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00:00to deliver silverware and the premier sports cup presents the first opportunity for russell
00:06martin to start filling a trophy cabinet that has remained empty for too long standing in their way
00:14are the only club left in the competition from outside of the top two divisions and the graham
00:18side have made a flying start to the season aloe athletic came through the group stage with a 100
00:26record followed up by two wins from two in league one russell martin makes wholesale changes following
00:35the midweek trip to pilsen the only player to keep his place is nasir giga despite his red card against
00:41dundee last week liam kelly comes in and goals and there's a debut given to emmanuel fernandez following
00:47his arrival from peterborough united while after a delay and his 18th birthday on monday mikey moore
00:54is free to make his rangers bow having arrived on loan from tottenham hotspur danilo comes in for
00:59serial dexers who is injured and the graham almost changed his entire team for the kdm evolution
01:07trophy defeat on tuesday night but there are just two alterations from the league one victory
01:12that he spiked last weekend captain scott taggart is back having recovered from a hamstring problem and
01:18calvin orsi is preferred to cameron o'donnell out wide harceloni leah mcfarlane has impressed so far
01:26in goals while owen fosser has arrived from st mirren russell martin knows all about the pressure to
01:38deliver at rangers and the grim knows all about scoring here he did so with dumbarton in the championship
01:4710 years ago
01:53big hopes high expectations for mikey moore he's just turned 18 set all sorts of
01:59records of records as one of tottenham's youngest ever players and scorers the referee is daniel mcfarlane
02:10mcfarlane and mikey moore mcfinu are his assistants
02:18first meeting between rangers and aloe athletics since championship trophy day nine years ago and a
02:29place in the premier sports cup quarter finals awaits
02:38there's no doubt about it there are skeptics to be won over
02:43there's no doubt about it there's no doubt about it for russell martin europe has brought progress
02:48albeit with a few concerning performances but domestically ground has already been
02:54conceded to preachers premiership rivals
03:00well defended first of all by david divine
03:05it will be an afternoon for
03:08concentration at the back for aloe athletic
03:10Michael do you think things have progressed improved in the week since we last saw Rangers
03:19against Dundee look certainly it's a positive getting through to the Champions League playoff
03:25there's no question of that and I think it's going to take a longer period of time to
03:31be able to judge Russell Martin and his Rangers side and see whether there's been genuine progress
03:36or not certainly making those advancements through the Champions League qualifiers is a positive
03:46there's no doubt that that's going to help Russell Martin and the confidence of his side
03:51to head out to Lord Foster the 19 year old who has arrived from Simiran and launched long by
04:06the last three games of that hamstring problem coming in for David Mackay in the defense
04:13of course Andy Graham did start in that midweek team
04:18and suffered a defeat but in the Premier Sports Cup and the league it's been a perfect record
04:27for Aloha to start the season they only just missed out on a seeded place in this second
04:37round for the Premier Sports Cup on goal difference four wins all by a single goal
04:42here's Bailey Rice in with the left foot oh it's a teasing ball in
04:48Stephen Schugel will try and scramble that clear but Rothwell has it and then taking over
04:54the right foot knocked over the top from Mikey Moore first sighting of goal for the 18 year
04:59old Englishman yeah well Aloha were just able to get enough bodies out and shut him down but
05:06initially it starts with this wonderful balling from Bailey Rice it's such a dangerous area
05:11Schugel's not able to clear his lines Rothwell snaps in and wins it back and as you can see just
05:19enough bodies around Mikey Moore to put him off and not allow him to be able to hit the target with
05:24his strike but obviously there's a lot of excitement surrounding the Tottenham Hotspur alone
05:30it's going to be a wonderful opportunity for him to come to a huge club and progress his career
05:39and in the process obviously play a major part for Rangers as well
05:43Emmanuel Fernandes making his debut Bailey Rice starting at left back
05:51Robbie Fraser left for Dunfermline Athletic yesterday
05:56Jeff Day seems to be on his way back to Brazil
06:00Red Van Yilmaz seemingly to depart pretty soon as well that's in from Rice and Danilo
06:08couldn't get the purchase on it to send it goalwards after Liam McFarlane got an important touch
06:16that's in clear Rockwell keeps it alive Tiger anywhere will do
06:29there was a bit of a nervous fumble from Liam McFarlane when the ball comes in eventually
06:40Mikey Moore picking up on the left again positive wanting to take it on
06:46fortunately for Alloa Danilo wasn't close enough to be able to tap that into the back of the net
06:54we're looking to pass Foster who held his man up well
07:00he's going to come straight back through Rice the two 18 year olds for Rangers
07:04looking to combine down that left hand side
07:08you can see the problem for Alloa straight away is that they're so deep
07:14they don't have anybody to hit with an out ball
07:17it's just wave after wave of Rangers pressure at the moment
07:21Kieran Dowell
07:23all that we were expecting
07:27it's going to be a huge game on Tuesday night against
07:36Klubbrugge
07:38but Rangers cannot take their focus off tonight's task
07:43and Alloa do come here in confident mood and they can certainly take inspiration from
07:49Queen's Park's historic Scottish Cup heroics
07:52that are still fresh in the memories from last season
07:56it's Devine
08:05taken down first of all by Fernandes and then Giga
08:10and Max Ahrens
08:12starts again at right back
08:15it's for Cortes
08:19on the right hand side
08:20well it's just another
08:50defensive set up that Rangers have got to try to break down
08:56everybody behind the ball probably 30-40 yards from goal
09:00there's guys like Mikey Moore
09:03that are going to be very key to that
09:05by Ramy sends it across that will just be the goal kick
09:08Danilo unable to get his effort on target
09:12Ramy getting into a dangerous area
09:18and you know look
09:19this is
09:19we spoke about it enough last week
09:21against Dundee as well
09:22Andy Graham
09:25pretty similar set up to Dundee in regards to defensively
09:31he's side everybody behind the ball
09:32difficult to get themselves out
09:35and it's key then that they make sure that
09:38they're all
09:41fully concentrated and can
09:43in contact with each other so that
09:45there are no gaps that Rangers are able to exploit
09:48and I mentioned the wide guys
09:50because it is
09:51very very important that they get the ball
09:53to Cortes and Mikey Moore
09:55as quickly as possible
09:56to give them the space to go and attack him
09:58Giga
10:01for Dowell
10:02Arons
10:05Celtic made it safely through as holders
10:09last night against Falkirk
10:12Aberdeen convincing win
10:14Partick Thistle did well against Air United as well
10:17earlier
10:18Motherwell needed extra time at McDermott Park
10:21to get through
10:22and I can give you a result from Paisley
10:24Simiran have won on penalties against Harts
10:29Claudio Braga
10:29missing the only penalty of the shootout
10:33Malik Dykesteel
10:35knocking in the final penalty for Simiran
10:39to take Steven Robinson's team through
10:54well read by Rice
10:55here's Danilo
10:57Arons looks out wide for Cortes
11:03we were getting involved but
11:09he can only present it to Rankin
11:14who's come so deep
11:15there's nothing forward for
11:18Alor to hit
11:19Moor again
11:36already looks like the go-to for Rangers
11:39Dowell looks to return it
11:40and there is Moor
11:41just couldn't quite
11:43pick it out of the sky
11:44we can see as he's driving across the
11:51the box and playing that ball to
11:54Keenan Dowell
11:55he gets himself in a good position
11:56he's onside as well
11:58he's really disappointed
11:59he's not able to
12:00either get it under control
12:02or just direct it towards the goal
12:03and trying work
12:05Liam McFarlane
12:06there's Liam Kelly back in goals
12:14for the first time this season
12:16and a blurry impact there for Rangers
12:20but they do manage to sort it out
12:21Rockwell looking for the run of Moor
12:33it's perfectly weighted to
12:34the winger
12:35cuts back in on his right foot
12:37and looks to bend one
12:38McFarlane punches it clear
12:40there by Ramy
12:45he runs into trouble
12:50Foster backed into the corner
12:53does well to try and find Rankin
12:57but he's just going to come straight back
13:00at Allo Athletic
13:01it's Fernandes
13:14Rothwell heavy touch from him
13:18and seized upon by Curtis Roberts
13:21Rothwell picks up once more
13:251-2 by Ramy
13:26now Moore looks to clip one to the back post for Cortes
13:31Dowell
13:32just a little too intricate for Rangers
13:38but Ahrens keeps it alive
13:40again it's Roberts that steps in
13:44you see the problem is that he picks the ball up
13:49he literally has nobody in front of him to try and play forward
13:53makes it very difficult to get out from that pressure
13:58good stretch from Stefan Schugel
14:01Buchanan will chase this
14:03out comes Kelly
14:04has to be careful here
14:05and he wins the tackle
14:07against Rankin
14:09and he had to
14:10well you're looking at that and you're thinking if Rankin's a wee bit more aggressive
14:15he could have won that ball and he's got an empty net
14:19but yeah
14:24well again
14:26now Jiga stepping forward
14:29Cortes finds Dowell, Giga, Rothwell back to Fernandes, Rice now, and Moore, cross blocked
14:57from Mikey Moore, he's getting back immediately though, Cortes into Dowell, looking to play the
15:06neat one too, Roberts is there again though, so too Rankin, Callum Waters, a former Kilmarnock
15:14Celtic youngster, Rothwell good pick out for Bayrami, Moore now with two players in his
15:26sideline picks out Bayrami, oh he curls that one in off the underside of the bar, deadlock
15:32broken, led in Bayrami, with a pinpoint finish, to give Rangers the advantage in the Ibrox
15:42sunshine. What a finish that is from Bayrami, McFarlane has absolutely no chance in the Alouan
15:50net, but it comes again from Rothwell in the middle of the park, just incisive, quick
15:59with his forward passing, Aloua dropping very deep, there's just a little bit of space on
16:04the edge of the box for Bayrami to be able to lift his head, but even still, taking nothing
16:09away from the finish, because it's outstanding, round the, the Aloua players that are coming
16:16out to confront him, into that far corner, Russell Martin will be a lot happier now that he's
16:22got his side, 1-0 in front, and you worry for Aloua because, as we've seen so far, they're
16:30very, very deep, and it's, nobody really up the park when they have won the ball, and
16:39it just invites more and more pressure from the home side.
16:43Then in Bayrami's first start of the season, he does like this competition scored in the
16:49semi-final and final at Hampden Park last season.
17:02That will settle Rangers.
17:10Fernandes, no takers for the ball into the box.
17:14Those types of balls are very, very difficult, I mean, they're almost impossible to play.
17:18I just think when, you know, to go back to the point that, making before about the importance
17:23of the wide players, down one side when you're high up the park, if it's tight, you want to
17:27get it over to the other side with as few passes as possible to try and exploit on the other
17:33angle. Trying to dig balls like that from the central area, very, very difficult.
17:39And Kelly comes out with the flag. What's up?
17:44Oh, he goes behind. Danilo allowed Roberts to get in. Foster couldn't control it. A quarter
18:03Danilo allowed Roberts to get in. Foster couldn't control it. A quarter of an hour in.
18:16Aarons. Dowell. Danilo on the move but it was being closely watched.
18:34That phase of play was quite an interesting one for me Rory. When the ball is going back into the central defence,
18:40there's enough space to be able to get that ball out to Cortes first time.
18:44Instead, you know, it goes through the full back and then you've got Kieran Dowell making a run into the wide area.
18:49It's actually blocking the wide man and it becomes very congested through the middle of the park.
18:54It's difficult to break teams down when you're trying to railroad it through the central area and they've got so many bodies there.
19:04The speed of the play to get that ball to the wide man and as few passes as possible is very important.
19:14The goal scorer.
19:26Jiga for Max Ahrens.
19:29There is a heavy focus on possession.
19:48there is a heavy focus on possession
19:57there goes Moore
20:01goal kick
20:03well marshalled by Owen Foster again
20:06he did really well there didn't he
20:09that's the situation that Rangers would be wanting to work
20:12to get Moore 1v1 against the fullback
20:15but Foster he defended that situation really well
20:17tag up to Roberts
20:29good ball into the middle first
20:31Hetherington
20:32they did pretty well there
20:36working that through the initial bit of pressure from Rangers
20:40but ultimately they need to be getting the ball higher up the park
20:43to try and offer a little bit of a threat
20:46and to get some territory
20:49asking a lot of the defense when it's constantly
20:52whether they're defending or whether they're in possession to constantly be involved in the game
20:57deep in their own half
20:58perhaps to gain some of that territory
21:05time on the ball that's right
21:17launched one from Devine
21:19Buchanan took it down well
21:22gets inside
21:23Rice
21:24Buchanan with the shots
21:25and it was straight at Kelly
21:28first sighting of goal for Stephen Buchanan
21:31well I just wondered whether he was offside to be honest but the flag didn't go up
21:36it was a little bit too easy
21:39for Aloha just to be able to get in behind the Rangers defense there
21:43there's one long ball
21:45there's one long ball
21:46there's one long ball
21:55It's Mur, it's about the head of Pairami
22:25Six games before this, Rangers had conceded over a hundred shots on their goal.
22:3477 of those coming in the four European matches.
22:41Plenty of opportunities for opposition sides.
22:46There's Rothwell, it's a great pick-out again for Moor.
22:52By Ramy.
22:55On it from the Albanian though.
22:57See, but it's better from Rothwell again, it's quick ball in behind.
23:02He's looking once more for Nedim by Ramy.
23:06Touch just allowed Foster to smash it clear, but it's going to come straight back at Aloha.
23:13With Ahrens.
23:13Just trying to thread that through, Cortez had made the run.
23:26A new role for him.
23:36Mojiga.
23:42Tiger with the first header, Moor coming in.
23:45Foster just had to be careful.
23:47Well, obviously, you know, for Bayley Rice playing at left back, Martin Russell will be thinking that and hoping that he's not going to do too many things defensively, but lovely left foot and great composure.
24:01He'll be looking to try to get him involved more in the build up of the game rather than as a defensive aspect.
24:07When we were working out, the Rangers formation left back was always going to be the problem area.
24:21We didn't put Bayley Rice there until we saw the back floor warming up, did we?
24:32He's a really, really, you know, talented young guy.
24:36There's a lot of players in the middle of the park now and you just, you worry that his opportunities are going to be limited and perhaps
24:45it's something that the club will be looking at to send him out alone and get some game time because
24:50he's 18, he's a good age, he's a very good player and there'd be a lot of clubs I'd imagine that would be very keen to get him.
24:58Jiga's lost that, trying to strike forward, he's stayed down as well as Luke Rankin.
25:05Helt forward then by Foster, now Roberts.
25:10Managing to hold on to possession well. Rankin now, Cannon on the chase here.
25:16Obi-Kan has done really well to get past Rice. Can he find a teammate? He can, and wants that a handball,
25:23as the ball ricochets and ends up in the back of the net. And Aloe Athletic, all level.
25:29Oh, shambolic at the back for Rangers. What a moment for Aloe Athletic. Level at Ibrox midway through the first half.
25:43Is it Stefan Schugel amongst the celebrations there? I don't know about the final touch, we'll find out here.
25:51Well, this is what we're talking about in Bailey Rice. Having to do a bit of defending, that is terrible.
25:55And you're right, it's just pinballing about. Shambolic defending really, I think it eventually gets, does it get hit off of Joe Rothwell that's on the ground perhaps?
26:08But just a terrible, terrible goal to lose. Just wonder when it gets cleared here. I think it is, it's off Joe Rothwell's head.
26:15But I tell you, Rory, Jiga is back quick enough when the ball goes in the back of the net complaining.
26:21He has not helped his team out one little bit. He was lying on the ground as if he'd been polaxed.
26:28And whether it's a foul or not, he needs to get up and get back and help his team out.
26:34They were left short in numbers at the back, brutally exposed, and he's lying on the ground rolling about.
26:40And eventually when the ball goes in the back of the net, he jumps up and runs back.
26:47Oh, an own goal from Joe Rothwell. Not that he could really do anything about it.
26:53Fired off him from a few yards out.
26:58Allo Athletic, who have had to absorb so much Rangers pressure.
27:04Seizing their moment. And what a moment for the League One side.
27:10Jiga wasn't there, but they should be having as a team enough in there to close things down.
27:22And they're just a complete lack of composure as well, slashing at things.
27:34Kick for Alois Luke Rankin, taken down.
27:40There's Devine looking to ping one out to Calvin Orsi.
27:48Here's the set challenge where Jiga eventually goes down.
27:58I mean, look, there's nothing wrong with that.
28:00I mean, it's absolutely incredible that he's rolling about on the ground.
28:05Roberts to try one.
28:07Wins the ball, clean as anything.
28:09I mean, I don't think there was something that you could even remotely suggest was painful or sore.
28:17And he was down on the ground for an eternity.
28:19And his team have paid the ultimate price for that.
28:21And he was down on the ground for that.
28:30As Ahrens has just looked to reassert themselves, not going through.
28:37Not a good spell in this game at all.
28:40Jiga, Cortez, Ahrens.
28:53Well, that will now be one clean sheet in seven games for Russell Martins.
28:58He still looks for the first domestic victory.
29:10Cortez will win the free kick.
29:23Foot getting caught there, pulling him down.
29:35An opportunity for Rangers to get bodies into the box.
29:39But in the last five minutes or so, it's just become a bit pedestrian.
29:44A little bit slow, a little bit pedantic.
29:50Obviously Aloe have got themselves level as well.
29:53Russell Martin will be looking for a better reaction than what's happened so far.
30:00There's one when they last met here on
30:03the championship trophy day in 2016.
30:08Michael Duffy and James Tavernier, the goal scorers.
30:19Rockwell to deliver this free kick.
30:22It's another good one, that's a fine header.
30:24And a debut goal for Emmanuel Fernandes.
30:27Rangers lead restored by the centre-back.
30:36And there's a few puffs of the cheeks there in relief amongst the supporters.
30:42Fernandes rises highest on debut to open his Rangers account.
30:46Well, he gets up brilliantly, doesn't he?
30:48He really does.
30:51Rothwell puts it into a great area and Fernandes is up higher than anyone else.
30:56And he fires it down low.
30:58Farland's got no chance saving that.
30:59It's passed him before he can really react.
31:02And that's obviously the danger when you're giving away free kicks in areas like that.
31:14You can get the box flooded with the big men and Fernandes has come up with a huge header there.
31:19Really impressive.
31:22He scored five times last season for Peterborough United.
31:28Already off the mark.
31:30Last than half an hour into his Rangers career.
31:37Here's Moor.
31:38Teasing the defence again by Ramy.
31:40Slides it across.
31:41Missed by Danilo.
31:41But coming in is Cortes.
31:44And somehow it stays out.
31:46It will be a Rangers corner.
31:49Well, it just looked as if this was a certain goal.
31:54Moor playing the reverse ball in for by Ramy.
31:57Danilo just unable to actually control it.
31:59But that's a save from McFarlane.
32:02Gets across.
32:07By Ramy delivers again.
32:09It's Fernandes.
32:11And they'll get another shot at it.
32:15McFarlane taking it over.
32:19Once more and McFarlane this time gets a strong punch to it.
32:37Cortes beats one.
32:39It's to unleash but it's blocked off by Waters.
32:42Rothwell just clipped there by Heatherington.
32:59Kind of talking to.
33:00He's just a little bit late here on Rothwell.
33:11Catching him on the heel there.
33:12Could be a little bit sore.
33:13Cortes pulls it back for Dowell.
33:25Danilo's in there.
33:29Roberts who's able to drive it clear for Aloha.
33:33You know right, I think that's one of the criticisms of Danilo really.
33:36He needs to have a far greater presence in the box there.
33:39The ball's coming in and he's never really.
33:42Well, he's never looked like he's getting on the end of it.
33:43And he's never looked like he's affecting the defenders either.
33:47Taking on Owen Foster.
33:50One on one.
33:52Winning the free kick.
33:53The referee are judging that he just cuts across.
34:04Too much there.
34:11They're on loan at Cumbernault Colts last season.
34:23The referee comes all the way to the back post out for Rothwell.
34:48Set up for his left foot.
34:51Comes off a ranger's body on its way through.
34:56And it does the first part really well just to shift it and work an angle.
35:00It just didn't get the clean straight with the left foot.
35:06Just come here.
35:07Nice first touch.
35:18Stepping forward is Fernandes.
35:30Took it down confidently.
35:40Jiga is his centre-back partner.
35:44Of course, it's Suter and Jiga for the opening six games.
35:56Not in the squad for this one.
36:08Dole for Cortes.
36:09Aarons helping out.
36:22Jiga and Fernandes again.
36:26Rice.
36:33Jiga, Rothwell.
36:35Aarons.
36:41Rothwell.
36:45Rice for Moore.
36:48Waiting for their opportunity to pounce here, Rangers.
36:52Byrami does help it back to Mikey Moore.
37:00Rothwell.
37:01Jiga.
37:06Cortes.
37:07Jiga continuing his run forward from centre-back.
37:10In it goes and David Devine sends it clear.
37:13And Rangers to come up with some further ideas to break down the Aloua defence.
37:19Rothwell.
37:27Rothwell.
37:33Although attending to get one touch and giving it straight back.
37:41Rice.
37:42It's a good ball into Moore.
37:44Jiga from distance, palmed away.
38:01William McFarland.
38:03Here's Schugel looking to mount the counter-attack.
38:07Aarons out to Cortes.
38:21Fernandes, Cortes on the field.
38:35He was robbed by Schugel.
38:37And now they chase on for Cannon, Rice.
38:40Kelly will get there first.
38:49Rothwell, Cortes, Dowell.
38:50Now Moore.
39:04Space for the cross.
39:06It's flicked away by Waters.
39:08It's constant recycling for Rangers.
39:17People to get it back so quickly and high up the pitch.
39:22Aloua are well set in their defensive block.
39:25Moor, this time heads for the byline.
39:42Does well.
39:43Drilled across.
39:44Heatherington, though, is there.
39:47Well, that's it.
39:48That's the area of the park for me.
39:50Rangers have got to keep trying to hit.
39:55There goes, look, that's Curtis Roberts, rather.
40:01Going for glory from distance.
40:03Now, I don't know whether it's just a complete lack of concentration
40:06or just simply poor play,
40:08but Rangers so easily gifting dangerous turnover to Aloua there.
40:16And almost getting pegged back again.
40:20By Ramy.
40:21With the pullback again.
40:22Schugel that's there.
40:25You know, there's no real threat.
40:29We've got plenty defensive cover and all of a sudden
40:32you've got Liam Kelly desperately scrambling back towards his own goal.
40:37If Roberts makes good contact with that, then the goal is there for them.
40:40Aarons to get to Fernandez, who's Rangers back in front here.
40:56D'Araloa gave him a real scare.
40:58Cortez.
41:08To play the one-two with Dowell.
41:10It's well-weighted on the return.
41:11It will be a goal kick.
41:23Well, coming up in the Premiership, we've got a Dundee Derby at the end of the month.
41:2631st of August from Dens Park.
41:29That is on Premier Sports 1.
41:32And then after the international break, 13th of September.
41:35It's Hibernian against Dundee United from Easter Road.
41:38Again, Premier Sports 1.
41:40And in the KDM Evolution Trophy,
41:42it will be featuring the Rangers B Team against Dumbarton.
41:46That's into October, Saturday the 11th on Premier Sports 1.
41:50And do remember that the Scottish Football Social Club is on every Monday,
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42:11Bryce and Moore.
42:16Rockwell, you've seen plenty of the ball.
42:19This by Ramy.
42:20And again, it's Liam McFarlane called into action.
42:25That's good play, quick.
42:27One and two touch on the edge of the box,
42:28set by Ramy for the strike.
42:39There's Ahrens.
42:46Dawel.
42:50Fernandes, Rockwell.
42:56Giga to Dawel.
42:59Ahrens wants it.
43:02To keep it in play.
43:03Waters goes back to defend for...
43:06Ahrens gives it straight away to Dawel.
43:09Rothwell now gives us some space for Rangers to exploit this time.
43:15Rice by Ramy.
43:21Rothwell.
43:21Ahrens left-footed and well over the top.
43:30That's a disappointing strike from Max Ahrens there,
43:33but I think when the ball gets slipped into him from Joe Rothwell,
43:36there's loads of space on the outside for him to try and...
43:38get down the outside of the defence and hit the...
43:43the line, try and turn them.
43:45He's coming back into a lot of traffic.
43:50It'll be interesting to see the stats at half-time.
43:53There was a game...
43:54when Russell Martin Southampton set a championship record...
44:01the highest ever number of passes in a single half...
44:07477 at 80% possession.
44:12What was the score?
44:13Well, they won it.
44:14With a 2-1 victory, an 87th minute winner from Shea Adams.
44:20It's the most important start.
44:39Ahrens.
44:42Cortez now, a chance to run.
44:45It's behind everyone.
44:46That's poor.
44:47There was so much space for Cortez to go and attack.
44:52Now Foster and Buchanan.
44:54Foster wants it back.
44:55He needed to give him it.
44:56He's still in.
44:58Here is Owen Foster.
45:00Jokes back onto his left foot.
45:02Just taking the sting out of the attack a little for Aloha.
45:07Looked promising for a while.
45:09Buchanan delivers a cross.
45:13Rankin with the effort.
45:14The flag does go up against him.
45:16Liam Kelly made an excellent save.
45:19But there are opportunities here for Aloha.
45:23This is quite incredible.
45:25Defensively, Rangers are all over the place.
45:28You can see there.
45:30Offside.
45:32Buchanan in the middle there.
45:34Sorry, Rankin in the middle.
45:35Buchanan playing the ball into him.
45:37And he is offside.
45:38But I mean, from Rangers perspective, defensively, I mean...
45:42It's as if they're just going through the motions.
45:45Would that be possibly the biggest concern from the opening six and a half games under Russell Martin?
45:51I mentioned it before.
45:52101 shots against them.
45:54And when you see maybe the chances that were missed by particularly Panthenaikos, Victoria Pilsen and actually Motherwell.
46:02That when they come up against a really good side, which they will on Tuesday night in Club Brugge.
46:08They could...
46:09Well, they need to up their game in that sense, would you say?
46:11Yeah, well, I mean, look, if you're dominating the ball, then it's like I was saying before when the two centre-halves, Fernandes and Jigar, they gifted the ball away and obviously Roberts then is having a strike on goal.
46:24It takes a great deal of concentration to, even though you're dominating the ball so much and you're in the ascendancy territorially, you still have got to be switched on and recognising that there's a danger if you get broken on it.
46:37In the first half, it just looks like there's a complete lack of concentration from the defensive unit.
46:43Well, a premature end for the left-back role for Bailey Rice.
46:59It's just after that incident that he went down, nothing really in it.
47:03James Tavernier has come on, interestingly, just as a direct replacement at left-back, so Max Ahrens continuing on the right-hand side.
47:25Here is Ahrens.
47:29Cortez.
47:33That will be a Rangers corner as one additional minute is added.
47:37To the way by Devine hit by.
48:07By Ramy.
48:11Farland looking early for Rankin.
48:15Oh, it was an awkward one for Aronson.
48:18Maybe got away with that.
48:22Absolutely.
48:24That could have flicked up anywhere.
48:27Back heel volley back to your goalkeeper.
48:33And that is the half-time whistle.
48:35Well, Rangers got started quickly through Nerim Byrami.
48:40A wonderful strike from the Albanian.
48:42But their defensive frailties exposed once again.
48:47The comedy of errors saw the unfortunate Joe Rothwell
48:51have the ball ricochet off him and into the Rangers' net.
48:54But quickly, the advantage restored on debut by Emmanuel Fernandes.
48:58giving Rangers a lead up the break at Ibrox Stadium
49:06in this Premier Sports Cup.
49:08Second round tie it is.
49:10Rangers 2, Allo Athletic 1.
49:12Pass-To T college
49:14Nations 2, Allo Athletic 1.
49:15Larry mouvement 0-22.
49:16Tur Pace
49:16from Tå³°
49:17Sena
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