Around 1 p.m. Friday, the draw for the knockout stages of the Europa League will take place. Sixteen tickets are therefore to be taken and the round of 32 will end on Thursday evening with the return matches. But this Wednesday, Braga was already welcoming the Rangers for their second round. An advanced match for security reasons, FC Porto will welcome Bayer Leverkusen tomorrow. Last week at the Ibrox Stadium, the Scottish squad had overthrown the Portuguese club to win 3-2.
At Estádio Municipal de Braga, Steven Gerrard’s players got a penalty in the first period for a hand from Melo da Silva, but Hagi came up against Matheus, Braga’s goalkeeper (45 + 1). But when they returned from the locker room, the visitors finally opened the scoring. Launched by Hagi precisely, Hagi perfectly crossed his shot to score (61st, 0-1). Behind, the Arcebispos could not reverse the trend to qualify. Victorious in both games, the Rangers eliminated Braga and got their ticket for the next round.
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