glasgow rangers: allan mcgregor, 2alan hutton, carlos cuellar, david weir, sasa papac, brahim hemdani, steven whittaker (amdy faye 86), barry ferguson, charlie adam (damarcus beasley 67), kevin thomson, jeanclaude darcheville (nacho novo 83). teknik direktör: walter smith.
vfb stuttgart: raphael schafer, ricardo osorio, vardar tasci, fernando meira, arthur boka, pavel pardo, roberto hilbert, sami khedira (yıldıray baştürk 78), antonio da silva (ewerthon 70), cacau, mario gomez. teknik direktör: armin veh
yardımcı hakemler: stefano ayroldi (ita), giorgio niccolai (ita)
4. hakem: daniele orsato (ita)
rangers: allan mcgregor (gk), alan hutton, david weir, saša papac, barry ferguson (c), brahim hemdani, kevin thomson, charlie adam (dk. 67 damarcus beasley), jean-claude darcheville (dk. 83 nacho novo), carlos cuéllar, steven whittaker (dk. 86 amdy faye)
yedekler: roy carroll (gk), kris boyd, kirk broadfoot, daniel cousin
teknik direktör: walter smith (sco)
stuttgart: raphael schäfer (gk), ricardo osorio, serdar tasci, fernando meira (c), pável pardo, arthur boka, cacau, roberto hilbert, antônio da silva (dk. 70 ewerthon), sami khedira (dk. 78 yıldıray baştürk), mario gomez
yedekler: michael langer (gk), andreas beck, alexander farnerud, ciprian marica, marco pischorn
teknik direktör: armin veh (ger)
goller: 0-1 mario gomez dk. 56 1-1 charlie adam dk. 62 2-1 [penaltıdan] jean-claude darcheville dk. 75
sarı kartlar: dk. 75 alan hutton, dk. 78 kevin thomson, dk. 90 amdy faye (rangers) dk. 74 fernando meira (c), dk. 87 pável pardo (stuttgart)
rangers revival sees off stuttgart published: thursday 20 september 2007, 0.35cet
rangers fc 2-1 vfb stuttgart jean-claude darcheville score a penalty 15 minutes from time as the home side came from behind to win.
by alex o'henley from ibrox
rangers fc got off to a perfect start in group e as they came from behind to secure an impressive 2-1 victory against german champions vfb stuttgart. darcheville winner the home team looked to have weathered the early storm after struggling early on but fell behind eleven minutes after the restart when mario gómez broke the deadlock. rangers were soon on level terms as charlie adam equalised following a driving alan hutton run, and the right-back was again the provider 15 minutes from time, winning a penalty which jean-claude darcheville swept in to earn a valuable success.
stuttgart start if that left the majority of the capacity crowd celebrating, they had begun in joyous mood too following the news that captain barry ferguson had passed a fitness test. yet the visitors settled first and carlos cuéllar had to be alert to cut out roberto hilbert's right-wing cross with gómez lurking. moments later cacau cut in from the opposite flank before unleashing an attempt that rose over allan mcgregor's crossbar. it was all stuttgart and their attackers combined again on eight minutes, cacau springing the offside trap to send gómez through, but he pulled his shot wide.
rangers rise having been pegged back in the opening exchanges, rangers threatened for the first time when steven whittaker headed over before serdar tasci almost provided the scottish side with the opening goal. the young stuttgart centre-back was short with a back-pass but fortunately for him, goalkeeper raphael schäfer read the danger and raced off his line to block kevin thomson's shot. rangers went close again on the half-hour, ferguson's glancing header from adam's free-kick drifting just wide, and two minutes later lone striker darcheville nearly broke the deadlock. the former fc girondins de bordeaux forward used his strength to turn away from tasci on the halfway line and his acceleration took him through before schäfer smothered his effort.
breakthrough at the other end, cacau tried his luck with an acrobatic overhead kick as stuttgart finished the first half in the ascendancy. the second period started in similar vein as rangers invited pressure from the bundesliga outfit while looking to hit on the counterattack. it was a dangerous strategy and stuttgart made them pay on 56 minutes. with ferguson off the pitch receiving treatment on a head wound, sami khedira swung in a cross from the left which gómez flicked in from close range with his outstretched right boot.
late turnaround the glasgow club responded immediately. the impressive hutton fired wide and the full-back also played a part in the equaliser just past the hour. hutton drove to the edge of the area before picking out adam on the left; the midfielder stepped inside ricardo osorio before curling a right-footed strike into the net. the tide was now in rangers' favour. on 72 minutes whittaker screwed wide with the goal at his mercy. his blushes were saved three minutes later when hutton was brought down by fernando meira and darcheville converted the spot-kick.
