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Borna Barisic ruled out for Rangers vs Hearts as Giovanni van Bronckhorst delivers squad update

Rangers will be without Borna Barisic for the Scottish Cup Final showdown with Hearts.

The Light Blues defender left the field of play in Seville on Wednesday night deep into extra-time with Kemar Roofe his replacement at the Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan Stadium.

Frankfurt ran out 5-4 winners on penalties to claim the Europa League trophy will all focus now on Hampden.

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Giovanni van Bronckhorst will have to make do without Barisic but has hinted at a role for Alex Lowry.

While he also confirmed that Jon McLaughlin will start for Rangers as he has done in previous rounds.

Speaking in his pre-match media conference, he said: "We all shared the disappointment, (Aaron) Ramsey was very down, we needed to lift him up as we do every player in the squad.

"The fans will welcome him and my team tomorrow.

"All our focus is on the final and we have to support each other as a family to be ready for the final.

"We had a tough game with 120 minutes in difficult heat. We had a good recovery today.

"Borna (Barisic) is not available for tomorrow, all other players who featured are available.

"Alex (Lowry) is a big talent for us, he will be in the squad and can hopefully play a part in this game. It will be great to see him develop moving forward.

"I've started (Jon) McLaughlin in the cup campaign this year.

"Jon has my full confidence. Allan (McGregor) is our number one and will fully support Jon tomorrow.

"I have a lot of confidence in my team. We didn't get the outcome we wanted but overall it was a good experience for my team.

" We have a very important game tomorrow and I have full confidence my team will be ready."

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