Video | With Alfredo Morelos as the starter, Rangers won on their visit to Antwerp and maintained their unbeaten streak

At the resumption of the 2020/21 UEFA Europa League, Rangers from Glasgow, the club where Colombian footballer Alfredo Morelos plays, visited Antwerp of Belgium at the Bosuilstadion stadium, in the first leg of the round of 32 bracket of the European competition.

The Scottish team managed to win the game played during the afternoon of Thursday, February 18 and thus managed to maintain an undefeated 13 games in a row.

Although it looked like Rangers was going to score a point in a game that was for both sides, they managed to put a foot in the round of 16 of the second most important club competition in Europe.

In the line-up chosen by coach Steven Gerrard, Morelos joined Joe Aribo and Ryan Kent to gain the advantage in Belgium.

This is how the game developed

It took 37 minutes of the game for the score to open in favor of Rangers. The scottish club he knew how to perfectly capitalize on an error in the exit of goalkeeper Alireza Beiranvand, it was Alfredo Morelos himself who took the ball that the rival goalkeeper could not contain with his arms. The ‘Buffalo’ sent a pass backwards and thus the Nigerian right winger Joe Aribo took the opportunity to shoot at goal and put the 0-1 on the scoreboard.

In the 45th minute, Antwerp’s Felipe Avenatti took advantage of a cross sent from the right side of the court and headed a cross that left the Rangers goalkeeper immobile to make the game 1-1.

Although initially the central judge of the match, Georgi Kabakov, had only added four minutes to end the first half, the end of the initial 45 had to be prolonged due to the injury of Kemar Roofe, who gave entry to Ryan Kent, figure at the match.

Once the modification was made, Rangers found themselves unfortunate enough to commit a penalty against Lior Refaelov in an aerial duel. Refaelov himself scored 2-1 of the match at 45 + 8.

Second time

At minute 57 of the match, Alfredo Morelos suffered a foul inside the area. Another penalty committed in the match but against the Cordovan attacker allowed Rangers to tie the game again. Borna Barišić charged left-handed and leveled things at 59.

In the 66th minute of play, Antwerp again took the lead and the 3-2 came through a mid-range shot from Martin Hongla, who came in biting into the left post.

Although there was little left for the end of the game, Morelos continued to accompany the pressure in attack to force the rival’s error and also accompanied as a pivot in his position of 9 from the area to make a wall with Ryan Kent and put the 3-3 of the game at 83 minutes.

Just five minutes later came the only expulsion of the game for Antwerp, Senegalese defender Abdoulaye Seck touched the ball with his hand inside the area in a mid-range shot and received yellow, as he was warned he had to leave the field of play.

The third and last penalty of the night was taken again by Borna Barišić, who sentenced the final 3-4 of the game with which Rangers took the victory in the first leg.

Here is a summary of the best actions of the first leg of the round of 32 with which Rangers set foot in the next phase: