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Rangers play NK Osijek in the second leg match tomorrow morning, 3rd August, at 4.45am.

Rangers go into this game holding a crucial away goal advantage.

In June 2017, Cardoso signed for Rangers on a three-year contract for a reported fee of around £1.3m. He made his debut for Rangers against Progès Niederkorn in the Europa League on 29 June 2017. Cardoso was picked less frequently after the departure of manager Pedro Caixinha, and was released from his contract with Rangers on 30 July 2018.

This decision was agreed mutually by the staff and the player.

 

Rangers recorded their first win on European soil in over 10 years tonight to hand them the advantage of an away goal in this Europa League tie ahead of next week’s second leg at Ibrox.

Gerrard branded some his players performances as ‘heroic’ and praised his players for meeting his pre-match expectation. He told RangersTV “I thought the performance was strong and I thought defensively, we were very good. I thought there were some heroic individual performances in among that. We asked the players before the game, ‘can we keep another clean sheet, and can we get a very important away goal?’

“I feel a lot more positive here than I did for the Shkupi performance.” was among many positive comments from Gerrard.

Gerrard handed debuts to Lassana Coulibaly and Ryan Kent, and on them, he said: “I am very pleased with them.”

“Lassana was majestic and he covered every blade of grass. He was tough, he won tackles, he won duels, he gave us energy and he broke play up for us. That is his first 90 minutes – can you imagine what he is going to be like after five or six performances and five or six games in his legs?”

 

Early kick off in Sydney to see Rangers take on NK Osijek away in the 1st leg of the second qualifying round.

Ryan Kent has joined Rangers on a season-long loan deal from Liverpool in the summer transfer window. He is a former England Under 20s international player.

Kent says “I would say I am an exciting player, and I never hold back. I don’t fear getting on the ball, even if I’ve lost the ball. I am hopefully going to bring a lot of excitement to the fans here at Rangers.”

The youngster added: “Everybody knows what a massive club they are with a massive fan-base. I have already watched a bit of them this season in the pre-season games and the Europa League qualifiers.

“I think the turnout of fans for the game against Bury speaks for itself. I am really looking forward to getting started, and especially to making my debut at Ibrox.”

Rangers will face Osijek in the second round of the Europa League after beating FK Shkupi 2-0 on aggregate.