Europa League final: Thousands of Rangers fans in Seville for 'biggest game of our lives' against Eintracht Frankfurt
The聽Europa League final comes just over a decade after Rangers entered administration, resulting in the club dropping down to the third division in Scottish football. Manager Giovanni van Bronckhorst's men are on the brink of making history.
Wednesday 18 May 2022 20:44, UK
Thousands of Rangers fans are in Seville for what they are calling the "biggest game of our lives": tonight's Europa League final against Eintracht Frankfurt.
The Glasgow club are the first Scottish team to reach the final of a major European competition since Walter Smith's Rangers side lost 2-0 in the UEFA Cup showpiece in 2008.
The Europa League final comes just over a decade after Rangers entered administration, resulting in the club dropping down to the third division in Scottish football.
Around 100,000 Rangers fans were expected in Spain for the final.
The Estadio Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán ground, which is hosting the final, holds around 40,000 fans - so another stadium has been opened in the city to allow people without tickets to watch the game on big screens.
Rangers fans in Seville told Sky News' sports correspondent Tom Parmenter earlier that there was a "carnival atmosphere" before what would be the "biggest game of our lives".
Some fans said the fact Rangers had returned from the third flight in Scottish football to make a major European final around a decade later "makes it that bit more special".
Rangers and Eintracht Frankfurt have met just once before when they played each other at the semi-final stage of the 1960 European Cup.
The Germans won, but were beaten by Real Madrid at Hampden Park in the final in front of 127,000 fans.
The only trophy previously won by Rangers in Europe was the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1972.
Rangers boss Giovanni van Bronckhorst, who replaced the Aston Villa-bound Steven Gerrard in November, has said his side were ready to make history.
The match kicked off at 8pm. Follow it live .