Pre-Season Megathread | Rangers 2 (Sakala 54; Itten 77) - 1 Real Madrid [FT]

[Bill 13,717]

Well that’s Celtic fucked

[alexscottislegend 2,330]

I thought we did all right against the Arsenal actually, when you consider just who was missing. I don't think we will meet a better team in the qualifiers.

[DMAA 3,658]

PSV or Galatasaray for Midtjylland. 

[alexscottislegend 2,330]

8 minutes ago, Franc Ergs said:

Rangers V Malmö (SWE) / HJK Helsinki (FIN)

Why do Scottish clubs keep getting drawn at home first? Is it this season that we don't count away goals, anyone know?

[Franc Ergs 1,657]

4 minutes ago, alexscottislegend said:

Why do Scottish clubs keep getting drawn at home first? Is it this season that we don't count away goals, anyone know?

Sorry ,we're away first.

[26th of foot 6,084]

The last time we visited Malmo, we achieved a 1-1 draw with nine men on the pitch. I think Bougherra and Whittaker were red carded?

 

Keep eleven on the pitch, could we go one better?

[the gunslinger 3,366]

i hate playing these Scandinavian teams who are so far into their season.

 

Indeed they will have some Europe under their belt. 

[DMAA 3,658]

From a 5 minute look at Malmo, they don't seem very strong at all. In the transfer market they wheel and deal, they obviously don't have much money. They are top of their league but they concede a lot of goals for a team top of the league. Bizarrely, they are 11th out of 16 in their league for goals conceded. And only scraped past Riga in the previous qualifier, 2-1 on aggregate. Despite that, they are well into their season so it's a potential banana skin for us.

[Frankie 8,570]

It won't be easy but we have to be considered strong favourites.

 

No Roofe, Balogun or Kamara is far from ideal though but Morelos should be back by then and Lundstrum also well integrated.

[26th of foot 6,084]

Wednesday night's pre-season friendly at Bloomfield Road has been canceled. Blackpool FC have suffered a Covid outbreak in their camp over the weekend.

 

I feel for the 4,500 Rangers supporters that had secured tickets and booked accommodation, but it's the correct decision.