kaunas: marian kello, nerijus radzius, adrian mrowiec, irmantas zelmikas, mindaugas baguzis (66. dk mindaugas grigalevicius), pascal mendy, nukri manchkhava, vytautas luksa (78. dk bojan mamic), linas pilibaitis, marius cinikas, rafael rodrigues ledesma (88. dk vygantas zubavicius).
teknik direktör: jose couceiro.
yedekler: esteban javier dreer, tomas miklinevicius, dainius kunevicius, arturas rimkevicius.
rangers: allan mcgregor, sasa papac, kirk broadfood, david weir, steven whittaker, charles adam (66. dk andrius velicka), christian dailly, nacho novo (88. dk kyle lefferty), lee mcculloch, kevin thompson, kenny miller (88. dk kris boyd).
teknik direktör: walter smith.
yedekler: neil alexander, brahim hemdani, andy webster, jean-claude darcheville.
sarı kartlar: 24. dk pascal mendy, 65. dk irmantas zelmikas; 15. dk lee mcculloch, 21. dk kevin thompson.
yardımcı hakemler: peter ekström (swe), erik bergsten (swe)
4. hakem: ake andreasson (swe)
kaunas: marián kello (gk), nukri manchkhava, rafael ledesma (dk. 88 vygantas zubavičius), marius Činikas, vytautas lukša (dk. 78 bojan mamić), mindaugas bagužis (dk. 66 mindaugas grigalevičius), linas pilibaitis, irmantas zelmikas, nerijus radžius (c), pascal mendy, adrian mrowiec
yedekler: esteban javier dreer(gk), tomas miklinevičius, dainius kunevičius, arturas rimkevičius
teknik direktör: josé couceiro (por)
rangers: christian dailly, lee mcculloch, david weir (c), allan mcgregor (gk), charlie adam (dk. 66 andrius velička), kevin thomson, steven whittaker, kirk broadfoot, nacho novo (dk. 88 kris boyd), saša papac, kenny miller (dk. 88 kyle lafferty)
yedekler: jean-claude darcheville, brahim hemdani, neil alexander (gk), andy webster
rangers suffer ko in kaunas published: wednesday 6 august 2008, 0.50cet fbk kaunas 2-1 rangers fc (agg: 2-1) linas pilibaitis's late goal gave kaunas a famous win and knocked out last season's uefa cup runners-up.
fbk kaunas have made the uefa champions league third qualifying round for the first time after a late linas pilibaitis goal gave them a famous 2-1 win over last season's uefa cup finalists, rangers fc.
famous victory after a goalless first leg in glasgow, the lithuanian champions had given themselves a good chance of progression, and although kevin thomson's first-half strike gave rangers the lead, nerijus radzius equalised just before the break and pilibaitis headed in a corner three minutes from time to seal the victory.
early attempts in sodden conditions at the s. darius & s. girenas stadium, both sides had early opportunities but it was the scottish runners-up who took the lead after 33 minutes. thomson took nacho novo's astute pass in his stride before placing through marian kello's legs. the home side responded two minutes before half-time, captain radzius hammering in a 25-metre free-kick that beat mcgregor for pace.
late winner kaunas upped the tempo after the break and marius cinikas hit the bar after making space for himself on the edge of the area. several promising situations were then wasted by the hosts and it looked like they would pay when former striker andrius velička was presented with a superb chance for rangers but he blazed over. then, with time ticking away, a rafael rodrigues ledesma corner was met by pilibaitis whose downward header squeezed over the goalline to earn a tie against fk modriča or aalborg bk.
