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114 mins (ET): At the other end, it’s Jakic’s turn to line up a long-range effort – and this one has the keeper worried as it swerves in the air, zipping just over the bar!

112 mins (ET): Ryan Kent is teed up by Lundstram and has a shot from 30 yards, which is well struck but comfortable enough for Trapp …

110 mins (ET): Knauff slaloms in from the right, but slips as he shoots. The ball deflects wide to Kostic, and from the delivery, Kamada goes down under pressure from Bassey. There wasn’t a lot in that, and the referee isn’t interested.

107 mins (ET): At the other end, substitute Hrustic almost makes an immediate impact, dragging his shot just wide of the far post with McGregor on his heels.

106 mins (ET): Straight from the kick-off, Barisic gets forward and strikes at goal, with Trapp awkwardly palming the ball down before collecting.

Extra-time, second half

Here we go. Djibril Sow is off for Eintracht, replaced by Ajdin Hrustic.

Rangers manager Giovanni van Bronckhorst gives his players a pep talk before the start of the second half of extra time.
Rangers manager Giovanni van Bronckhorst gives his players a pep talk before the start of the second half of extra time. Photograph: Marcelo del Pozo/Reuters

I think the German commentators said that two Frankfurt fans has fallen down from the stand. Do you know anything about this?

— Gitte (@mumShield) May 18, 2022

 

There has been no mention of this on my feed, but if I hear any news, I will pass it on. Hope anyone involved in the incident is OK.

Half-time in extra-time: Eintracht Frankfurt 1-1 Rangers

We’re fifteen minutes away from a penalty shootout, but the game is stretched enough that a winner doesn’t feel totally implausible either. Don’t go anywhere!

104 mins: To borrow a phrase just used on BT’s commentary, the referee has been consistent – he’s consistently refused to give yellow cards for yellow-card offences.

103 mins (ET): Knauff’s attempted chip through to Hauge bobbles off Bassey’s elbow but even Eintracht’s penalty appeals look tired now. Sakala relieves the pressure well, flicking the ball past Lenz and forcing the defender to drag him down. No booking.

102 mins (ET): Steven Davis runs on to Arfield’s cut back, but his shot from the edge of the area is closed down.

Rangers’ Steven Davis shot is blocked.
Rangers’ Steven Davis shot is blocked. Photograph: Isabel Infantes/PA

100 mins (ET): A change for each side as we hit triple figures. N’Dicka is replaced by Christopher Lenz at centre-back, while Van Bronckhorst sends James Sands on. He replaces the goalscorer, Joe Aribo, in a move that suggests a shift to a back three.

99 mins (ET): Kent bursts down the left, but his cross towards Sakala is cleared away and Eintracht break through Knauff. Bassey is there once again, harrying the winger until he fires a hurried shot into the stands.

95 mins (ET): Uh oh, Bassey slips in his own half – and Borré is racing in behind him. He’s one on one, albeit from a narrow angle … but Bassey somehow hauls himself back, and makes a superb challenge!

94 mins (ET): N’Dicka fends off Sakala but looks to be limping after doing so – bad news for a Frankfurt backline that is already looking a little patched up.

93 mins (ET): Arfield shoots from some 25 yards out, his effort well struck but always heading over the bar.

Rangers’ Scott Arfield shoots under pressure.
Rangers’ Scott Arfield shoots under pressure, but he can’t keep the ball down. Photograph: Andrew Milligan/PA

Extra time: 92 mins Eintracht win a corner – their 10th of the game. Like the nine that came before, they can’t do much with it, and Rangers clear away.

On that subject, here’s Ben Bernards: “All in all a pretty mediocre loan output from Aaron Ramsey at Rangers. Some injuries, of course. Now not even getting on in a European final. I’ll wager he sinks a penalty in the shootout though, having come on in the 105th minute.”

Extra time, first half

Another change for Rangers: Glen Kamara is going off, replaced by Scott Arfield. Still no sign of Aaron Ramsey.

Full time! Eintracht Frankfurt 1-1 Rangers

Extra time it is, after Rafael Santos Borré cancelled out Joe Aribo’s opener. It remains very much up for grabs; more soon.

Back in Glasgow at George Square, all is currently quiet.
Back in Glasgow at George Square, all is currently quiet. Photograph: Robert Perry/PA

94 mins: Rangers have the ball deep in Frankfurt territory, but their opponents break, a long pass swept wide towards Kostic. Goldson has to get across, and does so, before being clattered by the Serb, who is another player fortunate not to get a booking.

92 mins: We’re into the second minute of five added on. I think we’re going to extra time, folks.

90 mins: Now a half-chance for Rangers as Glen Kamara runs onto the ball in the area – but his nervy effort is blocked comfortably enough. Rode is replaced, with Kristijan Jakic – a regular during Eintracht’s run to the final – coming on for the captain.

89 mins: Sakala gives the ball away in midfield and it’s worked out wide to Kostic, who sets himself and unleashes a cross-shot that evades McGregor’s dive, fizzing beyond Kamada and wide of the far post!

88 mins: Hauge gets free of his marker and tries to play in Borré, but the ball is overhit, much to the forward’s frustration …

“Steven Gerrard must have been both furiously celebrating that Rangers goal while having an immense amount of sympathy for the unfortunate Tuta,” notes Thomas Stratford. It was very similar to that slip – a full-body air lunge, as if shoved by an invisible hand.

82 mins: Hasebe, usually a midfielder but stationed at centre-back since coming on, gets in another tussle with Sakala, who eventually shoots straight at Trapp from a tight angle.

80 mins: Both sides are just taking a moment, catching their breath after a helter-skelter second half that has featured not one, but two, goals so far.

78 mins: Hasebe slips under pressure from Sakala, but gets a reprieve as the referee blows up for a foul. Why is that half of the field so slippery? And did anyone see Ally McCoist during the break?

Frankfurt’s Makoto Hasebe (left) falls as he vies with Rangers’ Fashion Sakala.
Frankfurt’s Makoto Hasebe (left) takes a tumble. Photograph: Jorge Guerrero/AFP/Getty Images

76 mins: Rangers are not quite on the ropes, but they’re in the vicinity as Rode tees up Hauge in the area – but his looping effort from an angle is off target.

Looking at the goal again, it’s hard to work out what Goldson was doing at the near post – he seems to step away from the ball, rather than thunking it into the stand, and that allowed Borré to steal in behind him.

Game 🔛

Rafael Borré breaks free in the Rangers area to slam the ball past Allan McGregor!

Nothing the veteran stopper could do about that one. #UELfinal pic.twitter.com/apPKKAe0ul

— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) May 18, 2022

 

73 mins: The first two Rangers changes: Fashion Sakala is on for Wright, with Steven Davis – who played in the 2008 final defeat to Zenit – replacing Ryan Jack.

72 mins: There’s no cooling in the temperature of this match (see what I did there?) with Scott Wright booked after a contretemps with Evan N’Dicka.

Eintracht make a second change, with young Scandinavian talent Jesper Lindstrøm replaced by young Scandivanian talent Jens Petter Hauge.

“You have to feel for Glasner,” writes Kári Tulunius. “You set up your team to negate the opponent’s attack, it succeeds to a nearly fun-killing degree, and then one of your players falls over for no reason and you’re down 1-0.” He’ll be feeling much better now, as the players take a second cooling break.

It’s Rafael Santos Borré who scores, but the architect is Filip Kostic, who fizzes a terrific low cross from tight on the touchline. The Rangers back line are slow to react, and Borré steals in to sweep home at the near post. Game on!

Rafael Santos Borre of Eintracht Frankfurt scores his team’s equaliser.
Rafael Santos Borre of Eintracht Frankfurt scores his team’s equaliser. Photograph: Adam Davy/PA
Rafael Santos Borre of Eintracht Frankfurt scores his team’s equaliser.
Here’s the view of the finish from up in the stands. Photograph: David Ramos/Getty Images
Rafael Santos Borre of Eintracht Frankfurt celebrates with fans after scoring their sides first goal.
The Frankfurt fans are happy. Photograph: Justin Setterfield/Getty Images
Rafael Santos Borre of Eintracht Frankfurt celebrates after scoring their sides first goal
Borre salutes the Frankfurt fans. Photograph: Cristina Quicler/AFP/Getty Images
Eintracht Frankfurt supporters celebrate with a firework after their team equalised while watching the Europa League final on a screen in Seville.
Frankfurt fans watching the game on a big screen in Seville celebrate their equaliser by sendind a firework into the night sky. Photograph: Montero/AP

GOAL! Eintracht Frankfurt 1-1 Rangers (Borré 69′)

They had looked short of inspiration, but in a flash, Eintracht Frankfurt are level!

Here is a clip of the opening goal – with apologies if you aren’t able to view it in your location:

66 mins: A big chance for Kamada, who benefits from a defensive slip at the other end – but tries to lift the ball over McGregor, landing it on the roof of the net!

Initital reports suggested there had not been much trouble in Seville – but this footage shows there was at least one pre-game scuffle, with rival fans throwing chairs:

Europa League: Rangers and Eintracht fans clash in Seville before final – video
 

61 mins: The Rangers fans, nervy and quiet since half-time, are now in full-on party mode as Touré gets treatment for a head injury. That came from a clash with Aribo, for which the Rangers forward is booked.

59 mins: Tuta has gone off – possibly due to embarrassment – replaced by Makoto Hasebe, which will likely lead to a change of shape. Eintracht almost level straight away, Lindstrom’s shot chested clear by Bassey – there’s more big appeals for a penalty, but this time they are unwarranted.

It has come out of nothing – Trapp’s clearance is headed forward by Goldson and then flicked back by Sow – but as Tuta moves to control the ball, he trips himself up, and suddenly Joe Aribo is in on goal! He takes a touch, opens his body up – and fires low beyond Trapp. Behind him, the Rangers fans go absolutely wild, and understandably so!

Joe Aribo of Rangers runs with the ball before scoring his sides first goal.
Joe Aribo of Rangers puts the burners on after Tuta slips and heads towards the Frankfurt goal … Photograph: David Ramos/Getty Images
Joe Aribo of Rangers shoots and scores his side's first goal.
Shoots … Photograph: Kieran McManus/Shutterstock
Joe Aribo of Rangers shoots and scores his side's first goal.
And scores. Photograph: Pierre-Philippe Marcou/AFP/Getty Images
Joe Aribo of Rangers celebrates after opening the scoring.
Aribo celebrates after opening the scoring. Photograph: Eurasia Sport Images/Getty Images
Joe Aribo of Rangers celebrates after opening the scoring.
The Rangers fans are also rather happy. Photograph: Maja Hitij/Getty Images

 

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