The Rangers lost their advance of two goals in the first leg, but won a fascinating penalty shootout to eliminate Fenerbahce from Jose Mourinho to a bouncing Ibrox.
Despite the loss of 3-1 in Turkey and the exhaust of two other goals outside thanks to marginal offside decisions, Mourinho said that the day before the match was a better team than the Rangers.
And they won 2-0 in the night. The superb finish of Sebastian Szymański of the delivery of Filip Kostić had reduced the arrears of aggregates shortly before half-time, and the winger converted a weak Müldür Müldür cross in the second period to force an additional 30 minutes.
A famous night for the Rangers in Ibrox 💙
The Scottish team reserves their place in the quarterfinals of the Europa League after lowering Fenerbahce by Jose Mourinho to the penalties 🙌
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Jack Butland made two good stops during the additional period while the Turkish side seemed to end strongly.
But but Lland then saved well during the shooting of Fred and Dusan Tadic, before Mert Hakan Yandas made his effort on top to send the men of Barry Ferguson.
The Rangers will now play athletic bilbao in the quarter -finals.
A Triumpant Butland told TNT Sports: “We are something special. I wanted to put something for guys, I wanted to do it. You cannot overcome this feeling.
“We fully thought that we were going to do the work. The boys have deeply dug and this is the reward you get, that’s what fans deserve.
“We could have been more clinical but, my boy, we deserve it.”
