Rangers 0-0 Barcelona
Minute-by-minute report: Can Walter Smith's men hold their own against Ronaldinho and company? Find out now with Barry Glendenning.
10 mins: Carles Puyol, of all people, pulls the strings as Barcelona go on the attack again. Pinging it around the edge of the Rangers penalty area, he eventually picks up the return from Messi and sends a cross from right to left. His delivery is poor and Alan Hutton clears for Rangers.
8 mins: For Rangers, Nacho Novo sends a diagonal cross in from the right towards McCulloch and Cuellar. The cross is over hit and sails over their heads.
5 mins: Barcelona win a corner on the back of an intricate passing move. Xavi sends it long and Eidur Gudjohnsen heads it over from the edge of the six-yard box. It was a free header, so he should have done better.
3 mins: Free-kick for Rangers when Thierry Henry is caught offside. Rangers go on the attack, with David Weir playing a long ball up towards Cousin, who wins a free-kick off Thuram down in the left corner. Barry Ferguson whips it in to the Barcelona penalty area, but Valdes claims comfortably.
1 min: The same 11 Rangers players that demolished Celtic on Saturday line up in a 4-5-1 formation, with Daniel Cousin playing alone in front of a midfield comprised of Nacho Novo, Charlie Adam, Barry Ferguson, Kevin Thompson and Lee McCulloch. In front of Barcelona goalkeeper Victor Valdes, Lilian Thuram partners Gabriel Milito in the center of defense, with Carles Puyol taking up a position on the right. Gudjohnsen is on the left of midfield, with Iniesta in the center and Xavi on the right. Ronaldinho is playing up front, with Henry on the left and Messi on the right.
Click-clack, click-clack! Click-clack! The teams emerge from the tunnel, with Rangers wearing their usual home strip, and Barcelona wearing the favorite colour of many Rangers fans: orange.
First email of the night: "Brazil beat Ecuador in the boot of a car?" asks Dan Barron. Yes, at 11am.
Preamble: Rangers and Barcelona occupy the top two spots in Group E with six points each after two games.The hosts enjoyed a 3-0 victory against bitter rivals Celtic on Saturday, while their visitors were beaten 3-1 by Villarreal in La Liga. Oh ... and Ronaldinho left the party several of Brazil's players and a bevy of Rio's finest ladies attended after Brazil beat Ecuador at 11am in the boot of a car.
Back in the days when the consumption of four pints in one night was regarded by many as a sign of homosexuality rather than a drinking binge, I used to attend those sort of parties (except without the Brazilian samba ladies). It always took me at least a week before I started feeling right afterwards, so that's one of the reasons I fancy Rangers to get a result tonight. Another is that Barcelona aren't doing so well at the moment and are missing Deco, Samuel Eto'o, Yaya Toure, Gianluca Zambrotta, Edmilson and Rafael Marquez.
The teams
Rangers: McGregor, Hutton, Weir, Papac, Adam, McCulloch, Ferguson, Thomson, Cuellar, Novo, Cousin.Subs: Carroll, Boyd, Beasley, Broadfoot, Whittaker, Naismith, Faye.
Barcelona: Valdes, Thuram, Puyol, Milito, Abidal, Xavi, Gudjohnsen, Iniesta, Ronaldinho, Henry, Messi.Subs: Jorquera,
Sylvinho, Giovanni, Ezquerro, Oleguer, Crosas, Bojan.
Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)
Kick-off is at 7.45pm, but Barry will be here with all the latest from 7.30pm. In the meantime, why not relive Rangers' stunning 3-0 win in Lyon?
8 mins: For Rangers, Nacho Novo sends a diagonal cross in from the right towards McCulloch and Cuellar. The cross is over hit and sails over their heads.
5 mins: Barcelona win a corner on the back of an intricate passing move. Xavi sends it long and Eidur Gudjohnsen heads it over from the edge of the six-yard box. It was a free header, so he should have done better.
3 mins: Free-kick for Rangers when Thierry Henry is caught offside. Rangers go on the attack, with David Weir playing a long ball up towards Cousin, who wins a free-kick off Thuram down in the left corner. Barry Ferguson whips it in to the Barcelona penalty area, but Valdes claims comfortably.
1 min: The same 11 Rangers players that demolished Celtic on Saturday line up in a 4-5-1 formation, with Daniel Cousin playing alone in front of a midfield comprised of Nacho Novo, Charlie Adam, Barry Ferguson, Kevin Thompson and Lee McCulloch. In front of Barcelona goalkeeper Victor Valdes, Lilian Thuram partners Gabriel Milito in the center of defense, with Carles Puyol taking up a position on the right. Gudjohnsen is on the left of midfield, with Iniesta in the center and Xavi on the right. Ronaldinho is playing up front, with Henry on the left and Messi on the right.
Click-clack, click-clack! Click-clack! The teams emerge from the tunnel, with Rangers wearing their usual home strip, and Barcelona wearing the favorite colour of many Rangers fans: orange.
First email of the night: "Brazil beat Ecuador in the boot of a car?" asks Dan Barron. Yes, at 11am.
Preamble: Rangers and Barcelona occupy the top two spots in Group E with six points each after two games.The hosts enjoyed a 3-0 victory against bitter rivals Celtic on Saturday, while their visitors were beaten 3-1 by Villarreal in La Liga. Oh ... and Ronaldinho left the party several of Brazil's players and a bevy of Rio's finest ladies attended after Brazil beat Ecuador at 11am in the boot of a car.
Back in the days when the consumption of four pints in one night was regarded by many as a sign of homosexuality rather than a drinking binge, I used to attend those sort of parties (except without the Brazilian samba ladies). It always took me at least a week before I started feeling right afterwards, so that's one of the reasons I fancy Rangers to get a result tonight. Another is that Barcelona aren't doing so well at the moment and are missing Deco, Samuel Eto'o, Yaya Toure, Gianluca Zambrotta, Edmilson and Rafael Marquez.
The teams
Rangers: McGregor, Hutton, Weir, Papac, Adam, McCulloch, Ferguson, Thomson, Cuellar, Novo, Cousin.Subs: Carroll, Boyd, Beasley, Broadfoot, Whittaker, Naismith, Faye.
Barcelona: Valdes, Thuram, Puyol, Milito, Abidal, Xavi, Gudjohnsen, Iniesta, Ronaldinho, Henry, Messi.Subs: Jorquera,
Sylvinho, Giovanni, Ezquerro, Oleguer, Crosas, Bojan.
Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)
Kick-off is at 7.45pm, but Barry will be here with all the latest from 7.30pm. In the meantime, why not relive Rangers' stunning 3-0 win in Lyon?
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