Serbian newspapers react as Rangers beat Red Star Belgrade in Europa League
Rangers advanced to the quarter-finals of the Europa League on Thursday night despite losing 2-1 away against Red Star Belgrade.
Giovanni van Bronckhorst’s side won 4-2 on aggregate across both legs, setting up potential clashes with the likes of Barcelona and West Ham in the last-eight.
Serbian newspapers have reacted to the Gers’ victory over Red Star, with The Informer reporting that the Belgrade giants has “something to regret” after the game and attackers “Ohi [Omoijuanfo] and [Milan] Pavkov will want to forget this night as soon as possible”.
Večernje Novosti says there was “chaos” at full-time when several players were involved in a scuffle. They add that Red Star played “excellently” in the 2-1 win on the night.
Serbian broadsheet Alo! brilliantly reported that “Allan McGregor would put on a magic cloak, take a magic wand and enchant his net” to earn the Gers the victory over two legs.”
Incredible
Although we lost 2-1 on the night at Red Star, you cannot take much away from this set of Rangers players based on their performances across four knock-out round matches in the Europa League this season.
While Red Star are not the biggest and strongest of clubs, beating them was no easy feat and doing that on top of knocking out Borussia Dortmund is nothing short of incredible.
While the Gers have had their issues in the league as of late, they’re having no such problems in the Europa League.
We cannot wait to see who van Bronckhorst’s men will face in the quarter-finals of the competition. It would be brilliant to see them take on West Ham – what a game that would be.
Rangers might not have the best of chances at winning the Europa League but their showing in Europe says a lot about this squad of players and says that they should really be winning the Scottish Premiership year after year without great difficulty.
Celtic were knocked out of three European competitions in a record-breaking season for them. We’re in a draw with the likes of Lyon and Barca.
In other Rangers news, Stephen Craigan was stunned by this “incredible” Ibrox ace in Belgrade.