Europa League: Rangers thrash Willem II & Aberdeen lose to Sporting

Summary

Sporting CP 1-0 Aberdeen - Tomas goal sets up tie with LASK
Willem II 0-4 Rangers - Goldson & Helander add to Tavernier (pen) & Kent goals and set up Galatasaray tie

Live Reporting

Colin Moffat

Aberdeen park the buspublished at 18:46 British Summer Time 24 September 2020
Sporting v Aberdeen (20:00)
No live night would be complete without an obligatory "walking off the bus" video...
So here it is...
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McGregor gets the gloves for Rangerspublished at 18:45 British Summer Time 24 September 2020
Willem II v Rangers (20:00)
Allan McGregor comes in for Jon McLaughlin in the only change from Rangers' 2-2 draw against Hibernian, despite the latter starting the season with seven personal clean sheets.
Alfredo Morelos leads the line, scoring twice after coming on from the bench against Lincoln Red Imps in the last round, and netting at Easter Road at the weekend.
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'Positive start from Well'published at 18:44 British Summer Time 24 September 2020
Beer Sheva 0-0 Motherwell
James McFadden
Former Scotland forward on BBC Radio Scotland
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It's been a decent enough start from Motherwell. Stephen Robinson will be pleased with how they've gone about it so far.
'McGregor should shoot...'published at 18:42 British Summer Time 24 September 2020
Riga 0-0 Celtic
Pat Bonner
Former Celtic goalkeeper on BBC Sportsound
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He's trying to pass it across but I don't think the pass was on. I think he can just try to slide it past the goalkeeper. Let's hope Celtic don't rue these missed chances.
Postpublished at 18:41 British Summer Time 24 September 2020
Riga 0-0 Celtic
Another good chance for the visitors as Callum McGregor breaks into the penalty box from the left and drags a pass across goal, taking the goalie out the equation. Jeremie Frimpong is racing in at the back post but a defender in grey gets there first to knock the ball behind.
Celtic pressure builds...published at 18:39 British Summer Time 24 September 2020
Riga 0-0 Celtic
Olivier Ntcham lets fly from 25 yards but it is straight at the keeper, who is at full stretch to tip it over.
Moments later, Ozols is making another straightforward stop as Nir Bitton can't get a proper connection on a Shane Duffy knockdown.
Postpublished at 18:37 British Summer Time 24 September 2020
Beer Sheva 0-0 Motherwell
Stephen Robinson's men have made a promising start. They are knocking the ball about confidently and have seen a goal-bound effort well blocked.
Frimpong on for Forrestpublished at 18:36 British Summer Time 24 September 2020
Riga 0-0 Celtic
Celtic wing-back James Forrest pulls up injured and he can't continue.
Teenage flying machine Jeremie Frimpong is his replacement on the right flank.
KICK-OFFpublished at 18:30 British Summer Time 24 September 2020
Beer Sheva 0-0 Motherwell
And away we go in Israel.
Bitton adds bite to Celtic defencepublished at 18:29 British Summer Time 24 September 2020
Riga 0-0 Celtic
Nir Bitton has been in and out of the Celtic team over the years but the Israel international has been impressive so far, making a couple of vital interceptions and playing the ball out from the back with composure.
'Celtic need to increase the tempo'published at 18:26 British Summer Time 24 September 2020
Riga 0-0 Celtic
Pat Bonner
Former Celtic goalkeeper on BBC Sportsound
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Celtic need to up the tempo of their passing. It's a little bit slow at the moment and it is allowing the Riga players to get set up to stop them.
Loud Latvians cheer on their teampublished at 18:24 British Summer Time 24 September 2020
Riga 0-0 Celtic
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A small group of Riga fans have found an unusual vantage point outside the ground
Postpublished at 18:22 British Summer Time 24 September 2020
Riga 0-0 Celtic
Riga have a three v two situation after a slip from Kristoffer Ajer but Nir Bitton gets back to cover for his team-mate, cutting out the cross from the right.
'Celtic need to keep control of the game'published at 18:18 British Summer Time 24 September 2020
Riga 0-0 Celtic
Pat Bonner
Former Celtic goalkeeper on BBC Sportsound
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That was a good period for Celtic. Whenever they have lost the ball they are all working together to get it back quickly. They need to keep the pressure up.
Postpublished at 18:17 British Summer Time 24 September 2020
Riga 0-0 Celtic
Patient possession from Celtic as the hosts camp deep around their penalty area, working hard to deny the Scottish champions a glimpse of goal.
The pressure is broken when a deflected shot from Olivier Ntcham bounces through to the keeper.
Postpublished at 18:13 British Summer Time 24 September 2020
Riga 0-0 Celtic
Celtic goalkeeper Vasilis Barkas calmly watches a Riga free kick sail wide following a foul from Scott Brown 22 yards out.
Postpublished at 18:11 British Summer Time 24 September 2020
Riga 0-0 Celtic
Callum McGregor sets up Ryan Christie for a shot but the effort drifts wide by a couple of feet.
Postpublished at 18:09 British Summer Time 24 September 2020
Riga 0-0 Celtic
Odsonne Edouard does well to drive at the home defence, making headway into the penalty area but the Celtic striker can't fashion a shooting opportunity and the ball is bundled behind for a corner, which comes to nothing as Shane Duffy is penalised.
On the buses...published at 18:07 British Summer Time 24 September 2020
Riga 0-0 Celtic
There is a bit crowd noise in the background and it's being supplied by some enterprising home fans who are peering in from two open top buses parked at one end of the empty stadium.
Postpublished at 18:05 British Summer Time 24 September 2020
Riga 0-0 Celtic
Celtic knocking it about, side to side, looking for an opening. The home side look content to sit deep and hit on the break.
Roger, the Brazilian, does exactly that as he gallops towards the Celtic penalty box and Nir Bitton stops him in his tracks with a perfectly timed slide tackle.