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Coverage of the Europa League Round of 16 clash between Rangers and Benfica.
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Europa League | Round of 16 | 2nd Leg
Mar 14, 2024 at 5.45pm UK
Ibrox Stadium
Benfica

Rangers
0 - 1
Benfica


Goldson (55')
FT(HT: 0-0)
Silva (66')
Tengstedt (90+5')

Live Updates: Rangers 0-1 Benfica

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 4, 2025 at 23:54 UK

First Half starts.
1'Fouled by Marcos Leonardo - Benfica
1'Mohamed Diomande - Rangers - won a free kick in defence.
7'Fouled by Cyriel Dessers - Rangers
7'Nicolás Otamendi - Benfica - won a free kick in defence.
7'Fouled by Mohamed Diomande - Rangers
7'João Neves - Benfica - won a free kick in defence.
11'Shot blocked. Rafa - Benfica - shot with right foot from outside the box is blocked. Assist - Fredrik Aursnes.
11'Corner - Benfica. Conceded by Scott Wright.
12'New attacking attempt. Tom Lawrence - Rangers - shot with right foot from the right side of the box is saved in the right corner. Assist - Fábio Silva.
12'Corner - Rangers. Conceded by Anatolii Trubin.
12'Shot blocked. Tom Lawrence - Rangers - shot with right foot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assist - James Tavernier with a cross.
13'New attacking attempt. Fredrik Aursnes - Benfica - shot with right foot from outside the box is saved in the left corner.
16'Fouled by Mohamed Diomande - Rangers
16'João Neves - Benfica - won a free kick in defence.
17'Corner - Rangers. Conceded by Fredrik Aursnes.
18'Shot blocked. Ridvan Yilmaz - Rangers - shot with left foot from outside the box is blocked. Assist - James Tavernier with a cross.
18'Fouled by Fábio Silva - Rangers
18'João Neves - Benfica - won a free kick in defence.
20'Delay in match - injury Scott Wright - Rangers
21'Delay over. They are ready to continue.
27'Shot blocked. Cyriel Dessers - Rangers - shot with the head from the centre of the box is blocked. Assist - John Souttar with a cross.
27'Corner - Rangers. Conceded by Alexander Bah.
30'Shot blocked. Ángel Di María - Benfica - shot with left foot from the centre of the box is blocked.
31'Missed chance. Marcos Leonardo - Benfica - header inside of six yard box - left side is very close to the goal.
32'Missed chance. Scott Wright - Rangers - shot with right foot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assist - Cyriel Dessers.
34'Missed chance. Ángel Di María - Benfica - shot with left foot from outside the box goes high. Assist - Florentino.
35'Shot blocked. David Neres - Benfica - shot with left foot from outside the box is blocked. Assist - Marcos Leonardo.
37'Missed chance. Rafa - Benfica - shot with left foot inside of six yard box - left side missed.
37'Corner - Benfica. Conceded by James Tavernier.
38'Corner - Benfica. Conceded by Mohamed Diomande.
38'Corner - Benfica. Conceded by Cyriel Dessers.
39'Offside - Rangers. Cyriel Dessers is in offside.
43'Fouled by David Neres - Benfica
43'James Tavernier - Rangers - won a free kick in defence.
45+2'First Half ended - Rangers 0, Benfica 0.
45'Second Half starts Rangers 0, Benfica 0.
45'Substitution - Benfica. Casper Tengstedt for Marcos Leonardo.
48'Shot blocked. Cyriel Dessers - Rangers - shot with right foot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assist - Scott Wright.
48'Corner - Rangers. Conceded by Fredrik Aursnes.
48'Missed chance. John Lundstram - Rangers - shot with right foot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner after corner.
51'Corner - Rangers. Conceded by António Silva.
52'Missed chance. John Souttar - Rangers - header inside of six yard box - left side is close, but missed to the left. Assist - James Tavernier with a cross after corner.
53'Fouled by David Neres - Benfica
53'Tom Lawrence - Rangers - won a free kick in attack.
54'New attacking attempt. Mohamed Diomande - Rangers - shot with left foot from the right side of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assist - Cyriel Dessers.
55'Fouled by Connor Goldson - Rangers
55'Rafa - Benfica - won a free kick in attack.
55'Connor Goldson - Rangers - receive yellow card for a foul.
56'Missed chance. João Neves - Benfica - shot with right foot from outside the box missed to the left .
56'Offside - Benfica. Nicolás Otamendi is in offside.
61'Shot blocked. Ángel Di María - Benfica - shot with left foot from outside the box is blocked. Assist - David Neres.
61'Shot blocked. Ángel Di María - Benfica - shot with left foot from outside the box is blocked.
63'Corner - Rangers. Conceded by Alexander Bah.
63'New attacking attempt. Casper Tengstedt - Benfica - shot with right foot from the centre of the box is saved in the left corner. Assist - Fredrik Aursnes.
64'Substitution - Benfica. Orkun Kökçü for David Neres.
66'Corner - Rangers. Conceded by Fredrik Aursnes.
66'Goal! Rangers 0, Benfica 1. Rafa - Benfica - shot with right foot from the centre of the box to the left corner. Assist - Ángel Di María with a head following a fast break.Goal awarded following VAR Review.
67'Delay in match - injury Ángel Di María - Benfica
68'Delay over. They are ready to continue.
69'VAR Decision: Goal Rangers 0-1 Benfica - Rafa
72'Shot blocked. Tom Lawrence - Rangers - shot with right foot from outside the box is blocked. Assist - Cyriel Dessers.
73'Substitution - Rangers. Rabbi Matondo for Scott Wright.
73'Substitution - Rangers. Todd Cantwell for Tom Lawrence.
76'Fouled by John Lundstram - Rangers
76'Orkun Kökçü - Benfica - won a free kick in defence.
76'Corner - Benfica. Conceded by Ridvan Yilmaz.
77'Substitution - Rangers. Kemar Roofe for Cyriel Dessers.
80'Offside - Benfica. Fredrik Aursnes is in offside.
82'New attacking attempt. Alexander Bah - Benfica - shot with right foot from outside the box is saved in the right corner. Assist - Ángel Di María.
82'Corner - Benfica. Conceded by Jack Butland.
83'Missed chance. João Neves - Benfica - shot with the head from the centre of the box missed to the left. Assist - Orkun Kökçü with a cross after corner.
83'Corner - Rangers. Conceded by Alexander Bah.
85'Substitution - Rangers. Nicolas Raskin for Mohamed Diomande.
86'Offside - Benfica. Ángel Di María is in offside.
87'New attacking attempt. John Lundstram - Rangers - shot with right foot from outside the box is saved in the left corner. Assist - James Tavernier.
88'Fouled by Kemar Roofe - Rangers
88'João Neves - Benfica - won a free kick in defence.
90'Substitution - Benfica. João Mário for Ángel Di María.
90+2'António Silva - Benfica - won a free kick in defence.
90+2'Fouled by Kemar Roofe - Rangers
90+2'Substitution - Benfica. Tiago Gouveia for Rafa.
90+4'Shot blocked. Todd Cantwell - Rangers - shot with right foot from the centre of the box is blocked.
90+5'Fouled by Casper Tengstedt - Benfica
90+5'Fábio Silva - Rangers - won a free kick on the left wing.
90+5'Casper Tengstedt - Benfica - receive yellow card for a foul.
90+6'Second Half ended - Rangers 0, Benfica 1.
Thats all. Game finished - Rangers 0, Benfica 1.

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