Ranger suffer
champion league blow Manaco held by PSV
Paris Ranger saw their hopes of returning to the Champions League group stage suffer a blue on Tuesday as the glasgow gaints slumped to a 2-0 defeat away to belgains UPstarts Union Saint in the first leg of their third qualifying round tie
French Born multese nternational Teddy teuma again the belgains the lead just before the half hour mark and union Saint got a potentially crucial second goal in controversial fashion with 14 minutes left.
Goldson was penalised for a handball in the area following these Step Up to score the resulting penalty.
It is A Remarkable result for the Brussels club who return to the belgains top flight last season after absence of almost half a century and finish second under the ownership of English interpreneur Tony bloom.
Unable to host Rangers in their own Stadium the match was played in the nearby city of Lahore but that did not provide handicap for Union it is very disappointing especially when our performance was not at the level we normally are at the level you need to complete at this level of the penalty he added you are playing in the biggest competition in Europe with so much at take and to give up penalty like this is very hard last Seasons beaten your Pa League finalist Rangers are looking to return to the Champion League group stage for the first time in over a decade the winners of the third qualifying round will go on to a play of later this month against either or PSV with the winners of that advancing to the group state
That cancelled out Joe veerman first half a pinner for PSV and ensured the tie is finally poised ahead of next week's return leg in the Netherlands.
Monaco missed out and directd qualification for the group stage when they considered a stoppage time goal on the final day of the last league one season and dropped from 2nd to 3rd in the table as the result behind Marseilla.
Benfica who reached the quarter finals last season before losing to Liverpool crust of Denmark 41 in lisbon with gone goncalo scoring a hat trick.
enzo fernandez also scored for the portuguse side with pony sisto neting a late consolation from the penalty spot earlier there were 21 awareness for Victoria pleasant of czech.

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