It just wasn't meant to be for Rangers. Giovanni van Bronckhorst and his players saw their Europa League dream crumble in an agonising penalty shoot-out defeat to Eintracht Frankfurt.
A 1-1 draw after 120 minutes set up a nail-biting shootout which saw the nerveless Bundesliga side rattle home five unstoppable penalties while Aaron Ramsey 's effort was saved by Kevin Trapp.
Reaction flooded in post-match with pundits delivering their verdicts on a tension-soaked final.Here's what they had to say."The boys will be gutted, I feel for them as they put so much into the game. "It wasn't a great first half in terms of the quality of football but that may be down to both teams doing very well without the ball.
What became clear very early on is that Frankfurt are a very good side. "Scott Wright turned defenders a couple of times and looked very positive.
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