World media reacts to Rangers plunging Benfica into the 's***' as vertical Clement causes vertigo to teetering giants
dailyrecord.co.ukIt was bonkers but, in many ways, predictable – big time continental displays are now the calling card of the Light Blues. Rangers were warned of Benfica's 27-game unbeaten streak in the Europa League but that appeared a realistic goal rather than an insurmountable challenge for the Ibrox side who love this competition.
And so it proved as Tom Lawrence and Dujon Sterling's strikes were cancelled out by a controversial Angel Di Maria penalty for handball on John Souttar plus a comedy own goal from Connor Goldson.
Benfica stalwart Nicolas Otamendi admitted his side are mired in a "s***** situation' but Roger Schmidt and his players will be bringing a plunger to Ibrox next week.
But there's a palpable sense Rangers' standing among their peers is mighty as they continue to land game-changing results. Here's how the world's media viewed it. "Benfica's 25 shots compared to Rangers' nine gives an image of the Reds' superiority which, when you look closely, is relative, because what matters in this statistic is how many were on target.
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