Rabbi Matondo takes Rangers chance in Copenhagen draw as seven minutes of chaos provides intrigue - 3 talking points
dailyrecord.co.ukRangers geared up for a return to competitive action with a 2-2 draw against Copenhagen at Ibrox, courtesy of goals from Rabbi Matondo and Cyriel Dessers.It was an uneventful opening period of the game but an inspired bit of play from Matondo on 14 minutes put the Gers in front.
The winger picked up the ball after Ridvan Yilmaz had won back possession with a fine tackle, and skipped past Lukas Lerager before driving forward towards the penalty area to side-foot the ball Peter Ankersen with a composed finish.Both sides were guilty of giving away slack passes in the first 45 minutes but the visitors would go onto create the only other meaningful moment in front of goal before the interval.
Jack Butland reacted quickly to come off his line and smother Viktor Claesson's close range shot after the Copenhagen skipper had been smartly picked out by fellow Swede Jordan Larsson.With Saturday's Scottish Cup clash at home to Dumbarton just four days away, Gers boss Philippe Clement then opted to freshen things with three changes at the restart, with John Souttar and Scott Wright taking the place of Leon Balogun and Ross McCausland while Robby McCrorie took over from Butland between the posts.Copenhagen on the other hand made a raft of changes ahead of their return to action at the start of February.
The Danish league champions have reached the last 16 of the Champions League for only the second time in their history and started to dominate proceedings in the early minutes of the second half.
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