Glasgow Rangers have been left embarrassed as Philippe Clement‘s males exited the SFA Cup on the fifth spherical stage with a 1-0 defeat to Championship facet Queen’s Park on Sunday.
The Gentle Blues have been booted out of the competitors by the second-tier facet, due to a superb second-half objective from Sebastian Drozd, who dribbled contained in the field earlier than slotting previous Liam Kelly.
Clement’s facet will now need to both overcome a 13-point hole to Celtic to win the Scottish Premiership or win the Europa League to keep away from ending the season with none silverware.
The Gentle Blues did have the possibility to present themselves a lifeline within the dying embers of added time, although, after Cyriel Dessers was pushed to the ground within the field, which introduced captain James Tavernier with an opportunity from the spot.
James Tavernier’s miss in opposition to Queen’s Park
He has netted 69 penalties in his profession and had solely missed 18 previous to his kick of the ball on Sunday, though 5 of these misses got here within the 2023/24 marketing campaign.
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James Tavernier’s final ten penalties |
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Opposition |
Consequence |
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Queen’s Park |
Missed |
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Ross County |
Scored |
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Dundee |
Scored |
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Kilmarnock |
Missed |
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Ross County |
Scored |
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Celtic |
Scored |
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Hibernian |
Missed |
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Hibernian |
Missed |
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Motherwell |
Scored |
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St Johnstone |
Scored |
VAR confirmed the penalty and Tavernier put the ball down, able to take his kick, just for the referee to pause the method once more for VAR to do one other test of the attacking part of play, which disrupted the right-back’s run-up.
The English full-back lastly stepped as much as take his penalty and produced a tame effort at a great top for Will Ferie, all the way down to his left, to make the save.
Tavernier’s weak effort, finally, spoiled any probability for Rangers to get again into the match to go on and progress via to the subsequent spherical.
Nevertheless, the previous Newcastle United defender was removed from the one poor performer for the Gentle Blues, as Brazilian left-back Jefte was simply as unhealthy as his captain.
Jefte value Rangers a possible trophy
The summer season signing could have value Clement an opportunity at profitable any silverware this season, as a result of issue of profitable the Europa League or closing a 13-point hole on Celtic, on account of his error for the Queen’s Park winner.
Jefte stood up Drozd when the ball dropped to the winger on the again publish and he was caught on his heels because the ahead dribbled previous him with ease within the field, which then allowed him a free shot to bury an effort previous Kelly.
Glasgow World awarded the left-footed flop a player rating of 2/10 and lamented his poor defending for the objective, in addition to his lack of high quality on the prime finish of the pitch when pushing ahead to place crosses into the field.
Jefte has created 22 chances and registered two assists in 22 appearances within the Scottish Premiership this season, which reveals that he does have the flexibility to supply good deliveries into the field, however the Brazilian didn’t create something of word within the defeat to Queen’s Park.
Total, the 21-year-old defender was simply as unhealthy as Tavernier, on account of his poor defending for the match-winning objective, and his mistake might effectively have simply massively contributed to Rangers doubtlessly ending this season with none silverware.
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On the age of 21, hopefully, Jefte will study from moments like that and finally become the form of defender Rangers can depend on in moments like that, moderately than being a defensively legal responsibility, as he was on Sunday.
