why so much negativity about rangers tactics? we (rangers and scotland) have to play to our strengths - thats life. for too many years we have been totally naieve when it comes to playing the game and as a result have seen our european and international teams fail. walter smith has delivered

michael jackson, glasgow, uk

Let's be honest!
Fiorentina attacked for 120minutes last night without any luck.They were the better team by far!
Rangers played the worst football in this Uefa especially in the two Fiorentina games.
They should be embarassed of their non-style football and feel very lucky.
A french journalist

Pierre, paris, france

Spiers - a fan with a typewriter indeed!

Lou, Columbia , Missouri

Thomas Campbell, Leicester, UK: 1 goal in 300 minutes... but they scored twice (2nd half) in Lisbon... methinks you be wrong.

I say well done, they played defensively, yes, but Italy and Switzerland both play international football like that. Good for Scottish football as a whole.

Graeme, Edinburgh,

hi guys i m Fiorentina fan and i m so down after the match but i have respect 4 glasgow fans .have a good time in Manchester final.

alberto, florence, italy

Come on, Graeme, it was woeful. Barcelona, home and away, Lyon at home excepted, Rangers have yet to play opposition who show anything like a cutting edge and seem unable to adapt their tactics to overcome a pretty obvious strategy. Like Celtic in 03 a little goes a long way in the UEFA cup.

Gerry, West Kilbride, Scotland

Well done Rangers!

To the purists - Advocaats team of a few years ago was far more aesthetically pleasing and technically gifted yet they never came close to a European final.

So stop moaning and give three cheers for Whittaker, Cuellar and the class of 2008!

David, Glasgow,

Has anyone noted that we have two English clubs in Moscow, while a Russian side has to come over to Manchester to face a Scottish one?

Makes you kind of wish UEFA could have seen that one coming - and, with all due respect to Rangers fans,switched the venues for the finals.

Joon Kee Neoh, Georgetown, Malaysia

Can we stop..


people spreading...


their smug and 'witty' comments


over acres of space?

martin, london, uk

Brilliant result. A year ago would anyone have predicted that Rangers would beat Sporting and Fiorentina on their own grounds on the route to the UEFA Final? Reading the comments from the bitter and twisted just makes it better.

Craig , Liverpool, UK

The first two comments from the "New world" are amazing one group only understands the oval ball.The other well his national game takes 4 hours to complete & sometimes the adverts are a godsend! As a Rangers supporter I am proud of the achievements from Walter and his team. Roll on Manchester!

Graham Johnston, Glasgow,

We did ride our luck but the standard of defending from Weir and Cuellar was enough to see us through. Nearly fainted with disbelief when Novo put in the winning penalty.

And on a sadder note, how far has Christian Vieri fallen? What a player he used to be, he's lost it completely.

Elliot, Edinburgh,

Rangers: as advertised - 120 minutes of "anti-football" followed by penalties. This sort of totally negative football, with spades of luck thrown in, works in Cup football, but drives fans away. We'll see the same in the final unless the Russians score. Rangers have scored ONE GOAL in 300 minutes!

Thomas Campbell, Leicester, UK

Oooooh the pressure from Celtic means Rangers are cracking.

Yes cracking into a very large smile.

Cracking into laughter.

Cracking game by Rangers

Scott, London,

I'm a season ticket holder at Arsenal and have always seen Smith and McCoist as decent people,for different reasons. McCoist because of the whole chirpy thing and Smith because he appears fair and without deceipt, unlike a lot of managers.I might be wrong, but I think they deserve rewards like this.

Gareth, Bath, England

WATP and I hope the manky mob enjoy thier breakfast this morning

I can feel thier pain its absoultely tremendous

Billy Turnbull, Ankara, Turkey

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Graham, Christchurch, NZ

Basically Rangers did not play for 2 whole games + 30 minutes of extra time and still went through. They did this in Scotland several times this year. It proves to be an effective strategy, but makes for horrible, boring, unimaginative football on their part. Watching them is like watching paint dry

Max, NY, USA

John, or Carol or Ann,

Rangers did show ambition; They set out to get to the FINAL!

Now that's ambition!

PS Refer to dictionary re: Ambition.

David Gillespie, Cambuslang, UK

graham speirs getting carried away!! rangers showed no ambition what so ever

john carolan, paisley,

Penalties are a lottery but still, any side that can beat the Italians on their soil has to be credited. To endure the inferno and come away with a victory took guts, resilience and plain old Scottish heart. Well done!

Stephen Manick, Port of Spain, Trinidad

A one sided affair and Rnagers rode their luck

Stevenson Marshall, Falkirk,