Eintracht Frankfurt vs Rangers - Europa League Final LIVE

It all comes down to this.... Rangers take on Eintracht Frankfurt in a mouth-watering Europa League final tonight
Oliver Glasner, Head Coach of Eintracht Frankfurt (L) and Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Manager of Rangers. Eintracht Frankfurt and Rangers FC meet in the UEFA Europa League final on May 18,2022 at the Estadio Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan in Seville, SpainOliver Glasner, Head Coach of Eintracht Frankfurt (L) and Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Manager of Rangers. Eintracht Frankfurt and Rangers FC meet in the UEFA Europa League final on May 18,2022 at the Estadio Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan in Seville, Spain
Oliver Glasner, Head Coach of Eintracht Frankfurt (L) and Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Manager of Rangers. Eintracht Frankfurt and Rangers FC meet in the UEFA Europa League final on May 18,2022 at the Estadio Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan in Seville, Spain

A top-seeded spot in next season Champions League group stages await the winners along with the honour of lifting European silverware.

Just 90 minutes stands between Giovanni van Bronckhorst’s side and a place in the club’s history books.

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1980 UEFA Cup winners Frankfurt will provide formidable opposition and are slight favourites to win the competition among the bookies.

However, Rangers, who are bidding to emulate their 1972 European Cup Winners’ Cup success, will be confident of upsetting the odds in Seville’s Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan Stadium.

GlasgowWorld will be providing all the latest match updates here....

Eintracht Frankfurt vs Rangers - Europa League Final LIVE

Key Events

  • Giovanni van Bronckhorst will bid to become only the second manager to lead Rangers to European silverware
  • Rangers are aiming to complete a hat-trick of wins over German opposition in the competition this season
  • The Glasgow giants are in their first European final in 14 years after their 2008 UEFA Cup Final defeat
  • 100,000 Rangers fans have made the journey to the Andalusian capital for the match

That’s all for tonight folks! Thanks for tuning in to our GlasgowWorld.com live blog

Van Bronckhorst reaction...

Rangers boss Giovanni van Bronckhorst told BT Sport: “I’m very disappointed. We were very close. At the end the emotions go from high to very low.

“I’ve had these moments in my career, losing the World Cup final, it hurts. It’s for us to look ahead now, it feels difficult but we have to. We need to make sure we’re ready on Saturday (Scottish Cup final).

“I said to the players we came so far, we deserved it, I’m very proud of them. We had challenges through injuries.

“The emotions are down but we have to change it quickly. We have to start all over again. We’re going to work hard and develop as a team.”

McCoist & Miller reflections...

Ex-Rangers frontman Kenny Miller on BT Sport: “Rangers have gone to toe-to-toe with Champions League teams. They’ve come up short in the cruellest of ways.”

McCoist: “We’ve got to look at the bigger picture and look at what these lads have given us. They now have a cup final on Saturday. They’ve got to be very, very proud of what they’ve achieved.”

As Scottish Premiership runners-up, Rangers will now go into the third qualifying round of the Champions League next season.

If they manage to negotiate that hurlde then they will advance to a play-off round to reach the group stages.

Glasgow rivals Celtic are already guaranteed a group place as champions.

- Eintracht Frankfurt are the third club to start the season in the Europa League group stage and end up lifting the trophy without losing once. Only Villarreal in 202/21 and Chelsea in 2018/19 had done so previously.

- Frankfurt scored in all 13 of their UEFA Europa League games this season. Since the rebrand of the competition in 2009, they’re just the second side to score in every single game from the group stages to the final.

- Frankfurt have become the first German team to win the UEFA Cup/Europa League since Schalke in the 1996/97 season.

Hateley casts verdict...

Former Rangers striker Mark Hateley on BBC Sportsound: “It was a tough game to watch, to be honest. It was bitty and bobby. The temperature took its toll, I think. It was not a game for the purist.

“It was disappointing to come all this way. Losing it normal time is bitter enough. They need to learn from this and take the disappointment from tonight into the game on Saturday.”

The defeat will prove costly for Rangers as they miss out on a seeded spot in next season’s Champions League group stages. Their transfer budget will be affected, which could be a huge blow long term...

Lundstram & Davis react...

John Lundstram on BT Sport: “It’s a hard one to take, to lose on penalties. In the 120 minutes both teams didn’t perform great.

“I thought we could’ve performed better. It’s heart breaking. We could’ve won it, but what a save (from Ryan Kent) - what can you do? I’m absolutely devastated. I’m so, so, so heartbroken.”

Steven Davis: “It’s huge disappointment. It’s hard to reflect straight away.

“The boys have been tremendous, but it hurts tonight. Unfortunately we were on the wrong side of (the penalties). Whenever you get to a final it hurts if you don’t come away with the trophy.

“But I couldn’t be more proud of the the lads, staff and fans. We left everything out on the pitch. It’s going to be a sore one to take. We know how difficult it will be to get to this stage again.”

Rangers will know this was a massive opportunity missed but the must somehow dust themselves down ahead of the Scottish Cup final against Hearts on Saturday.

It’s fair to say during the 2008 UEFA Cup final, the Ibrox club didn’t deserve to win but that wasn’t the case tonight.

They were the stronger team, albeit Frankfurt had several chances of their own. The Rangers players left everything out on the park and will be rightly distraught.

Rode lifts the trophy...

Now, it’s Eintracht Frankfurt’s moment as the players collect their winners’ medals. Captain Sebastian Rode hoists the trophy aloft.

Remember, this is a team who finished 11th in the Bundesliga this season and now they’ll take their place in next season’s Champions League as a top seed.

Unbeaten champions...

Eintracht Frankfurt, who have gone the entire 2021/22 Europa League campaign unbeaten, form a guard of honour as Rangers step up to the podium to collect their runners-up medals.

The vast majority of Light Blues supporters have left the stadium already ahead of the trophy presentation.

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