The primary leg of Rangers ' Champions League second qualifying spherical tie towards Union Saint-Galloise will likely be broadcast completely dwell on Premier Sports activities.
Giovanni van Bronckhorst takes his workforce to Belgium on Tuesday, August 2 as they kick-off their try to achieve the group phases of Europe’s premier competitors. Union are taking part in within the Champions League for the primary time of their historical past after ending second to Jack Hendry’s Membership Brugge within the Belgian Professional League final season.
Nonetheless, they received’t tackle the Gentle Blues of their normal residence floor. Union usually play on the Joseph Marien Stadium however the 9400-capacity venue doesn’t meet the required UEFA laws to stage matches at this degree. As an alternative, they’ll face Rangers on home rivals OH Leuven’s residence turf. They play within the King Energy at Den Dreef Stadion, 18 miles exterior of the capital, Brussels. The venue change will see extra travelling followers accommodated for the primary leg.
The Belgians will then head to Ibrox the next week for the second leg. Rangers have their sights set on the group phases after going all the best way to the Europa League remaining final season. They had been Thursday evening regulars on Premier Sports activities, seeing off the likes of Borussia Dortmund, Purple Star Belgrade and RB Leipzig on their method to assembly Eintracht Frankfurt within the remaining.
They suffered heartache in Seville nevertheless. Joe Aribo put them 1-0 up in Spain, however Raphael Borre equalised earlier than the Bundesliga males received on penalties. Aaron Ramsey missed the decisive spot-kick.
Their run to Seville got here after they had been dumped out of the Champions League qualifiers final August. Malmo shocked the then-Premiership champions with a 2-1 win in Sweden earlier than repeating the trick at Ibrox with ten males. New Rangers signing Antonio Colak did the injury in Glasgow, bagging a brace.
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