Malmo versus Rangers – UEFA Champions League qualification: Second leg – First half (Part 2)
After dominating the first five minutes of their UEFA Champions League qualification’s second leg in Sweden against Malmo, Rangers went onto impose themselves on the game in an emphatic fashion. In the 7th minute of
their encounter against Malmo, Rangers almost found a way past the home team’s resolute defence as Jelavic was sent http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Racing-c40298 through on goal. Unfortunately for the away team, Malmo’s defence recovered in time as Jansson slid in to take the ball away from Jelavic
right when the Rangers’ forward was about to pull the trigger at Malmo’s goal.
In the 8th minute, Malmo were in an anxious state of mind when their goalkeeper Melicharek went down with an injury. The veteran shot stopper signalled for medical treatment and after receiving the magic spray from the
medics, he recovered in time to continue with the match. In the 11th minute, Melicharek’s awareness was put to the test as Rangers were awarded a corner kick. Davis stepped up to take the corner kick and he whipped in a glorious cross towards Bougherra
whose towering header was tipped away by Melicharek just in time to save his team’s blushes.
In the 13th minute, Rangers were caught on the counter attack. With most of their men up front in attack, Malmo found themselves in a 3 verus 1 situation inside the Rangers’ penalty area with only http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Madjid-Bougherra-c23033 covering
for the Scottish giants. However this golden opportunity to open the scoring was wasted by the home team as Jansson’s volley from 18 yards out sailed over the cross bar without troubling McGregor inside Rangers’ goal.
In the 19th minute of the match disaster struck for http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Rangers-c40314 as Whittaker was given his marching orders by the referee. The Scottish midfielder reacted un-sportingly to a dangerous tackle in Malmo’s half of the field
and the referee was on hand to spot this incident. The match official decided to show a red card to Whittaker as Rangers were reduced down to 10 men. This sending off made the away team’s http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Job-c18684 difficult as they were already trailing Malmo by a goal to nil from
the first leg which took place in Glasgow at the Ibrox stadium.
Nonetheless, Rangers rallied themselves and struck gold in the 24th minute when http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Edu-c12016 played a pivotal role in the midfield region. The experienced midfielder cut inside and crossed the ball towards Jelavic who made no
mistake from inside the Malmo penalty area as he slotted the ball home with relative ease. With the score line at one nil, Malmo were dealt a shock and they rose to the occasion and performed much better for the remainder of the first half. Regardless, the
Scottish giants ended the first half of their UEFA Champions League qualification second leg encounter in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sweden-c3015 against Malmo with a one goal advantage.
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