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  • Darcheville 60’
  • Whittaker 90’
  1. Spirited Rangers raid Sporting

    Spirited Rangers raid Sporting

    Second-half goals from Jean-Claude Darcheville and Steven Whittaker secured Rangers a 2-0 victory against Sporting Lisbon that sent them into the last four of the UEFA Cup after a spirited defensive performance at the Jose Alvelade Stadium. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Sporting
    • Rangers
    • 90+4' And that's it! It's all over! A real smash-and-grab performance sends Rangers into the last four of the UEFA Cup!
    • 90+1' GOAL! 2-0 Rangers! That settles it! Substitute Whittaker picks up the ball on the halfway line and weaves his way through the weary home defence before calmly slotting it past Rui Patricio!
    • 90' Cousin is caught offside. There will be four nail-biting minutes of injury time!
    • 88' Cousin nearly seals it! Davis picks him out with a pass from the right and after scuffing his first two efforts he puts his third into the side netting!
    • 87' 'Are you Celtic in disguise?' is the commendably witty chant from the travelling fans.
    • 85' Papac goes into the book for a trip on Liedson. Romagnoli whips the resulting free-kick into the box and Liedson sends a header well over the bar.
    • 82' Ferguson goes into the book for an off-the-ball incident, and will miss the first leg of the semi-final if Rangers go through.
    • 80' Sporting so close! Romagnoli whips in a free-kick from the right and Tonel plants a header inches wide of the far post with McGregor statuesque!
    • 79' Vukcevic sends in a long-range shot that's straight at McGregor.
    • 77' Changes for both sides. Sporting introduce another striker, Rodrigo Tiui, in place of Leandro Grimi and Rangers shore things up by sending on Steven Whittaker for McCulloch.
    • 76' What a chance for Sporting! Vukcevic finds Romagnoli with a clever flick into the box, the Argentine cuts the ball back to Yannick and the substitute lifts his shot over the bar from 15 yards!
    • 73' Cousin finds McCulloch with a delightful backheel on the Rangers left but the former Wigan man runs into trouble.
    • 72' Rangers make their first change, and goal-scorer Darcheville - who has worked tirelessly - gets a well-deserved rest. Daniel Cousin replaces him.
    • 71' Vukcevic's shot on the turn from 15 yards is deflected behind by Dailly. Romagnoli flights the corner into the box from the left and it's headed away.
    • 70' McCulloch goes into the book for a rash challenge on Rui Patricio.
    • 68' Moutinho's right-wing corner is headed clear. Rangers break down the left through Ferguson but the lack of men in support forces the Rangers captain to play the ball backwards.
    • 66' McCulloch leaves the pitch to receive treatment for a head wound.
    • 63' Thomson tears down the Rangers left and does brilliantly to win a corner off Tonel.
    • 62' Sporting respond with a substitution. In-form striker Yannick Djalo replaces Izmailov.
    • 60' GOAL! 1-0 Rangers! They have the away goal! Davis sweeps an immaculately weighted pass across the box from the right and Darcheville coolly slots it past Rui Patricio with his left foot! If Sporting can't score twice, they are out!
    • 59' Izmailov wins a free-kick on the left-hand edge of the area, Veloso curls it in and Cuellar heads it clear. Broadfoot goes into the book for dissent.
    • 57' Darcheville does brilliantly to brush off Tonel and drive in a low cross from the left but Thomson is just behind the play and Rui Patricio clears.
    • 54' Sporting inches away! Veloso swings in a free-kick from wide on the left and Vukcevic arches his neck to direct a near post header inches wide of the far post!
    • 53' Vukcevic cuts inside Thomson on the right and drifts in a waist-high left-footed cross that goes out for a goal kick.
    • 52' Abel's cross from the right is put behind by Dailly for a corner. Veloso swings it in left-footed, it's headed back to him and he puts in another dangerous inswinger that Cuellar does brilliantly to head away!
    • 50' Veloso tries to make inroads into the Rangers back four down the left but runs into trouble.
    • 49' Kevin Thomson thunders into Veloso and is booked. He will miss Rangers's next game in the competition.
    • 48' Abel picks out Liedson with a deft ball from the right-hand side but he can't bring it under control.
    • 47' Tonel is penalised for a foul on Darcheville inside the centre circle.
    • 46' The second half begins, and Sporting are straight on the attack. Romagnoli cuts the ball back to the edge of the box from the right, but Davis cuts it out before giving the ball away himself.
    • 45+1' The half-time whistle goes.
    • 45' Sporting go close again! Vukcevic cuts in from the right and flashes a left-footed effort from 20 yards just wide! There will be one minute of injury time.
    • 44' Rangers go forward and the ball falls to McCulloch in space on the edge of the area, but his low shot is well blocked by Tonel.
    • 42' Moutinho fizzes in a right-footed effort from the right-hand corner of the box that goes inches wide of McGregor's right-hand post!
    • 41' Ferguson nips into space on the left flank and curls in a high left-footed cross but Rui Patricio plucks it from the air.
    • 39' Rangers are coping admirably at the back, but they've not looked like scoring since that early chance for Darcheville.
    • 38' Abel is penalised for a foul on the far side of the pitch and reacts by angrily hoofing the ball goalwards, but the referee's cards stay in his pocket.
    • 36' Liedson receives a pass with his back to goal on the edge of the Rangers box but he's expertly tackled by Christian Dailly.
    • 35' It's now raining quite heavily inside the stadium.
    • 34' Abel plays a cross into the Rangers box from the right and it just evades Liedson and Izmailov!
    • 33' Liedson looks to switch the play to Abel on the Sporting right but miscues his crossfield pass and it flies out for a throw-in to Rangers.
    • 32' Romagnoli whips the ball in and Cuellar heads it clear at the near post. Darcheville does well to draw a foul from Gladstone near the halfway line on the near side.
    • 31' McCulloch is penalised for a handball right next to Rangers's left-hand corner flag. Free-kick to Sporting.
    • 29' Vukcevic slips in Liedson down the inside-left channel, but Cuellar comes across to dispossess him. Corner to Sporting on the left. It's played out to Veloso in the centre of the pitch, and he fires a left-footed effort wide of the left-hand post from 30 yards.
    • 28' Not much between the sides at the moment, but Rangers look fairly comfortably at the back.
    • 27' Ferguson steps up and swings his corner kick straight out of play. Goal kick to Sporting.
    • 26' Lee McCulloch wins a corner off Gladstone on the right.
    • 25' Ferguson curves the ball into the box from the right, it's headed down at the back post and Gladstone lumps it clear.
    • 24' Great play from Darcheville! He skips past Gladstone on the right and fires in a low cross, Ferguson attempts a complicated back-heel at the near post but manages to win a corner.
    • 23' The highly-rated Veloso swings a cross into the Rangers box from the Sporting left but it's too close to McGregor, who collects it comfortably.
    • 22' The home side are just starting to increase the pressure now, stringing passes across the face of the Rangers penalty area.
    • 21' Darcheville is caught offside. Liedson is back on now.
    • 19' The ball is put back into the box, and Liedson slips as he attempts to get a shot in. He stays down and has to leave the field to receive treatment, but it looks like he'll be able to continue.
    • 18' Sporting hit the woodwork! A free-kick is swung into the box from the right and Liedson's thumping header cannons back off the right-hand upright!
    • 16' Darcheville finds room on the left and crosses left-footed but Miguel Veloso heads clear. The ball is played back into the box and Darcheville is caught offside following Sasa Papac's flick-on.
    • 14' A cross from the Sporting right reaches Izmailov in space at the back post but he appears caught in two minds and ends up weakly heading the ball out of play for a Rangers goal kick.
    • 13' Darcheville looks to get on the end of Barry Ferguson's through-ball but Grimi eases him out of the way and Rui Patricio is able to gather.
    • 12' Rangers are back on the ball now, and there's a slickness to their passing that will delight Walter Smith. The home fans don't like it one bit though!
    • 10' Sporting have come back into the game in the last few minutes. Vukcevic goes down under a challenge from behind by Cuellar, but the referee waves play on and is then applauded by Cuellar for doing so!
    • 9' Marat Izmailov snatches onto a loose ball on the Sporting left and fires in a low right-footed effort from 25 yards that skids wide of the near post.
    • 7' Darcheville finds half a yard of space on the left-hand side of the Sporting area but he's crowded out and Rui Patricio races from his line to rather nervously hoof the ball out for a throw-in.
    • 6' Joao Moutinho bursts forward from midfield and has men in support, but he elects to shoot from distance and shanks the ball well wide of Allan McGregor's goal.
    • 5' Rangers are knocking the ball around well in these early stages, but can they find that all-important away goal?
    • 4' Chance for Rangers! After some patient approach play the ball bounces through to Darcheville on the edge of the box, but his attempted dink over Rui Patricio is athletically blocked by Gladstone!
    • 3' Cuellar shoves Simon Kukcevic to the ground as he advances down the inside-left channel, but referee Konrad Plautz is unmoved.
    • 2' Kirk Broadfoot's pass down the right wing is overhit and goes out for a Sporting goal kick.
    • 1' We're underway! Rangers are attacking from left to right in the first half. Jean-Claude Darcheville just can't get onto the end of a ball down the Rangers right flank, and it goes out for a throw-in.
    • 19:40 The teams emerge onto the pitch. Sporting are in their traditional green and white hooped shirts, black shorts and green and white socks, Rangers are in all-blue.
    • 19:30 TEAM NEWS: Rangers must do without the suspended David Weir, but key defender Carlos Cuellar has recovered from a virus to start. On-loan Brazilian centre-half Gladstone comes into the Sporting side in place of injured compatriot Anderson Polga.
    • 19:15 Good evening and welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE coverage of this UEFA Cup quarter-final second-leg match from the Jose Alvelade Stadium in Lisbon. The tie is finely poised at 0-0 after the first leg at Ibrox, and a score draw will take Rangers through. Kick-off is at 19:45 BST.

  • Team Stats

    Sporting Stats Rangers
    52% Possession 47%
    19 Shots 5
    1 Shots on target 3
    1 Saves 0
    6 Corners 4
    19 Fouls 13
    2 Offsides 4
    0 Yellow cards 5
    0 Red cards 0
    16 Tackles 37
    352 Accurate passes 297
    72 Bad passes 86

  • 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
    • Sporting
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Rui dos Santos Patricio 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 13 2 0
      13 António Souza 0 1 0 3 5 0 0 25 1 2
      24 Miguel Veloso 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 51 20 1
      18 Leandro Grimi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 17 4
      78 Abel Ferreira 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 46 1 2
      26 Gladstone Pereira della Valentina 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 25 4 0
      10 Simon Vukcevic 0 6 1 1 2 1 0 21 7 0
      30 Leandro Romagnoli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 6 5
      28 João Moutinho 0 2 0 1 3 0 0 42 4 0
      7 Marat Izmailov 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 22 10 1
      31 Liedson da Silva Muniz 0 2 0 1 3 0 0 21 0 0
      16 Tiago Ferreira 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      25 Bruno Pereirinha 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 10 0 1
      8 Ronny Furtado de Araújo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      22 Rodrigo Tiuí 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
      6 Adrien Silva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      21 Pontus Farnerud 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      20 Yannick Djaló 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 4 0 0
    • Rangers
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Allan McGregor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 8 0
      24 Carlos Cuellar 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 25 2 2
      5 Sasa Papac 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 44 28 6
      21 Kirk Broadfoot 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 20 1 2
      30 Christian Dailly 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 16 0 1
      8 Kevin Thomson 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 32 12 4
      7 Brahim Hemdani 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 8 1
      6 Barry Ferguson 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 37 9 1
      35 Steven Davis 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 25 2 8
      27 Lee McCulloch 0 1 0 5 3 0 0 22 8 8
      19 Jean-Claude Darcheville 1 2 1 1 2 2 0 19 5 0
      13 Neil Alexander 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      38 Steven Naismith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      10 Nacho Novo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      29 Daniel Cousin 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 6 1 1
      9 Kris Boyd 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      28 Steven Whittaker 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 2 3
      17 Chris Burke 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 90+1' GOAL! 2-0 Rangers! That settles it! Substitute Whittaker picks up the ball on the halfway line and weaves his way through the weary home defence before calmly slotting it past Rui Patricio!
    • 88' Cousin nearly seals it! Davis picks him out with a pass from the right and after scuffing his first two efforts he puts his third into the side netting!
    • 80' Sporting so close! Romagnoli whips in a free-kick from the right and Tonel plants a header inches wide of the far post with McGregor statuesque!
    • 76' What a chance for Sporting! Vukcevic finds Romagnoli with a clever flick into the box, the Argentine cuts the ball back to Yannick and the substitute lifts his shot over the bar from 15 yards!
    • 60' GOAL! 1-0 Rangers! They have the away goal! Davis sweeps an immaculately weighted pass across the box from the right and Darcheville coolly slots it past Rui Patricio with his left foot! If Sporting can't score twice, they are out!
    • 54' Sporting inches away! Veloso swings in a free-kick from wide on the left and Vukcevic arches his neck to direct a near post header inches wide of the far post!
    • 45' Sporting go close again! Vukcevic cuts in from the right and flashes a left-footed effort from 20 yards just wide! There will be one minute of injury time.
    • 44' Rangers go forward and the ball falls to McCulloch in space on the edge of the area, but his low shot is well blocked by Tonel.
    • 42' Moutinho fizzes in a right-footed effort from the right-hand corner of the box that goes inches wide of McGregor's right-hand post!
    • 18' Sporting hit the woodwork! A free-kick is swung into the box from the right and Liedson's thumping header cannons back off the right-hand upright!
    • 4' Chance for Rangers! After some patient approach play the ball bounces through to Darcheville on the edge of the box, but his attempted dink over Rui Patricio is athletically blocked by Gladstone!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Konrad Plautz

  • Sporting

    Manager: Paulo Bento

    On the Field

    • Patricío
    • Abel
    • Gladstone
    • Tonel
    • Grimi Substitution Out (77′)
    • Moutinho
    • Veloso
    • Izmailov Substitution Out (62′)
    • Romagnoli
    • Vukcevic
    • Liedson

    Subs

    • Farnerud
    • Tiago
    • Ronny
    • Djalo Substitution In (62′)
    • Silva
    • Bruno
    • Tiuí Substitution In (77′)

    Injured

    • Polga

    Suspended

    None

  • Rangers

    Manager: Walter Smith

    On the Field

    • McGregor
    • Broadfoot Yellow Card
    • Cuéllar
    • Dailly
    • Papac Yellow Card
    • Hemdani
    • Davis
    • Ferguson Yellow Card
    • Thomson Yellow Card
    • McCulloch Yellow Card Substitution Out (77′)
    • Darcheville Goal Substitution Out (72′)

    Subs

    • Cousin Substitution In (72′)
    • Alexander
    • Novo
    • Burke
    • Boyd
    • Whittaker Substitution In (77′) Goal
    • Naismith

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None