A place in the last four of the Mohammed VI Cup was beyond Rangers U19s take as they were knocked out by Faith Sports Union.
After successfully negotiating the group stage, the Ibrox kids were eying the latter stages. French cracks Marseille were beaten before defeat to host side AMF. However, Brian Gilmour and David McCallum's men did enough to book their spot in the knock-out stages.
Summer signing Zak Lovelace bagged a brace against them, and he's joined in the side by history maker Bailey Rice, who became the club's youngest ever player after Michael Beale gave the 16-year-old his top team debut in the 3-0 Premiership victory over Livingston last Saturday. The 19s have already sampled tournament football this season, taking part in the UEFA Youth League, which saw them face the same opponents as the big boys did in their doomed Champions League group stage campaign.
However, it wasn't to be in North Africa. Despite taking a second half lead, FSU staged a turnaround to progress to the semi-fianls.
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