Rangers endured their worst Champions League campaign as Ajax produced one of the most comfortable football scores of the weekend in the Champions League. Rangers knew that a two-goal loss would earn them the title of worst in Europe, thus they needed to defeat Ajax to advance to third place and the Europa League. Ibrox men have now lost six games in a row thanks to goals from Steven Berghuis, Mohammed Kudus, and Francisco Conceicao. Despite a James Tavernier penalty, they now have a goal differential of minus 20. Ajax finished in third place to guarantee a spot in the Europa League’s knockout stages, while Giovanni van Bronckhorst’s club became the first Scottish squad to lose every group game.
In the fourth minute, Kudus set up Berghuis to beat Gers goalkeeper Allan McGregor from the edge of the box after a quick attack down the left. Rangers already appeared to be in trouble when McGregor had to go back to catch a Berghuis lob under his crossbar, but the undermanned home team gradually collected themselves and looked for a leveler. After fine work by left winger Ryan Kent to get his cross in from the left, the covering Bassey headed a Fashion Sakala header off the line in the 13th minute.
However, a further slip in focus allowed Ajax to double their lead. This time, Owen Wijndal set up Kudus, the whose deflected shot came off defender Leon King, a teenage player, and beat McGregor. However, a further slip in focus allowed Ajax to double their lead. This time, Owen Wijndal set up Kudus, the whose deflected shot came off defender Leon King, a teenage player, and beat McGregor. Taking advantage of Pasveer’s error in the 84th minute, Morelos attempted to score but missed the goal with time running out. Later, Rangers replacement Rabbi Matondo, who had replaced Kent, was fouled by Edson Alvarez inside the penalty area, and Tavernier successfully converted the resulting penalty shot.
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