Ferencváros 2–1 Rangers

Rangers’ Europa League campaign is hanging by a thread after another night of self-inflicted damage, as Danny Rohl’s side threw away a lead and allowed Ferencváros to overpower them in Budapest.

Rangers actually made the breakthrough with their first meaningful attack. Bojan Miovski’s outstanding acrobatic finish on 27 minutes was initially flagged offside, but VAR overturned the decision. It was a brilliant striker’s instinct and completely against the run of play.

Because for most of the half, Rangers were hanging on.

Ferencváros repeatedly sliced through a fragile back line, with Bamidele Yusuf passing up three big chances before Miovski even scored. Jack Butland nearly gifted the opener himself when he fumbled a corner straight into the six-yard box, Toon Raemaekers poking just wide.

The equaliser felt inevitable, and it arrived at the worst possible time — 45+5 minutes — when a cutback fell kindly for Bence Otvos and his effort deflected off Nasser Djiga into the corner. Rangers had lost control, and they never got it back.

The second half only increased the feeling of a team stretched to breaking point. Djiga produced several superb recovery tackles to keep Rangers alive, but that was part of the problem — everything looked like last-ditch chaos rather than structured defending.

When Ferencváros finally took the lead on 72 minutes, Rangers could have had no complaints. Callum O’Dowda floated a cross to the back post and Barnabás Varga — completely unmarked — powered home a header for his 20th goal of the season. It summed up the game: clever movement punished a Rangers defence that had switched off.

Rangers created almost nothing in response. Findlay Curtis came closest late on, only to be denied by a brilliant David Grof save, but the visitors never looked like forcing an equaliser.

By full time, Ferencváros were celebrating. Rangers were staring down the barrel of a European exit.