GOAL! Aris Limassol 2-1 Rangerspublished at 19:16 British Summer Time 5 October 2023
Abdallah Sima
A lifeline for Rangers.
John Lundstram bends in a beauty of a ball from the right and Abdallah Sima glances in a header to match it.
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Radulovic sweeps Finnish side in front but Miovski levels for Aberdeen
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GOAL! Aris Limassol 2-1 Rangerspublished at 19:16 British Summer Time 5 October 2023
Postpublished at 19:13 British Summer Time 5 October 2023
Aris Limassol 2-0 Rangers
Double Rangers change from Steven Davis.
Nico Raskin and Sam Lammers are off for Kemar Roofe and Jose Cifuentes.
'Horrible to watch'published at 19:12 British Summer Time 5 October 2023
Aris Limassol 2-0 Rangers
Derek Ferguson
Former Rangers midfielder on SportsoundThis is what Aris deserve.
I'm looking at the Rangers players individually. No-one is falling out with each other, they're not getting after one another. There's an acceptance. It's horrible to see, really.
Aris have outplayed Rangers.
Image source, SNSImage caption, Shavy Babicka buries Aris' second goal
Dessers needs to 'bust a gut'published at 19:11 British Summer Time 5 October 2023
Aris Limassol 2-0 Rangers
Kevin Thomson
Former Rangers midfielder on TNT SportsThat is really soft if Dessers is wanting a penalty, I would rather see him bust a gut to get on the end of it.
YELLOW CARDpublished at 19:11 British Summer Time 5 October 2023
Aris Limassol 2-0 Rangers
Ben Davies glides in a gorgeous ball to the back post and surely Cyriel Dessers is there to burst the net, but he goes down under slight contact from the defender.
He is furious and takes a booking for screaming at the referee, but there's not a lot in it.
'No togetherness'published at 19:08 British Summer Time 5 October 2023
Aris Limassol 2-0 Rangers
Kevin Thomson
Former Rangers midfielder on TNT SportsYou have got to expect to win every game. The mindset and the mentality has to be that you approach every game with the desire to win.
Sixty-one minutes in and I do not see much leadership or togetherness in the team.
GOAL! Aris Limassol 2-0 Rangerspublished at 19:05 British Summer Time 5 October 2023
Shavy Babicka
My days. It's so, so, so simple.
Leo Bengtsson charges down the left under little pressure from John Lundstram, and his cross across goal is just eased into the net by Shavy Babicka.
Sobering stuff for any Rangers fan.
Image source, BBC SportLINE-UPS from Pittodriepublished at 19:02 British Summer Time 5 October 2023
Aberdeen v HJK Helsinki (20:00)
Aberdeen: Roos, Devlin, Gartenmann, Rubezic, Jensen, MacKenzie, Shinnie, Clarkson, McGrath, Duk, Miovski.
Substitutes: Doohan, Barron, Gueye, Hayes, Williams, Sokler, Polvara, Duncan, MacDonald, Milne, Dadia, Marshall.
HJK Helsinki: Ost, Tenho, Toivio, Peltola, Raitala, Lingman, Kanellopoulos, Soiri, Keskinen, Radulovic, Filip.
Substitutes: Ramula, Ollila, Hamalaninen, Da Graca, Halme, Hostikka, Ro. Riski, Bande, Paananen, Olusanya, Tanaka, P. Hetemaj.
'Sima looking dangerous'published at 19:01 British Summer Time 5 October 2023
Aris Limassol 1-0 Rangers
Steven Thompson
Former Rangers striker on BBC SportsoundSima looks like the one Rangers player who carries a threat. He's looked dangerous so far in this second half.
Postpublished at 19:01 British Summer Time 5 October 2023
Aris Limassol 1-0 Rangers
Abdallah Sima has come alive.
He takes one touch on the edge and smashes on the spin, forcing the keeper into a fine stop.
Cyriel Dessers, who is offside anyway, meets the rebound with the goal gaping and I don't really know how to describe what he just attempted.
Postpublished at 18:59 British Summer Time 5 October 2023
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It's Tavernier who takes, and it's right into the wall.
Postpublished at 18:58 British Summer Time 5 October 2023
Aris Limassol 1-0 Rangers
Eric Boakye misjudges the bounce of the ball and panics.
He tugs down Abdallah Sima and he's in the book. A dangerous position this for James Tavernier or Borna Barisic...
Image source, SNSPostpublished at 18:58 British Summer Time 5 October 2023
Aris Limassol 1-0 Rangers
There are gaps for Aris on the break.
If the final ball is better they've got a right chance of a second.
YELLOW CARDpublished at 18:57 British Summer Time 5 October 2023
Aris Limassol 1-0 Rangers
In similar fashion to the goal he scored against Livingston last week, Abdallah Sima nudges his marker off the ball before slamming in.
The referee blows for a foul and gives him a card for kicking the ball way... into the goal.
Sima's understandably confused.
Postpublished at 18:55 British Summer Time 5 October 2023
Aris Limassol 1-0 Rangers
Rangers work a really nice move as Nico Raskin dinks a lovely ball over the defence to James Tavernier.
But his volley across goal is dragged behind the attack and Aris race clear before smashing well wide of Jack Butland's goal.
Davis 'angry' with his sidepublished at 18:54 British Summer Time 5 October 2023
Aris Limassol 1-0 Rangers
Kevin Thomson
Former Rangers midfielder on TNT SportsSteven Davis will have been angry at the performance.
He will want to see the team show a bit of character and we have not seen much of that so far.
KICK-OFFpublished at 18:51 British Summer Time 5 October 2023
Aris Limassol 1-0 Rangers
Away we go again.
Can Rangers turn this around?
'Rangers dodged a bullet'published at 18:48 British Summer Time 5 October 2023
HT: Aris Limassol 1-0 Rangers
Kenny Miller
Former Rangers striker on TNT SportsRangers dodged a bullet early on, that could have been 2-0 after 10 minutes and it would have been a long way back.
It's still all to play for in the second half.
'Big team talk for Davis'published at 18:46 British Summer Time 5 October 2023
HT: Aris Limassol 1-0 Rangers
Jane Lewis
BBC Scotland in LimassolSteven Davis will have to deliver quite the half-time team talk if Rangers are to get back into this match.
They showed a bit more promise as the first half drew to a close, but prior to that ten minutes or so, they were very poor.
Defensively, they looked shaky and going forward they offered very little. Oh, to be a fly on the wall in the away dressing room.
Image source, SNS'Disjointed and dysfunctional'published at 18:45 British Summer Time 5 October 2023
HT: Aris Limassol 1-0 Rangers
After the first 15 minutes, Rangers should have been 2-0 down. They looked incredibly disjointed and, overall, they've looked quite dysfunctional.
At that point, it was horrendous. Properly horrendous. But they recovered well enough to stem the flow from Aris. But they didn't take advantage of that. They didn't put their mark on the game.
There should have been a reaction from the weekend's performance and losing their manager. There has been no upgrade on that performance.
It's been nervy, they look like they haven't played together before. There's even more question marks about this Rangers side.
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