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Summary
Cosgrove hat-trick added to by Leigh & Wright
Aberdeen secure 6-1 aggregate win to set up tie with Croatia's Rijeka
Rangers face Denmark's Midtjylland after beating Progres 2-0 on aggregate
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End of X postAberdeen 1-0 Chikhurapublished at 10 mins
Sam Cosgrove
Image source, BBC SportFirst blood to the Dons as striker Sam Cosgrove, who has impressed for Aberdeen in Europe, is the man again as his deflected effort finds the net.
Derek McInne's side now lead 2-1 on aggregate and in the driving seat.
'Rangers lucky Progres lack quality'published at 19:56
Progres Niederkorn 0-0 Rangers
Billy Dodds
Former Scotland striker on SportsoundQuote MessageIt's a good job Progres have no real quality up front because they've got into some unbelievably good positions. It's so simple, so open and so basic. They're going to make Allan McGregor make a great save or score a goal - but they don't even get a shot away. Progres have two really great chances to be clinical but instead turned back. A real let off for Rangers
Aberdeen 0-0 Chikhurapublished at 9 mins
Ryan Hedges is looking dangerous for the Dons in the early stages of the second leg at Pittodrie.
Progres haltedpublished at 66 mins
Progres Niederkorn 0-0 Rangers
The hosts spurn a promising counter attack as another move fizzles out inside the penalty area. No player appears confident enough to get their laces through a shot.
"Another let off for Rangers," warns BBC Scotland's Billy Dodds.
Aberdeen 0-0 Chikhurapublished at 2 mins
Niall McGinn sees his shot deflected as Chikhura repel an early Aberdeen attack at Pittodrie.
Real chance missed for Progrespublished at 19:50
Progres Niederkorn 0-0 Rangers
Billy Dodds
Former Scotland striker on SportsoundQuote MessageThe long-range strike had McGregor in trouble. It's moving, it's wobbling and he just beats it away and it falls to Thill straight away - he should've scored, simple as that. You're six yards out, keep it down and bundle it into the net. Somehow he's knocked it over and that's a huge opportunity lost for Progres to put real pressure on Rangers.
YELLOW CARDpublished at 61 mins
Progres Niederkorn 0-0 Rangers
Rangers midfielder Scott Arfield is booked for late, sliding challenge on de Almeida. "I think the player made the most of that as Arfield got a touch on the ball," says BBC Scotland's Billy Dodds.
KICK-OFFpublished at 19:47
Aberdeen 0-0 Chikhura
We're under way at Pittodrie.
CLOSE!published at 58 mins
Progres Niederkorn 0-0 Rangers
What a let-off for Rangers. A simple dink into the box causes fear and alarm inside the box, before the ball falls to Progres captain Thill but he slices an effort high over the bar.
'No space to play' for Defoepublished at 19:43
Progres Niederkorn 0-0 Rangers
Billy Dodds
Former Scotland striker on SportsoundQuote MessageWe've hardly seen Jermain Defoe but it's because most of the game Progres just sit in and it's the hardest position to play on the pitch when all the bodies are around you and you don't get any space to play, space to work. He's had no opportunities and so far pretty quiet in the game.
Flauss to the rescuepublished at 53 mins
Progres Niederkorn 0-0 Rangers
Progres keeper Sebastian Flauss has been equal to Rangers' attacking efforts through 55 minutes in Luxembourg.
Can Rangers find a way past him?
Image source, SNSMcInnes seeks 'right balance' from Donspublished at 19:40
Aberdeen v Chikhura Sachkhere (19:45)
Aberdeen manager Derek McInnes: "We're looking for another positive performance. I thought the result [1-1 in the first leg] while it wasn't perfect over in Georgia, certainly gives us a bit of an advantage.
"But we know how quickly that can change. We want to get the balance right again between attacking and defending.
Image source, SNSImage caption, Derek McInnes wants Aberdeen to strike a healthy balance between attacking and defending
"Obviously, with us being at home, there's an onus on us to come forward that bit more. But we're mindful of the counter-attacking threat of Chikhura.
"There were no real surprises from them last week; they were exactly as we thought: a good technical side who like to dominate possession."
Pressure on Chikhurapublished at 19:38
Aberdeen v Chikhura Sachkhere (19:45)
David Robertson
Former Aberdeen and Rangers defender on BBC Radio ScotlandQuote MessageIt's about concentration, you can't have any lapses. If you lose an early goal it's an uphill battle and hard to break a team down. At the moment if it stays the same Aberdeen are through, so the pressure is on the opposition,
Progres Niederkorn 0-0 Rangerspublished at 48 mins
Rangers goalkeeper Allan McGregor could be reading a few chapters on his Kindle, such has been his inactivity in this second leg.
The visitors are showing more energy and endeavour in search of the opener but have yet to break the deadlock.
'Finely poised but I fancy Aberdeen'published at 19:35
Aberdeen v Chikhura Sachkhere (19:45)
Willie Miller
Former Scotland defender on BBC Radio ScotlandQuote MessageIf Derek McInnes is in a controlling position with 10 minutes to go I think he's a cautious enough manager to try to see the game out. I'd imagine against this quality of opposition - I'm not suggesting they're totally inferior - but Aberdeen have better quality. If they turn out tonight I've no doubt they'll win the game. But it's important they take the chances they create though.
McInnes 'expects more offers' for McKennapublished at 19:33
Aberdeen v Chikhura Sachkhere (19:45)
Aberdeen boss Derek McInnes hopes to sign another defender if his team negotiate tonight's second leg, but stresses the new man would not be a replacement for Scott McKenna.
The Scotland centre-back has been recently linked with Nottingham Forest and QPR, while offers from Hull City, Aston Villa and Celtic were turned down last year.
"At the minute, I need to stress the fact that nobody’s come up with the money that the board sees fit," McInnes told BBC Scotland.
"We’ve got a player who has a value, a very important player to us and to our country, and you see some of the money that’s going about.
Image source, SNS"There will be a time when Scott moves on from here – I’ve said that often enough – and somebody will see him the way we see him. Until then, he’ll be our player. He’s an absolute diamond of a boy to work with.
"He needs to concentrate on this game, on Sunday’s game [against Hearts], and we’ll see what happens in the last few days of the window. I would expect more offers but that’s not a definite.
"Obviously I want to keep this squad intact. We’re trying to maybe bring in another defender if we get through this tie."
KICK-OFFpublished at 19:32
Progres Niederkorn 0-0 Rangers
We're back under way in Luxembourg.
Ranges shuffle packpublished at 19:32 BST 1 August 2019
Progres Niederkorn 0-0 Rangers
Steven Gerrard makes a change: Andy Halliday comes on for Borna Barisic.