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Rangers recorded a second easy victory on their short tour of South Africa, beating Jomo Cosmos 2-0 after goals from Kris Boyd and Gavin Rae.

 

 

Playing at what will be one of the 2010 World Cup stadiums in Bloemfontein, Rangers manager Paul Le Guen fielded a strong line-up - including new signings Jeremy Clement, Karl Svensson, Lionel Letizi and Libor Sionko - and all four excelled against Cosmos.

 

Most of the play was centred around the midfield battle where first Clement and Brahim Hemdani and then Senegal international Makthar N'Diaye all played well as they controlled the centre of the park.

 

Boyd struck in the third minute when Cosmos defender Moketi Tsoletzi overran the ball and tripped, handing an easy run to Thomas Buffel.

 

The Belgian sent a perfect through ball for the Scotland striker to beat the keeper and score his third goal in as many games after similar efforts against Linfield and a Jomo Select.

 

The visitors were let off twice in the space of a minute as first Cosmos' Anthony Laffer missed a chance in the box and then Lionel Letizi was called on to make a strong save from Chris Katongo's powerful shot.

 

Boyd missed what would have been an easy second with an open goal in front of him when his shot rolled just wide after a beautiful touch through once again from Buffel in the 13th minute.

 

Gavin Rae added the second in the 68th minute after a ball up the wing from Steve Smith.

 

Rae drove into the box, slipped a pass to Nacho Novo, who back-heeled it into the path of the former Dundee midfielder to beat the keeper easily.

 

Rangers then had a brief scare when South Africa Under-20 international Calvin Kadi made a strong run through their defences, but could not control the ball in the box.

 

The kick-off had been delayed for 16 minutes when the match officials were involved in a traffic accident.

 

Two of the three officials were seriously injured and taken to a nearby hospital, prompting organisers to find another referee and linesmen for the game.

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Ahh "The midfield controlled the game" music to my ears.

 

Seems we are settling down with our formation and the guys who will definatly start are starting. We also dont like we're getting out of 2nd gear which is another good sign.

 

Roll on the start of the season, i can see Motherwell getting a battering in the first day

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