Rangers vs Eintracht Frankfurt LIVE: Europa League final result and reaction as Frankfurt win on penalties
Rangers 1-1 Eintracht Frankfurt (Frankfurt win 5-4 on pens): Follow reaction from the Europa League final as Frankfurt beat Rangers in a shootout
Rangers suffered penalty shootout heartache in Seville as Eintracht Frankfurt came from behind to dramatically win the Europa League final.
Makeshift centre-forward Joe Aribo put the Rangers fans in dreamland when he slotted home following a slip in the German side’s defence in the 57th minute.
Frankfurt levelled 12 minutes later when Rafael Borre knocked the ball home from close range following a low cross.
Gers finished extra-time strongly and Ryan Kent was brilliantly denied at close range before Steven Davis had a shot cleared off the line, while James Tavernier had a free-kick saved in stoppage-time of the 1-1 draw.
Aaron Ramsey, a 117th-minute substitute, saw his spot-kick saved and Borre netted to seal a 5-4 shootout win.
Follow reaction from the Europa League final below:
Eintracht Frankfurt 1-1 Rangers
88 mins: Every time either team gets the ball in the final third they look like they could create something dangerous. It really is on a knife edge.
Barisic blocks Knauff’s cross and Rangers try to break but Aribo miscontrols. Both sets of players look very tired out there now.
Eintracht Frankfurt 1-1 Rangers
86 mins: Kamara slides a neat pass into Sakala and he tries to pull the ball across for Aribo but a nick off Hasebe takes it into the grasp of Trapp.
Rangers still look threatening on the counter-attack. This final is so finely balanced.
Eintracht Frankfurt 1-1 Rangers
84 mins: A hopeful long ball over the top from Frankfurt sees Hauge and Bassey wrestle for the ball and it’s the Rangers defender who does superbly to usher it out for a goal kick. Bassey has been sensational for the Scottish outfit tonight.
Frankfurt are pressing for a winner but for now Rangers are keeping them at arm’s length.
Eintracht Frankfurt 1-1 Rangers
82 mins: Kostic whips a free-kick in from just inside the Rangers half. It bounces on the penalty spot and McGregor has to tip it over as it threatens to loop over him!
You get the feeling one of these sides is going to score in the 90 minutes. Both look capable of doing so.
Eintracht Frankfurt 1-1 Rangers
80 mins: Silly play! Hasebe lets a through ball drift back to Trapp but it’s not getting there and for a moment Sakala looks the favourite to get there! Hasebe manages to get his body across and Sakala then needlessly pushes the defender over when Frankfurt were still in big trouble.
One mistake. One chance. One piece of genius and the trophy comes home with one of these sides.
Eintracht Frankfurt 1-1 Rangers
78 mins: Good chance for Frankfurt. Kostic finds Rode on the edge of the box and he lays it off to Hauge who leans back and puts his curling effort over the crossbar.
Rode narrowly avoided a couple of Rangers challenges in the penalty area there. Had they clipped him, it would have been a nailed on penalty.
Eintracht Frankfurt 1-1 Rangers
75 mins: SUBS! Two changes for Rangers as Ryan Jack makes way for Steven Davis and Scott Wright is replaced by Fashion Sakala.
It could well be a substitute who has the final say in this final.
Eintracht Frankfurt 1-1 Rangers
74 mins: YELLOW! Wright goes into the book for pulling the shirt of Kamada in the middle of the park.
Rangers just need to compose themselves here. They are still very much in this final.
Eintracht Frankfurt 1-1 Rangers
71 mins: We have the second half water break immediately after that Frankfurt goal. A chance for both managers to speak to their players as we head into the final 20 minutes of this final.
SUB! Jens Petter Hauge has replaced Jesper Lindstrom for Frankfurt.
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