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Date : – Thursday 12th December 2024 |
Kick off : – 20.00 |
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Competition : – Europa League |
Venue : – Ibrox Stadium |
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Crowd : – 48,064 |
Referee : – Sandro Scharer (SWI) | Linesmen : – Mr. Stephane de Almeida (SWI); Mr. Jonas Erni (SWI) | |
Fourth official : – Lionel Tschudi (SWI) | ||
VAR official : – Fedayi San (SWI) | VAR Assistant : – Tiago Bruno Lopes Martins (POR) | |
Weather : – Misty, cold | ||
Spurs kicked off the first half attacking the Copland Stand end | ||
Playing time : – 90 + 4 minutes |
RANGERS | TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR | |||
GOAL-SCORERS | ||||
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Igamane 46m 20s | ![]() |
Kulusevski 74m 44s | |
CARDS | ||||
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Diomande (handball) 20 | ![]() |
Dragusin (foul on Yilmaz) 68 | |
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Bergvall (foul on Raskin) 72 | |||
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TEAMS | ||||
1. | Jack BUTLAND | 20. | Fraser FORSTER | |
2. | James TAVERNIER (c) ![]() |
23. | Pedro PORRO | |
5. | John SOUTTAR ( 27. Leon BALOGAN 35) | 14. | Archie GRAY | |
4. | Robin PROPPER | 6. | Radu DRAGUSIN ![]() |
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22. | JEFTE | 13. | Destiny UDOGIE | |
10. | Mohamed DIOMANDE ![]() |
30. | Rodrigo BENTANCUR ( 29. Pape Matar SARR 61) | |
43. | Nicolas RASKIN | 8. | Yves BISSOUMA ( 15. Lucas BERGVALL 61 ![]() |
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18. | Vaclav CERNY ( 21. Dujon STERLING 69) | 22. | Brennan JOHNSON ( 19. Dominic SOLANKE 60 ![]() |
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14. | Nedim BAJRAMI ( 8. Connor BARRON 68) | 10. | James MADDISON | |
3. | Ridvan YILMAZ ( 47. Ryan FRASER 80) | 16. | Timo WERNER ( 15. Dejan KULUSEVSKI 46 ![]() |
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29. | Hazma IGAMANE ![]() |
7. | Heung-Min SON (c) | |
Substitutes | Substitutes | |||
31. | Liam KELLY | 40. | Brandon AUSTIN | |
38. | Leon KING | 41. | Alfie WHITEMAN | |
49. | Bailey RICE | 48. | Alfie DORRINGTON | |
52. | Findlay CURTIS | 79. | Malachi HARDY | |
20. | Kieran DOWELL | 64. | Callum OLUSESI | |
7. | Oscar CORTES | 42. | Will LANKSHEAR | |
45. | Ross McCAUSLAND | 78. | Luca WILLIAMS-BARNETT |
= Assist
= Goal scored
= Own goal scored
Manager : – Phillipe Clement | Manager : – Ange Postecoglou |
Kit Supplier : – Castore | Kit Supplier : – Nike |
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Images of kits courtesy of the marvellous Colours of Football website | |
MATCH REPORT |
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Spurs were not at their best but gained a 1-1 draw at Ibrox against Rangers and although the home side had the majority of the best chances, they met former Glasgow Celtic goalkeeper Fraser Forster in excellent form. Tagged “the Battle of Britain”, as is any match between two sides from either side of the border, this Europa League match was played out in what was described as a white hot or electric atmosphere. In fact, it was just a lot of noise and that noise fell to a silence you could hear a pin drop in when Spurs levelled the score.
It is well to remember the young age of our side and the team we were able to field in a run of games, the home side are not having to endure. For all the rubbish before the game that Spurs should go to Glasgow and turn them over, Rangers were always going to raise their game above the level that they perform in week in, week out as they are always keen (although not often able) to put one over the “auld enemy”. So big is the chip on their shoulders that they feel that they have to play this way against an English side, when they can lose to Aberdeen and Kilmarnock, but they were in good form and we weren’t. Werner came in on the left, with Son moving up top, with Archie Gray filling in alongside Radu Dragusin in the centre of defence and being available for European matches, Rodrigo Bentancur came in to play in midfield with Yves Bissouma. While Spurs made a good move from the kick-off with Johnson switching the ball from right to left and Werner winning a corner off Tavernier, when it was taken, the ball went straight into Butland’s hands. The Rangers keeper took every opportunity to get the ball up-field quickly, but Spurs’ new central defensive pairing dealt with that well. Tottenham’s first shot on goal came in the ninth minute when Son moved over to the right and turned his marker to run left and feed Werner, who hit his shot too high from inside the area. This was soon followed by Rangers’ first go at goal when Bajrami got freed on the right and Fraser Forster had to get a touch to it to take it over the bar. One of the favourite Spurs moves saw Maddison run beyond the last man on the left inside the box and get to the dead-ball line before pulling it back for Heung-Min Son. Unfortunately, it was a little under his feet and he couldn’t get any power on his shot. Cerny ran the ball forward from his own half and then looked for a tricky reverse pass for Yilmaz that was intercepted by Dragusin. Tottenham’s final ball let them down around the 25th minute when the press won the ball twice. Bentancur won it inside the Spurs half and played it on for Son, but his ball across failed to find Johnson who was free at the far post. Then as Rangers tried to pass the ball out, it was given to Porro, whose ball into the area was not near any white shirt. Jefte slid a ball across the face of goal, with no blue shirt there and then Pedro gave the ball away with a loose pass that sent the home side away and Diomande tried a 30-yard shot that went too high. The game was moving from end-to-end and the match was quite open, allowing both teams to have attack after attack. Cerny fizzed a shot a foot over from 25 yards and Tottenham were unable to string many passes together, but when Spurs got the ball at the back and hoped to move out, the referee stopped the match so Souttar could get treatment after going down in the centre-circle and he went off holding his groin, with Balogan coming off the bench. Butland slipped when kicking the ball out and then the next time he had the ball played it straight to Maddison, who was fouled by Raskin 30 yards out in a central position. Spurs won a corner from it and from the resulting move after it was cleared, Butland made a point blank save from Johnson who met Son’s pull-back, but he was offside. Some good first-time passing worked the ball around the Rangers players and Bentancur got space on the right, putting a ball into the goalmouth. But it was turned away for another corner that Gray got to but the ball squirmed wide. Loose passing was presenting the ball to Rangers, who were aggressive in their tackling, forcing the turnovers and Cerny had a shot from a tight angle on the right bringing out a low stop from Forster. From 15 to 25 minutes, it looked as though Spurs were controlling the match, but loose play let Rangers back into it, as our press wasn’t as full on as it has been. Werner looked shaky every time he got the ball and was giving it away too cheaply, but he wasn’t alone in that, as our passing was wasteful and careless. Working the ball from a free kick halfway in their own half, it went out wide right for Tavernier to knock a ball across to the far side of the box to where Ingamane had made a good run and he hit it past Forster to the keeper’s left to give Rangers the lead inside 90 seconds of the second half starting. It was too simple a goal to concede and it meant that we were going to have to come from behind again to get anything out of the match, which wouldn’t be easy as the team were not hitting their stride. It took seven minutes to get a meaningful effort on goal, but even then it was off target as Bentancur ran up the right to turn the ball back across goal and Johnson met it, but curled it too high and wide. Thankfully, Forster was alert to a low ball from short corner into the six yard box and then Radu Dragusin blocked a shot by Diomande into the ground away for a corner that Archie Gray had to do well to concede another. With all the momentum with Rangers, it was a relief when Udogie took the ball back to the other end and won a corner, from which Lucas Bergvall hit into the ground and a yard wide. Ange had taken off Bissouma, Bentancur and Johnson with Lucas, Pape Matar Sarr and Dominic Solanke entering the game. A run forward by Son was halted by Tavernier who then gave the ball to Maddison on the corner of the box, he was bowled over and play allowed to go on, but there was no advantage. James took the free-kick short to Kulusevski and ran onto the stopped ball but curled his shot over the top. Spurs got closer when Udogie and Son linked to put Maddison down the left and he lifted the ball over the men in the middle to the far post and Pedro came on to it to fire low towards the near post and Butland got down to make a good save. A patient move down the right picked out a pass from Kulusevski to Solanke in the area and he turned the ball back across the box. It was left by Maddison, who got fouled and it ran into Kulusevski’s run taking it with a cool side-foot to place it out of Butland’s reach to the keeper’s left to equalise. The move contained a long passing sequence that moved the ball around at the back before suddenly springing forward down the right with Dejan’s (what turned out to be) one-two with Solanke and Maddison being taken out in the box by Tavernier that allowed the ball to run on and be chopped back right as he ran left to deceive the Rangers keeper. With eight minutes left, Porro’s cross was headed by Solanke to Kulusevski, who headed it back and when it looked like Dom might find a volley the ball didn’t drop for him and Tavernier did enough to get the ball away from him. After a stoppage when Dragusin clashed heads in the Rangers box, the resulting free-kick was played long, headed on by Sterling and sub Dessers got past Gray but with only Forster to beat, Fraser spread himself well to make a terrific save at the expense of a corner. Dessers got it in a minute later but he was one of three Rangers players offside when the ball was played in. The home crowd were howling for Bergvall to be sent off when he fouled Sterling and the ref thought about it, but kept his card in his pocket, as Lucas had picked up an unwarranted yellow earlier. The free-kick was well-defended and Spurs worked a move on the left, with Son slipping a pass through to Maddison and he lifted a cross to the near post, where Solanke won the header, but it dropped kindly for Butland, with defenders appealing for handball. Then the last chance in the game was going to be Rangers free-kick from 40 yards out on the left wing, but the referee brought the match to an end before it could be taken. It was another below par performance by Spurs but to come away with a draw was a good result. Rangers played up above their normal league standard, but how they might have coped against a full-strength Tottenham is another matter and on the night, they pressed Spurs, whereas we didn’t employ the press as we normally do. It was perhaps a lack of quality throughout the team that meant the Glasgow side didn’t make more of the chances they created. Some of that is down to the fine performance – one of many – by Fraser Forster that kept Spurs in it. The youngsters looked quiet assured with Gray faring well at centre-half and Bergvall confident on the ball when he came off the bench, but some of the senior players needed to put in a bit more effort to get control of the game from the start. But it’s a point and keeps us just out of the top eight in the Europa League table, with two seemingly easier matches left to play. Then, you never know with Spurs, do you ? Brian Woods |
MATCH NOTES |
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OTHER RESULTS | ||||
AS Roma (ITA) | 3 | Sporting Braga (POR) | 0 | |
FC Porto (POR) | 2 | FC Midtjylland (DEN) | 0 | |
Real Sociedad (SPA) | 3 | Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) | 0 | |
Ajax (NED) | 1 | SS Lazio (ITA) | 3 | |
PAOK (GRE) | 5 | Fenerbahce (HUN) | 0 | |
Olympique Lyonnais (FRA) | 1 | Eintracht Frankfurt (GER) | 1 | |
Elfsborg (SWE) | 1 | Qarabag (AZE) | 0 | |
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim (GER) | 0 | FCSB (ROM) | 0 | |
Viktoria Plzen (CZE) | 1 | Mancashter United | 2 | |
Union Saint-Gilloise (BEL) | 2 | OGC Nice (FRA) | 1 | |
Fenerbahce (TUR) | 0 | Athletic Bilbao (SPA) | 2 | |
Slavia Prague (CZE) | 1 | Anderlecht (BEL) | 2 | |
Ludogorets (BUL) | 2 | AZ Alkmaar (NED) | 2 | |
Maccabi Tel Aviv (ISR) | 2 | Rigas FS (LVA) | 1 | |
Malmo FF (SWE) | 2 | Galatasaray (TUR) | 2 | |
Bodo/Glimt (NOR) | 2 | Besiktas (TUR) | 1 | |
Olympiakos Pireaus (GRE) | 0 | FC Twente (NED) | 0 |
Europa League Table 2024-25
Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Points | Goal difference | ||
1 | SS Lazio | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 16 | +11 |
2 | Athletic Bilbao | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 16 | +9 |
3 | Anderlecht | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 14 | +5 |
4 | Olympique Lyonnais | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 13 | +8 |
5 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 8 |
13 | +4 |
6 | Galatasaray | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 11 | 12 | +4 |
7 | Mancashter United | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 12 | +4 |
8 | Glasgow Rangers | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 11 | +6 |
9 | Tottenham Hotspur | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 11 | +4 |
10 | FCSB | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 11 | +2 |
11 | Ajax | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 10 | +8 |
12 | Real Sociedad | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 10 | +4 |
13 | Bodo/Glimt | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 10 | +1 |
14 | AS Roma | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 9 | +3 |
15 | Olympiakos Pireaus | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | +2 |
16 | Ferencvaros | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 9 | +1 |
22 | Viktoria Plzen | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 9 | +1 |
24 | FC Porto | 6 | 2 | 2 |
2 | 12 | 10 | 8 | +2 |
18 | AZ Alkmaar | 6 | 2 | 2 |
2 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 0 |
26 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 0 |
13 | Fenerbahce | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 8 | -2 |
33 | PAOK | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 7 | +2 |
9 | Midtjylland | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | -2 |
16 | Elfsborg | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 7 | -3 |
20 | Sporting Braga | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 7 | -3 |
12 | TSG 1899 Hoffenheim | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6 | -3 |
32 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 6 | -6 |
36 | Beskitas | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 6 | -7 |
10 | Slavia Prague | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | -2 |
23 | FC Twente | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | -3 |
19 | Malmo FF | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 4 | -6 |
28 | Ludogorets | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | -5 |
34 | Qarabag | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 3 | -10 |
29 | Rigas FS | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 2 | -7 |
30 | OGC Nice | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 2 | -8 |
35 | Dynamo Kyiv | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 0 | -14 |