Porto jumped out of the blocks in the opening half hour and barely gave Rangers a touch until Løvenkrands scored an unlikely goal, on to the second half and Pepe equalised two minutes after the re-start with a header, nothing much else happened until Prso scored the go ahead goal after 59 minutes after Prso had practically fouled the keeper but the goal was given and then Pepe made the score 2-2 after a Peixoto corner to set up a frantic last quarter of an hour and after 80 minutes Sokoto got an injury for Porto and after three subs Porto were down to ten men and Kyrgiakos scored the fifth and final goal of a match that for the most part Porto had dominated (But keep that a secret from Jazza) and the final result was 3-2 on Rangers favour... Its off to the San Siro for Rangers in an empty stadium to play Inter Milan.

Match Report
UEFA Champions League (Group H – Matchday 1)
Ibrox Stadium, in Glasgow - 48.599 spectators
Referee: Jan Wegereef (Holanda)
Assistant Referees: Arie Brink and Roger Geutjes
4th Referee: Tom Van Sichem

RANGERS: Waterreus; Ricksen, Rodriguez, Kyrgiakos and Bernard; Namouchi, Ferguson «cap.», Murray and Lovenkrands; Jeffers and Prso
Substitutions: Lovenkrands for Buffel (55m), Namouchi for Novo (72m) and Jeffers for Thompson (83m)
Other Substitutes: Klos, Andrews, Rae and Pierre-Fanfan
Coach: Alex McLeish

F.C. PORTO: Vítor Baía; Pepe, Ricardo Costa, Pedro Emanuel «cap.» and César Peixoto; Ibson, Lucho Gonzalez and Diego; Jorginho, Sokota and Alan
Substitutions: Pedro Emanuel for Sonkaya (41m), Diego for Quaresma (65m) and Alan for Hugo Almeida (65m)
Other Substitutes: Paulo Ribeiro, Lisandro Lopez, Paulo Assunção and Marek Cech
Coach: Co Adriaanse

Half time: 1-0
Scorers: Lovenkrands (34m), Pepe (47 and 72m), Prso (59m) and Kyrgiakos (84m)
Discipline: Yellow card to Prso (35m), Lucho (45m) and Hugo Almeida (74m)

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