Rangers edge Champions League opener after last season's horror show

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PARIS: Rangers gained a narrow advantage in their Champions League opener on Wednesday (Aug 9) as the Scottish side returned to Europe where last season they suffered six humbling defeats. Rangers edged out Servette of Switzerland 2-1 in the first leg of their final qualifying round tie at Ibrox.

PARIS: Rangers gained a narrow advantage in their Champions League opener on Wednesday as the Scottish side returned to Europe where last season they suffered six humbling defeats.

After reaching the 2022/23 group stage after a 12-year absence, they slumped to defeats, home and away, to Liverpool, Napoli and Ajax. Just before half-time, however, Servette striker Chris Bedia reduced the deficit from the penalty spot after VAR intervened to flag up a Dessers handball. "It was a fantastic start. We played with real energy, we ran forward, gave a lot to the game and created so many chances."

All three goals came inside the first 15 minutes with Diaa Sabia grabbing the winner after Haitian international Frantzdy Pierrot's fifth-minute opener for the Israeli side had been cancelled out by Juraj Kucka. Klaksvik, based in a town which boasts just 5,000 inhabitants, are already guaranteed to become the first Faroese club to secure a place in the group stage of a European competition.

 

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