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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
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Ewan Paton

Rangers' potential route to the Europa League final mapped out

Rangers' potential route to the Europa League final has been mapped out.

The draw for the round of 16 took place today. Philippe Clement's side will take on Fenerbahce.

The first leg will take place away on Thursday, March 6, with the return leg in Glasgow a week later on Thursday, March 13. 

Following the draw for the next round though, UEFA conducted the draw for prospective quarter-final and semi-final ties.

All of this means that the Scottish Premiership side can see who they would need to get past to reach a second Europa League final in three years.

Should Rangers progress through their last-16 tie, they will take on either Roma or Atheltic Bilbao in the quarter-final.

If they managed to overcome that round, then either FCSB, Lyon, Real Sociedad or Manchester United would lie in wait in the semis.


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Again, the final of the competition will take place in Spain - this time, Bilbao will host.

"The flight time to Olympiakos is shorter so it could be them, but if we have to go to Scotland, we will go," Jose Mourinho reacted last night following Fenerbahce's victory over Anderlecht. "They have a great stadium.

"It doesn't matter to us. It doesn't matter who our opponent is in the first match we will play in Istanbul. Fred will be an important absence for us there. We will forget about the Europa League now."

More to follow.

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