Rangers 3-1 Braga (3-2 agg): Kemar Roofe extra-time winners places Scots into semi-final

Kemar Roofe's extra-time goal set up a semi-final tie with Leipzig

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Kemar Roofe’s extra-time goal set up a semi-final tie with Leipzig

Rangers are into the Europa League semi-final after Kemar Roofe’s extra-time winner settled a pulsating tie with Braga, who finished with nine men.

James Tavernier’s early goal cancelled out the Portuguese side’s first-leg lead, before he had Ibrox on its feet again with a first-half penalty moments after Vitor Tormena was sent off.

Rangers were utterly dominant, hitting the woodwork twice and having three strikes disallowed, but their profligacy was punished when David Carmo’s header forced extra time.

However, a tie with Leipzig was sealed when Roofe knocked in from close range.

And as Ibrox rocked, Braga’s hopes of another comeback wilted when Iuri Medeiros was booked and sent off for dissent for arguing over a yellow card.

Rangers will travel to Germany for the first leg on 28 April, with the Ibrox return the following Thursday, and the mouthwatering games come either side of the final Old Firm derby of the season at…

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