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RB Leipzig vs Rangers LIVE commentary and team news: Alfredo Morelos and Aaron Ramsey injured for Europa League semi-final first-leg
A depleted Rangers side face an almighty task to reach the Europa League final when they face RB Leipzig this week.
Giovanni van Bronckhorst's side, who started their European journey with back-to-back losses in the group stage, are now in the final four.
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Rangers, who have already knocked out Borussia Dortmund, return to Germany to take on former Champions League semi-finalists Leipzig.
The Gers head into the biggest match of their season on a four-game winning streak, a run which includes an extra-time victory over fierce rivals Celtic in the last four of the Scottish Cup.
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This Europa League clash will take place on Thursday, April 28.
talkSPORT 2 will have live coverage of the semi-final first leg at the Red Bull Arena with kick-off scheduled for 8pm.
Commentary will come from Alex Crook and former Republic of Ireland midfielder Matt Holland.
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RB Leipzig v Rangers: Team news
RB Leipzig: Gulasci, Klostermann, Halstenburg, Gvardiol, Angelino, Laimer, Adams, Henrichs, Szoboszlai, Nkunku, Olmo
Subs: Martinez, Tschauner, Poulsen, Forsberg, Silva, Mukiele, Raebiger, Novoa, Lelle.
Rangers: McGregor, Tavernier, Goldson, Bassey, Barisic, Jack, Lundstram, Kamara, Aribo, Kent, Wright.
Subs: McLaughlin, McCrorie, Davis, Diallo, Sands, Balogun, Arfield, King, Lowry, McKinnon, Devine, Sakala.
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RB Leipzig v Rangers: What has been said?
Giovanni van Bronckhorst said: "Morelos and Roofe are not available and I have made my plans after watching the opponent playing. I will choose the right gameplan and we need the players to perform well.
"Fashion Jr is travelling. We have a big plane.
"We want to attack and create chances, we have to do the right thing at the right moments. We will have moments when we need to defend but we will be looking for dangerous chances to score, it is semi-final of the Europa League, so the standard is high.
"Of course, playing a European semi-final is exciting but we have to overcome a tough team, we have watched Leipzig play a lot of games and are well prepared. There are still two games to be played against a tough opponent and we will do everything we can to be in the final."
RB Leipzig v Rangers: Match facts
- Rangers full-back James Tavernier has scored six goals in the UEFA Europa League this season – excluding qualifiers, this is the joint-most goals in a single season in Europe by a Rangers player, along with Alfredo Morelos (2019-20) and James Forrest (1964-65).
- RB Leipzig’s Christopher Nkunku has won a penalty in each of his last three Europa League matches – despite not playing until the knockout phase this season, the Frenchman has won more penalties than any other player in the competition this campaign (3).
- Rangers have lost their last two away matches in Europe – against Crvena Zvezda in the Last 16 and Sporting Braga in the quarter-final. The Gers haven’t lost three consecutive away matches in European competition in a single season since 2000-01, with the third game in that run coming against German opposition in Kaiserslautern.
- RB Leipzig’s participation in this tie means that at least one team that has dropped down from the Champions League has reached the semi-finals of the Europa League in each season since 2015-16, though no such side has gone on to win the competition in any of the last three campaigns, with Atlético de Madrid the last to do so in 2017-18.
- Rangers have reached the semi-final stage of a major European competition for the seventh time overall and for the first time since 2007-08, when they finished as runners-up to Zenit St Petersburg in the UEFA Cup. Rangers have now equalled Celtic (7) for the most semi-finals contested in major European competition among Scottish clubs.
- RB Leipzig have reached their second major European semi-final within their first five seasons in European competition, having also reached this stage of the UEFA Champions League in 2019-20.
- Rangers have won just two of their last 24 matches in European competition away to German opposition (D9 L13), although one of those wins came at their last such attempt, defeating Borussia Dortmund in the play-offs in February.
- RB Leipzig and Rangers will face off for the first time in Europe. The last time the very first meeting between two sides in European competition came at the semi-final stage or later of a major competition was in 2019-20 – RB Leipzig vs Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League (SF) and Sevilla vs Inter in the Europa League (F).
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