The Europa Cup draw - Rangers v Bayern Leverkeusen

[the only way is up]

Ooooft. Tough draw........








.....FOR THEM! Bring it on!

 

[jafro1988]

Tough draw but fancy us over 2 legs. Also first game at home could hopefully set us off with a huge advantage

 

[govwalker]

No one has outplayed us under Gerrard.

No one has beaten us at home either since he took over.

Some amount of panty wetting mate.

I couldn't even tell you their manager or one single player.

 

[Wand Of A Right Foot]

Not my first choice.

Or my second.

 

[Swindon Gers]

Tough draw, but we are Rangers, into this mob.

 

[Capo]

This is the one I didn’t want. They’ve beat Dortmund, Bayern and Atletico this season.

 

[Grigo Yossarian]

Our recent record against German sides is actually pretty decent over the last 25 years where we’ve won just as many as we’ve lost.

It tends to follow the pattern of a home win, but an away defeat so we may need to rectify that if we want to progress.

The only time we actually won in Germany during that time though was, as you’ve probably guessed, against Leverkusen.

Barry Ferguson master class that night,

 

[Nerf Herder]

I think the games will pan out similarly to the Braga ties, I think they will attack high up the pitch and are apt to give us chances.

Very tough draw but why not - we've come this far.

 

[Grigo Yossarian]

No one has beaten us at home either since he took over.

Some amount of panty wetting mate.

I couldn't even tell you their manager or one single player.

They are good GW, but I don’t fear them.

I saw them beat Dortmund about 3 weeks ago but Dortmund committed defensive suicide to be honest.

Could be a high scoring tie. 4,3 Bears

 

[Baloo_the_Bear]

Tough but doable. Could have been worse.
Glad we're home before the game against the poets.

 

[BlueCofIbrox]

Tough draw. We will cause any teams in the competition at this stage problems though. Just a case of taking our chances when we get them. Always confident of scoring away with this team.

 

[YoungGer97]

Very hard draw. Not a glamour tie, what do you think the ticket price will be £45?

Not a glamour tie? Are you joking?

 

[Thornliebank_Bear]

Van Bronckhorst ayesiz

 

[Capo]

For the people saying ‘they’re fifth,’ they are only 6 points behind Bayern and 2 behind Dortmund - closer than us to Celt*c.

They also beat Bayern 2-1 away from home in November.

 

[max]

Tough draw but after Porto and Braga we shouldn't be TOO worried.

 

[MearnsUnionist]

5 points off top though.

Aye mate, 5 points off the team that could've taken 10 off Chelsea the other night.

They're a very good team, no mistake.

 

[loyalblueman]

Not an easy draw, but we shall overcome. Confident with SG and our team .

 

[Teddyjohn]

For the people saying ‘they’re fifth,’ they are only 6 points behind Bayern and 2 behind Dortmund - closer than us to Celt*c.

They also beat Bayern 2-1 away from home in November.

They beat Dortmund recently as well.

It's far from the worst draw we could've gotten but it's a big test. Havertz is an unbelievable player.

 

[GazzaG]

Just looked at their recent form and they are on fire, just a pity it will end when we fck them oot.

Aye, so were Braga!

 

[Prso09]

I think we need a win at home then we could hopefully get a draw over there but if we dont win at home then it would be very difficult to go through

 

[SenoraCuellar]

Mostof the teams in the last 16 would be a tough draw, let's be honest. Quietly confident. We're going to the last four.

 

[bluetonic]

Good draw , happy with that, home leg first and not too much travelling for the team.

Thats a big plus for us,our record in Germany is not that great tbh

 

[tonforty]

Tough draw but maybe thats good for us. We seem to do better when expectation is lower.

 

[Grigo Yossarian]

Last time.
Says to wife (no pics) how do you fancy a city break to Cologne. She agrees.
Drive to Newcastle, ferry, (Gadger and daughter on ferry) wife points out the Rangers shirt, no comment from me.
Drive to Cologne, then Leverkusen then it clicked with her. Managed to get a room above a pub near the stadium.
Went down for a meal and the place slowly started to fill up for the impromptu Sash Bash.
Off to the game, excellent win with a cracking rendition of Build my Gallows.
Next couple of days in Koln, an expensive Steiff Bear purchased to compensate for me being devious.
Drive home.

Hope the travelling Bears have a very good trip.

Very naughty boy CRI36

 

[FergieNS]

A hard draw but looking forward to it. At least for the travelling bears Germany is a good place to watch football

 

[Grigo Yossarian]

Didn’t really want any of the German teams.

However it wasn’t going to be anything but tough so we just go in and do our best. We’ll have our chances.

I’ll wager that they’re thinking ‘it coulda been easier’ too.

Any team who under estimate Rangers Football Club are in for a big fall. History is their warning.

 

[MainStandLoyal]

Sounds exactly like Braga

They don’t play as high a line as braga but tend to throw all their players forward so can be got at.

 

[The Pontiac Bandit]

Watched abit of their games v Dortmund and Porto recently and they are a very good team.

Good going forward although they can be got at, at the back.

It would be a huge achievement to get through this tie.

 

[Grigo Yossarian]

I think we need a win at home then we could hopefully get a draw over there but if we dont win at home then it would be very difficult to go through

We beat them before despite 0.0 at Ibrox mate.

 

[rangeral]

Last time.
Says to wife (no pics) how do you fancy a city break to Cologne. She agrees.
Drive to Newcastle, ferry, (Gadger and daughter on ferry) wife points out the Rangers shirt, no comment from me.
Drive to Cologne, then Leverkusen then it clicked with her. Managed to get a room above a pub near the stadium.
Went down for a meal and the place slowly started to fill up for the impromptu Sash Bash.
Off to the game, excellent win with a cracking rendition of Build my Gallows.
Next couple of days in Koln, an expensive Steiff Bear purchased to compensate for me being devious.
Drive home.

Hope the travelling Bears have a very good trip.

 

[Teddyjohn]

Very hard draw. Not a glamour tie, what do you think the ticket price will be £45?

A team that is near the top of the Bundesliga table is certainly a 'glamour tie'.

Leverkusen have beaten both Bayern and Dortmund this season and have just dropped down from the Champions League.

 

[RfcIbrox]

Tough draw. We will cause any teams in the competition at this stage problems though. Just a case of taking our chances when we get them. Always confident of scoring away with this team.

No question, we will create enough chances to win the tie and they will too. No need to be afraid. Cool heads and put the ball in the net. All is possible with this one and being underdogs is just fine.

 

[coplandrearl36]

Very naughty boy CRI36

In fairness she has now been to numerous matches all over Europe without the extra gifts

 

[Carson's Cat]

Van Bronckhorst ayesiz

The highlight of that vid isn't the goal but is wee Baz taking their whole midfield out of contention with one skillful turn.

 

[Ted Rangers]

The more I read about Leverkusen the better they seem. At least they didn't beat Juve, and they only had 25% possession when they beat Bayern away. Clutching at straws for positives here! They still seem pretty much the same kind of test as Braga though.

 

[coplandrearl36]

Now you know how she got the bug.

 

[Teddyjohn]

The more I read about Leverkusen the better they seem. At least they didn't beat Juve, and they only had 25% possession when they beat Bayern away. Clutching at straws for positives here! They still seem pretty much the same kind of test as Braga though.

TBH it's a very similar level to Werder Bremen in 2008 (which was also the last 16).

 

[M0LS]

We fear no foe, bring it on.

 

[Grimsdale]

After a sporting Braga team it's back to the old diving and cheating Germans. Onward.

 

[Route 55]

Watched them beat Dortmund 4-3 a couple of weeks back they have some terrific players but are prone to be a bit shady at the back.
We should not fear them.

 

[Grigo Yossarian]

In fairness she has now been to numerous matches all over Europe without the extra gifts

Good coaching mate

 

[SBC72]

Volland will be a huge loss for them imo.

They've scored 40 goals in the league and he's scored 9 and assisted 7 of them. That's 40% of their goals.

Of course that's over 23 games and we'll only be playing them twice, but still...

 

[Carson's Cat]

Mostof the teams in the last 16 would be a tough draw, let's be honest. Quietly confident. We're going to the last four.

Now there optimism and there's...super-optimism. Who will we eliminate in the last 8?

 

[Grigo Yossarian]

After a sporting Braga team it's back to the old diving and cheating Germans. Onward.

VAR helps that now mate.

 

[CupGoalie]

TBH it's a very similar level to Werder Bremen in 2008 (which was also the last 16).

No chance, this Leverkusen side are far superior. They've beaten Atletico, Bayern, Dortmund and Porto home and away this season so far and sit six points off the bundesliga title

 

[Grigo Yossarian]

Now there optimism and there's...super-optimism. Who will we eliminate in the last 8?

Wolves.

 

[Renoranger]

Called it last night.
We will beat them. Home draw first. Happy with that.

You guessed then !

 

[Neilstonger]

Leverkusen are a fkn excellent team. I watched them a couple of weeks ago v Dortmund and was well impressed .

True but for the first hour of the first leg Braga looked superb. Anything can happen cos it’s a funny old game.

 

[rfc_chris_rfc]

Tough draw but they do concede quite a few goals in the league, just over 1 goal per game, only a +11 goal difference. Hopefully they push for the league to try and get champions league places and rest players in the europa

 

[Carson's Cat]

Wolves.

I fancied them for the round of 16. Shame it wasn't to be...