
    • 83' Harnik now lashes wide of the mark as time runs out for Bremen! Just seven minutes remaining!
    • 81' Diego now gets away from his man and lets fly! It's poor from the Brazilian this time though and his effort is sliced well wide!
    • 79' Jensen lets fly again! Deflected behind for another corner! Mertesacker gets up well, but again his header flashes wide of the upright!
    • 78' Here come McCulloch for Novo, while Harnik comes on for Owomoyela...
    • 76' McCulloch is preparing to make an entrance...
    • 73' Another corner now for Bremen... that's their 12th of the night so far... Rangers have had one.
    • 70' Time is slowly but surely running out for the German side... just 20 minutes remaining for them to find an equalising goal...
    • 66' Bremen make their first change of the night... Almeida goes off and Boubacar Sanogo comes on...
    • 64' Rangers don't seem to have any desire to score tonight... every time they get the ball in Bremen's half, they look to slow play down...
    • 60' Oooh! Davis with a great chance to net an away goal! But he doesn't make contact with Broadfoot's cross following a rapid Rangers break! They may live to regret that miss...
    • 58' GOAL! Diego sets the Weserstadion alight with a tremendous strike! The Brazilian dinks the ball over a Rangers man on the edge of the box before finding the corner of the net with a super half-volley! 1-0 Bremen and this one's there for the taking!
    • 58' Rangers make their first change of the night... Whittaker comes on and Adam comes off... it's a defensive swap.
    • 56' There's a few handbags being thrown about here... Almeida, Broadfoot and Cuellar are involved, but it all settles down and play can continue.
    • 55' Oooh! Another solid stop from McGregor, this time to deny a blockbuster from Jensen! He can really hit them, the Dane!
    • 51' Oooh! Mertesacker should score from the corner! But his header glances wide of the mark! A worrying lack of marking from the Rangers defence there!
    • 50' Great football from Bremen! Hunt displays some neat skills before Hunt lets fly! McGregor tips over the bar!
    • 48' Bremen back on the front foot straight away! Hunt skips inside and lets fly! Wide of the mark, but already this looks like a repeat of the first half...
    • 46' Back underway at the Weserstadion!
    • 45'+2 And there goes the half-time whistle! Mission accomplished so far for Rangers! But there's a tough 45 minutes ahead for Walter Smith's side... goalless at the break!
    • 45'+1 Hunt clips a great ball over to the far post, where Naldo flings himself at the ball! But he can't make any meaningful contact on the ball and McGregor claims!
    • 45' Diego is hacked down by Adam... and the Rangers man goes into the book... he'll now miss the quarter-final, should Rangers get there...
    • 41' Adam lets fly on a rare Rangers sortie forward... but his effort smacks Novo in the guts and Bremen regain possession.
    • 40' It is Naldo! Well struck by the Brazilian! But straight at McGregor, who holds on well to the ball!
    • 39' Ferguson upends Hunt and Bremen will have a free kick, 30-yards out and well in Naldo territory...
    • 37' Half-time is looming large and it's so far so good for Rangers... they've hardly touched the ball, but they're still two goals to the good...
    • 32' Diego sends in a free-kick... but it's far too close to McGregor and the Rangers keeper claims without any bother.
    • 30' NOVO! Oooh! Forces Wiese into a decent stop as Rangers break! Best chance so far for the visitors!
    • 27' Almeida meets Hunt's ball into the box with his head! Oooh! Just wide of the mark! But the ref has whistled for a foul on McGregor and it wouldn't have counted anyway.
    • 26' Rangers are really sitting back at the moment... and that allows Owomoyela to unleash a decent drive from 25 yards out! McGregor dives to his left and turns it round the corner!
    • 24' Diego makes a break from midfield... it opens up a little for him here... out to Hunt... he looks for a free-kick but the ref waves play on and Rangers come away with the ball.
    • 23' Great save from McGregor to deny Jensen a blockbuster from the edge of the box!
    • 21' Rosenberg glances a header wide of the mark at the near post... and Bremen will have to wait a little longer for the opener!
    • 20' Rangers finally get the ball and they can build something now... but Ferguson plays a terrible pass and Bremen regain possession.
    • 19' Almeida fires a volley over the bar now! How long will Rangers hold out?
    • 18' Oooh! Borowski should score here! It's a brilliant clipped ball through from Diego which finds the Germany midfielder! But he can only direct his first time effort wide of the mark!
    • 17' Nothing doing this time though and Rangers hold out a little longer...
    • 16' Cuellar concedes another corner now... and the fans can sense something now...
    • 15' Rosenberg brings McGregor into action with a crisp strike from the edge of the box! Decent save from the Rangers keeper and Bremen are repelled again!
    • 13' Almeida gets on the end of another cross... but his header back across the face of goal is claimed by McGregor!
    • 12' But here's Adam at the other end... he gets to the byline... but his clever pull back is intercepted by Mertesacker!
    • 11' Hunt chips a ball to the far post... Rosenberg's there! Ooooh! Over the bar from the Bremen striker! Rangers can't get a sniff at the moment!
    • 9' Super skills from Naldo! He dinks the ball over Ferguson before letting fly from 40 yards! Easy for McGregor though!
    • 7' Diego spreads play out to the left before receiving the ball again in the middle... but the Brazilian can't conjure any magic this time...
    • 6' Bremen, and their fans, seem well up for this one tonight... looks like Rangers have a real fight on their hands.
    • 5' It's all Bremen in these opening stages... Rangers haven't really had any of the ball so far...
    • 4' Boenisch storms forward now for Bremen... he cuts inside and unleashes a decent effort that flies over McGregor's bar!
    • 3' Bremen straight on the attack and they win an early corner, from which Rosenberg lashes a volley wide of the mark!
    • 2' Bremen playing in their usuual green shirts and white socks and shorts... Rangers are in all blue tonight.
    • 1' Here we go! Underway in Bremen!
    • - And tonight's referee will be Martin Hansson of Sweden.
    • - And Rangers - McGregor, Broadfoot, Weir, Cuellar, Papac, Hemdani, Dailly, Ferguson, Davis, Adam, Novo - Subs: Alexander, Buffel, Thomson, Boyd, McCulloch, Whittaker, Naismith
    • - The teams are in... this is how the German outfit will start - Wiese, Owomoyela, Mertesacker, Naldo, Boenisch, Jensen, Borowski, Hunt, Diego, Rosenberg, Hugo Almeida - Subs: Vander, Vranjes, Ozil, Tosic, Sanogo, Harnik
    • - Hello and welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE coverage of tonight's UEFA Cup action from the Weserstadion in Bremen!

  • Team Stats

    Bremen Stats Rangers
    72% Possession 27%
    42 Shots 4
    10 Shots on target 1
    1 Saves 2
    18 Corners 2
    9 Fouls 3
    2 Offsides 4
    0 Yellow cards 1
    0 Red cards 0
    17 Tackles 22
    512 Accurate passes 150
    88 Bad passes 27

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Bremen
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Tim Wiese 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
      29 Per Mertesacker 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 72 0 2
      2 Sebastian Boenisch 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 38 21 4
      15 Patrick Owomoyela 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 69 0 0
      4 Ronaldo Aparecido Rodrigues 0 6 3 0 0 0 0 70 14 3
      20 Daniel Jensen 0 9 3 1 2 0 0 76 11 0
      10 Diego Ribas da Cunha 1 3 1 0 2 0 0 56 20 3
      24 Tim Borowski 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 39 3 2
      9 Markus Rosenberg 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 10 3 1
      23 Hugo Almeida 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 6 1 0
      14 Aaron Hunt 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 59 13 1
      13 Dusko Tosic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      11 Mesut Özil 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      34 Martin Harnik 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 0
      7 Jurica Vranjes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      33 Christian Vander 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      18 Boubacar Sanogo 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 4 1 1
    • Rangers
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Allan McGregor 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 4 0
      3 David Weir 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
      30 Christian Dailly 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 10 0 2
      5 Sasa Papac 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 12 8 4
      21 Kirk Broadfoot 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 17 0 3
      24 Carlos Cuellar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3
      6 Barry Ferguson 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 31 6 1
      7 Brahim Hemdani 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 22 0 3
      35 Steven Davis 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 20 2 4
      11 Charlie Adam 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 10 3 0
      10 Nacho Novo 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 9 1 0
      9 Kris Boyd 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      38 Steven Naismith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      8 Kevin Thomson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      28 Steven Whittaker 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 7 1 2
      4 Thomas Buffel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      27 Lee McCulloch 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0
      13 Neil Alexander 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 85' What a save from McGregor! Incredible! He tips Sanogo's close range effort onto the bar! How important could that turn out to be?
    • 79' Jensen lets fly again! Deflected behind for another corner! Mertesacker gets up well, but again his header flashes wide of the upright!
    • 60' Oooh! Davis with a great chance to net an away goal! But he doesn't make contact with Broadfoot's cross following a rapid Rangers break! They may live to regret that miss...
    • 58' GOAL! Diego sets the Weserstadion alight with a tremendous strike! The Brazilian dinks the ball over a Rangers man on the edge of the box before finding the corner of the net with a super half-volley! 1-0 Bremen and this one's there for the taking!
    • 55' Oooh! Another solid stop from McGregor, this time to deny a blockbuster from Jensen! He can really hit them, the Dane!
    • 51' Oooh! Mertesacker should score from the corner! But his header glances wide of the mark! A worrying lack of marking from the Rangers defence there!
    • 50' Great football from Bremen! Hunt displays some neat skills before Hunt lets fly! McGregor tips over the bar!
    • 40' It is Naldo! Well struck by the Brazilian! But straight at McGregor, who holds on well to the ball!
    • 30' NOVO! Oooh! Forces Wiese into a decent stop as Rangers break! Best chance so far for the visitors!
    • 26' Rangers are really sitting back at the moment... and that allows Owomoyela to unleash a decent drive from 25 yards out! McGregor dives to his left and turns it round the corner!
    • 23' Great save from McGregor to deny Jensen a blockbuster from the edge of the box!
    • 18' Oooh! Borowski should score here! It's a brilliant clipped ball through from Diego which finds the Germany midfielder! But he can only direct his first time effort wide of the mark!
    • 15' Rosenberg brings McGregor into action with a crisp strike from the edge of the box! Decent save from the Rangers keeper and Bremen are repelled again!
    • 11' Hunt chips a ball to the far post... Rosenberg's there! Ooooh! Over the bar from the Bremen striker! Rangers can't get a sniff at the moment!
    • 3' Bremen straight on the attack and they win an early corner, from which Rosenberg lashes a volley wide of the mark!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Martin Hansson

  • Bremen

    Manager: Thomas Schaaf

    Captain: Frank Baumann

    On the Field

    • Wiese
    • Owomoyela Substitution Out (77′)
    • Mertesacker
    • Naldo
    • Bönisch
    • Hunt
    • Jensen
    • Borowski
    • Diego Goal
    • Rosenberg
    • Almeida Substitution Out (66′)

    Subs

    • Baumann
    • Vranjes
    • Vander
    • Fritz
    • Sanogo Substitution In (66′)
    • Tosic
    • Harnik Substitution In (77′)
    • 11. Özil

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None

  • Rangers

    Manager: Walter Smith

    Captain: Barry Ferguson

    On the Field

    • McGregor
    • Broadfoot
    • Weir
    • Cuéllar
    • Papac
    • Dailly
    • Davis
    • Hemdani
    • Ferguson
    • Adam Yellow Card Substitution Out (58′)
    • Novo Substitution Out (77′)

    Subs

    • Buffel
    • Alexander
    • McCulloch Substitution In (77′)
    • Boyd
    • Whittaker Substitution In (58′)
    • Thomson
    • Naismith

    Injured

    • Cousin

    Suspended

    None