Glasgow Rangers vs Olympique Lyon 0-3 Goal Highlights Champions League 12-12-2007

Champions League

Scorer: Sidney Govou 16, Karim Benzema 85, 88

Red Card: Jean-Claude Darcheville 90+1

Halftime: 0-1; Attendance: 50,062

Lyon amply avenged their first leg humiliation at the hands of Rangers by beating the Scots 3-0 here at Ibrox Wednesday to clinch a place in the last 16 of the Champions League.

A late double for Karim Benzema, adding to Sidney Govou's early opener, secured second spot in Group E for the French champions behind Barcelona.

Rangers were left to rue an astonishing miss from their French striker Jean-Claude Darcheville to level the score in the 79th minute, which would have put them in the driving seat for qualification.

A draw would have taken the Scottish side into the last 16 but Benzema went on to score twice to replicate Ranger's win in Lyon in their first leg encounter.

To complete a miserable night for the Glasgow side Darcheville was shown a straight red card in injury time for tangling with then shoving Swedish defender Kim Kallstrom.

Lyon began the match in determined fashion and should have opened the scoring in only the fourth minute.

A fantastic pass by Brazilian Juninho inside Rangers right-back Alan Hutton put Govou through on goalkeeper Allan McGregor but he blasted the ball into the side-net from only 10-yards.

McGregor was called into action for the first time in the 10th minute, throwing himself to his left to turn Juninho's 20-yard free-kick round his post.

In the 16th minute Lyon took the lead, but were helped immensely by some woeful defending.

Benzema raced on to a neat through ball on the right and drove the ball low across goal and although McGregor managed to dive out to palm it away Govou raced in to smash into the empty net.

Rangers tested Lyon goalkeeper Remy Vercoutre for the first time in the 21st minute with Steven Whittaker's shot from 20-yards requiring the shot stopper to push the ball back.

The ball fell to Rangers' Bosnian defender Sasa Papac but his well struck shot was straight at the French keeper.

Hutton almost levelled in the 49th minute when his delicate chip across goal deceived Vercoutre, but the keeper's blushes were saved by defender Sebastien Squillaci who cleared off the line.

But only the woodwork prevented Lyon doubling their lead in the 57th minute.

Juninho's free-kick from 25-yards curled over the wall and left McGregor rooted to the spot before it bounced off the top of the crossbar.

Lyon looked certain to clinch their place in the last 16 of the competition in the 78th minute when Benzema raced in on goal, rounded McGregor and side-footed the ball towards the open net only for Whittaker to slide in and block on the line.

Rangers immediately rushed forward and missed a glorious chance to rescue their chances.

Captain Barry Ferguson fired the ball low across goal, but Darcheville somehow blasted over from only a few yards out.

And the miss came back to haunt Rangers in the 84th minute when Lyon virtually clinched victory.

Rangers' Spanish defender Carlos Cuellar mis-timed a header, allowing Benzema to race in on goal and poke the ball through the legs of McGregor.

Benzema savoured even more his second goal for the visitors, in the 88th minute, a fantastic strike from 25-yards which found the bottom left-hand corner of the net.

Teams

Rangers: 1-Allan McGregor; 2-Alan Hutton, 3-David Weir, 24-Carlos Cuellar 5-Sasa Papac (19-Jean-Claude Darcheville 71); 28-Steven Whittaker, 6-Barry Ferguson, 7-Brahim Hemdani (9-Kris Boyd 84), 8-Kevin Thomson, 27-Lee McCulloch; 29-Daniel Cousin (38-Steven Naismith 46).

Lyon: 30-Remy Vercoutre; 2-Francois Clerc, 22-Anderson, 29-Sebastian Squillaci 11-Fabio Grosso; 6-Kim Kallstrom, 8-Juninho (7-Milan Baros 85), 28-Jeremy Toulalan; 14-Sidney Govou (20-Anthony Reveillere 77), 10-Karim Benzema, 18-Hatem Ben Arfa (5-Mathieu Bodmer 68).

Referee: Lubos Michel (Slovakia)