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Wednesday September 19, 2007 Finished Ibrox Park

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Rangers

  • Adam 62’
  • Darcheville 75’

Stuttgart

  • Gomez 56’
  1. Rangers overcome Stuttgart

    Rangers overcome Stuttgart

    Alan Hutton proved the unlikely source of inspiration as Rangers hit back to beat Stuttgart 2-1 at Ibrox Park. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Rangers
    • Stuttgart
    • 90' It's all over! Rangers needed the three points, and they have got them!
    • 87' Now Ferguson forces a fingertip save from Schaefer after fine work from Nacho Novo.
    • 85' Pardo is booked for bringing down Ferguson. Rangers are just playing possession football now.
    • 79' Stuttgart are beginning to pump balls into the Ranegrs area, but so far David Weir has been winning the aerial battles.
    • 74' The unlikely figure of Hutton has been the inspiration behind Rangers' comeback tonight.
    • 73' Meira sends Hutton flying in the area, and IT'S A PENALTY!!! Darcheville steps up...is made to replace the ball by the referee...AND SCORES!!!! He sends Schaefer the wrong way!
    • 72' Ferguson plays it into Darcheville, he lays it square for Whittaker...but he totally fluffs his effort! What a chance! They may not get a better one to win it.
    • 66' Da Silva gives the ball straight to Whittaker, who drives his shot over the bar.
    • 64' Cacau dispossesses Cuellar, bears down on McGregor, and the Scottish number two makes a fine save with his foot.
    • 62' Charlie Adam brings Rangers level!!! A superb run from Hutton on the right. He went past three men, layed it out wide to Adam who picked out the far corner with a fine left foot shot.
    • 60' Barry Ferguson is finally back on the pitch. He was gone for at least five minutes there.
    • 58' Hutton steps past Meira and fires in s shot that goes wide of the far post. The Rangers fans are just pleased to have seen their side shoot!
    • 55' The goal happened while Barry Ferguson was off the pitch, though Rangers had enough men back in their own area.
    • 54' Gomez gives Stuttgart the lead!! Khedira's ball into the near post took a slight touch of Cacau, and Gomez, just behind him, finished clinically past McGregor.
    • 52' Whittaker puts a ball across goal, but aside from Barry Ferguson, who was lying on the floor injured, the diminutive Darcheville was the only blue shirt in the box.
    • 51' Osorio now drives one past the post from long range. It looks like Armin Veh has told his side to try their luck from distance.
    • 50' Hilbert tries one first time on the volley, though it's well wide.
    • 49' The Rangers fans are getting annoyed at their teams poor attacking play. The Stuttgart defence has only really been troubled once, and that was by the pace of Darcheville.
    • 47' Hilbert lines up a shot from distance, but again it's a tame one.
    • 46' Rangers get the second half underway in Glasgow.
    • 45' Half-time at Ibrox. Competitive but uninspiring so far. And goalless, of course.
    • 44' Solid defending from David Weir to dispossess Mario Gomez, who was looking to dance his way through the defence.
    • 41' Gomez is something of a peripheral figure at the moment. He is dropping deep to try and influence things, but without much success.
    • 35' Boka finds Cacau ont he edge of the area, he sets himself up for an overhead, but it's comfortable for McGregor.
    • 32' Darcheville is through! He turns Tasci perfectly, a burst of pace leaves Meira stumbling and falling in the area, but Schaefer does well to come out and palm away the shot! That was a glimpse of the danger of Darcheville's pace.
    • 27' Decent ball across goal for Boka looking for Mario Gomez, though it's too far ahead of the big striker.
    • 25' Lovely piecee of skill from Osorio as he casually flicks it over the head of Adam. The two sides have been fairly evenly matched so far.
    • 20' Boka clatters into Whittaker and concedes a free-kick. Whittaker whips it in, though the Rangers players in the box fail to attack the ball.
    • 13' Darcheville now races clear down the left flank and fires in an early shot, but Schaefer parries it clear.
    • 10' An underhit pass from Tasci almost allows in Thomson, and Schaefer is called upon to come flying out of his goal and clear.
    • 10' Ferguson whips it across goal, Whittaker leaps well, but can't direct his header under pressure from Meira.
    • 8' Lovely combination between Hilbert and Osorio allows in the Mexican, but his left foot shot is a little weak.
    • 6' Ferguson races in behind the defence and tries to pull it back across goal, though there's a lack of support there.
    • 4' Stuttgart are doing all the early pressing. Now Cacau rifles a right foot shot just over the bar.
    • 3' Hemdani tries to clear from the threatening Gomez, and his clearance comes off the post!!!
    • 1' Stuttgart get the first half underway in Glasgow.
    • 19:44 A raucous atmosphere inside Ibrox Park tonight as the Champions League anthem sounds!
    • 19:30 Welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's live text commentary of Rangers v Stuttgart.

  • Team Stats

    Rangers Stats Stuttgart
    39% Possession 60%
    14 Shots 17
    5 Shots on target 7
    0 Saves 0
    3 Corners 3
    17 Fouls 14
    0 Offsides 4
    3 Yellow cards 2
    0 Red cards 0
    15 Tackles 21
    234 Accurate passes 386
    67 Bad passes 70

  • 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
    • Rangers
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Allan McGregor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 5 0
      5 Sasa Papac 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 29 13 1
      24 Carlos Cuellar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 4
      28 Steven Whittaker 0 3 0 1 3 0 0 16 1 2
      2 Alan Hutton 0 1 0 1 4 0 1 24 0 1
      3 David Weir 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 4 0
      7 Brahim Hemdani 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 28 2 1
      6 Barry Ferguson 0 3 1 1 4 0 0 31 8 0
      8 Kevin Thomson 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 26 8 1
      11 Charlie Adam 1 4 1 2 1 0 0 27 17 3
      19 Jean-Claude Darcheville 1 3 3 0 1 0 0 12 5 0
      20 DaMarcus Beasley 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 3 2
      39 Amdy Faye 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0
      10 Nacho Novo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
      29 Daniel Cousin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      9 Kris Boyd 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      25 Roy Carroll 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      21 Kirk Broadfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Stuttgart
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Raphael Schäfer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0
      5 Serdar Tasci 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 44 1 2
      15 Arthur Boka 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 49 20 3
      3 Ricardo Osorio 0 2 1 1 3 0 0 37 0 4
      6 Fernando Meira 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 72 20 1
      13 Pavel Pardo 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 52 4 2
      28 Sami Khedira 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 30 9 1
      19 Roberto Hilbert 0 3 1 2 2 0 0 28 2 4
      25 Antonio da Silva 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 30 11 3
      33 Mario Gomez 1 2 1 2 1 2 0 11 0 1
      18 Jeronimo Maria Barreto Claudemir da Silva 0 7 3 2 1 2 0 12 2 0
      9 Eugen Anghel Ewerthon 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0
      10 Yildiray Bastürk 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 1 0
      42 Marco Pischorn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      8 Alexander Farnerud 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      2 Andreas Beck 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      12 Michael Langer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      20 Ciprian Marica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 87' Now Ferguson forces a fingertip save from Schaefer after fine work from Nacho Novo.
    • 73' Meira sends Hutton flying in the area, and IT'S A PENALTY!!! Darcheville steps up...is made to replace the ball by the referee...AND SCORES!!!! He sends Schaefer the wrong way!
    • 62' Charlie Adam brings Rangers level!!! A superb run from Hutton on the right. He went past three men, layed it out wide to Adam who picked out the far corner with a fine left foot shot.
    • 54' Gomez gives Stuttgart the lead!! Khedira's ball into the near post took a slight touch of Cacau, and Gomez, just behind him, finished clinically past McGregor.
    • 32' Darcheville is through! He turns Tasci perfectly, a burst of pace leaves Meira stumbling and falling in the area, but Schaefer does well to come out and palm away the shot! That was a glimpse of the danger of Darcheville's pace.
    • 3' Hemdani tries to clear from the threatening Gomez, and his clearance comes off the post!!!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Stefano Farina

  • Rangers

    Manager: Walter Smith

    Captain: Barry Ferguson

    On the Field

    • McGregor
    • Hutton
    • Weir
    • Papac
    • Hemdani
    • Whittaker
    • Ferguson
    • Adam
    • Thompson
    • Darcheville

    Subs

    • Cousin
    • Carroll
    • Beasley
    • Novo
    • Boyd
    • Broadfoot

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    • McCulloch

  • Stuttgart

    Manager: Armin Veh

    Captain: 6. Fernando Meira

    On the Field

    • Schäfer
    • Osorio
    • Tasci
    • Meira
    • Boka
    • Pardo
    • Hilbert
    • Khedira
    • Da Silva
    • Gomez
    • Cacau

    Subs

    • 10. Bastürk
    • 20. Marica
    • 8. Farnerud
    • 12. Langer
    • 2. Beck
    • 36. Pischorn

    Injured

    • 17. Delpierre
    • 11. Hitzlsperger
    • 21. Magnin

    Suspended

    None