Champions League play off first leg
Rangers vs PSV
22/08/2023
Team news:
RANGERS: Butland, Tavernier, Goldson, Souttar, Barisic, Cifuentes, Jack, Raskin, Cantwell, Dessers, Sima.
Subs: McCrorie, Lundstram, Lammers, Matondo, Dowell, Sterling, S. Wright, Davies, Balogun, King, Devine, Danilo.
First half action
22 mins – Sima gets a break but a heavy touch forces him wide and his shot is easily smothered by the GK.
26 mins – Rangers caught in transition and PSV break, the drive straight down Butlands throat.
Beginning to open up now.
28 mins – A PSV cross is headed narrowly wide by Goldson. Almost an OG.
36 mins – Caution Tavernier đź“’
44 mins – Bakayoko cuts in and riffles a shot wide.
45 mins – GOOOOAAAALLLLL! SIMA! What a goal as Dessers presses with Raskin and we win the ball, Dessers lays it back and Sima curls a beauty right into the top corner!
RANGERS LEAD!!!
Half time score – Rangers 1 PSV 0
Second half action
47 mins – Caution Barisic đź“’
55 mins – PSV best chance as 1-2 releases Saibari who skies over.
57 mins – Caution Cantwell đź“’
From the FK Veerman forces Butland to push wide.
61 mins – GOAL! PSV equalise. Ball across goal and Sangare is free to fire home. 1-1
67 mins – SUBS ON Lundstram, Matondo, OFF Sima, Jack
77 mins – GOALLLLLL! Matondo!!! Rangers break, Dessers plays in Matondo and he scores! 2-1!!!
79 mins – GOAL! Corner PSV is headed in De Jong. 2-2
SUBS ON Danilo, Dowell OFF Cifuentes, Dessers
83 mins – Caution Souttar đź“’
85 mins – SUB OFF Cantwell ON Lammers
87 mins – CHANCE! Danilo blocked as Lammers makes the keeper save!
SIX mins of added time
93 mins – Matondo riffles a volley just over!
FULL TIME – RANGERS 2 PSV 2
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Best performance of season but do we want to progress? I can see merits in both but with one eye of FIFA club championship next year, we need co-effient points. Either way its a free hit against PSV next Wednesday. I am ecouraged with MB tactics and I hope he sees the real benefit of pace up front. We destroyed Celtic in the last old firm game with pace and we have been lacking IMO this season. I am delighted Matondo is finally giving us hope he is a player and thought Dessers is improving. Yes we can still pick negative holes here and there but this is a day for rejoicing and optimism. Overall a good team performance against a very good team with arguably better players. Goldson and Souttar immense but a sturner test awaits in the return. Cantwell Raskin and Sifo not all going to be here next season if they keep this form going. However we will have millions banked and a trophy or two, but we must be looking at possible replacements in a few months.
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First off, I thouvht it was a great game of football. Secondly, the ref had a nightmare, he punished us at every opportunity but let them get away with similar or worse tackles. Our two goals on the break were excellent and well taken. The goals we lost although well taken were avoidable, being sold a dummy at this level is just poor defending, and losing at a corner so soon after scoring is unacceptable. Baradic is just not good enough, he collects a pass, carries the ball 50 yards, stops and passes the ball backwards rather than at least try to take a man on, very poor. Goal aside Sima doesn’t do enough, Desser is not a centre forward except in his dreams and Tav out of position way too often, if it hadn’t been for Goldson covering that space we could have been in real trouble. Sorry about the negativity but it needed saying. We must win next week. C’mon the Rangers.
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