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The National (Scotland)
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Josh McCafferty

Jose Mourinho delivers blunt instant verdict on Rangers' win over Fenerbahce

Fenerbahce boss Jose Mourinho says Rangers' Europa League tie with the Turkish giants is far from over.

It comes after the Ibrox club walked away from the first leg in Istanbul emphatic 3-1 winners.

Cyriel Dessers opened the scoring early doors before a brace from Vaclav Cerny gave Rangers some breathing space going into next Thursday's return leg.

Speaking after the match, Mourinho was asked what went wrong for his side: "Everything," he said (TNT).


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"The result was closer to being bigger than smaller, so for us, it was a good result."

Rangers' victory this evening was as impressive as it was unexpected.

Mourinho thinks the visitors were more than worthy of winning on the night, although he refused to concede that the tie is finished: "They [Rangers] deserve the result," he said.

"But, for me, it's not over. I know it's 3-1, so we are losing 3-1 when the game starts [next week], but it's not over."

Both teams don't play this weekend, so all focus now turns to Ibrox and the second leg in seven days' time.

Rangers have spooked several big teams at home in the Europa League previously and will need yet another vintage performance to progress to the quarter-finals at the expense of Mourinho's men.

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