Boab 73 Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 Winning Start David Melvin reporting from Muenster CHARLIE Adam's 35th minute penalty was enough to get Walter Smith's side off to a winning start on their pre season tour of Germany. The midfielder coolly slotted home after Jean Claude Darcheville was felled in the box after a great ball from summer signing Kenny Miller. But Adam was then forced off late in the game with an ankle problem as Gers lost two more midfielders to injury. American winger DaMarcus Beasley also departed in the late stages after complaining of a tight hamstring. However Miller's performance on the first start of his second spell with Rangers will have been a welcome boost to manager Walter Smith who paired the new boy up front with Darcheville. Miller was a lively presence throughout a disjointed first half that displayed all the signs of a Rangers team taking the first steps on the road to a new season. His persistence earned the first corner of the match in the 10th minute and Charlie Adam's delivery found Christian Dailly's head. The big defender knocked it down to his centre back partner Davie Weir but he couldn't get the ball out from his feet to register a shot on target. Preussen were enjoying the majority of possession with Massih Wassey, Julian Loose and Marius Sowislo in particular causing the Gers back line some problems. Loose's break down the right after 16 minutes almost produced an opener when he picked out midfielder David Lauretta, but Neil Alexander was equal to his effort. Alexander was beaten a few minutes later and was grateful to Dailly for clearing off the line from Sowislo's effort. With Preussen dominating the midfield, Kevin Thomson picked up the first booking of the match when he was penalised for a late challenge in the middle of the park. However Referee Cetin Sevinc kept his cards in his pocket after 35 minutes when Darcheville earned the penalty that put Rangers in front. Miller had dropped deep to collect the ball and when Lee McCulloch broke beyond him for the first time in the match he had options ahead of him. He opted to loft a ball over Darcheville's head and the French forward knocked it past keeper David Buchholz before being pulled down by the German stopper. Adam immediately claimed the ball and calmly rolled it past Buchholz into the bottom right corner of the net. Thomson came dangerously close to collecting a second yellow shortly before half time and it came as no surprise when Walter Smith opted to make him his first change of the match, during the interval. Nacho Novo took Thomson's place and the introduction of the Spaniard saw Rangers spend more time on the front foot in the second period. Miller saw the benefit of that as he was on the end of two good chances in the opening quarter of an hour of the second half. Just five minutes after the break he found himself clear in the box on the left hand side but his firm strike rebounded off the post and cleared. And ten minutes later he was again the beneficiary of some neat work between Novo and Darcheville, but this time Buchholz made it to the ball first and plucked it from the striker's toes. Novo continued to look dangerous on the right and he had the ball in the net midway through the half only to be ruled offside. His combination with Miller will be a bright spot for manager Smith, who will no doubt be concerned by a growing injury list among his squad. Rangers: Alexander; Whittaker, Dailly, Weir, Papac; McCulloch, Thomson (Novo 46), Adam (Fleck), Beasley (Furman 73); Darcheville, Miller. Subs: Robinson, Boyd, Broadfoot, Cousin, Webster. Muenster: Buchholz; Ornatelli, Capretti, Ozkara, Wissing; Loose, Wassey, Lauretta, Talarek; Kara, Sowislo. http://www.rangers.premiumtv.co.uk/page/Ne...1343351,00.html Wouldn't normally post RFC or any match reports, as Bazza and sometimes Doc does them and neither have them seen the game, but some people might not want to read the full match thread so thought I might. It also remains to be seen if we'll get to see footage. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wienblue 26 Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 Appreciated. Thanks Boab. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMWWBK 0 Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 I expect the official site to largely exaggerate Miller's performance at every opportunity. He did have a good game today though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schotte 0 Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 Where did he have a good game?????? Not in Münster anyway Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMWWBK 0 Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 Where did he have a good game?????? Not in Münster anyway By the sound of things, he had alot of good touches and created alot of opporunities. Granted, he was caught offside alot. God, i sound like Cully! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schotte 0 Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 He never held a ball all game, he stood still and waited for the ball to come to him , where the big CB just took a step forward to get the ball.The ONLY thing he done was hit the woodwork WHERE he should have scored Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMWWBK 0 Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 He never held a ball all game, he stood still and waited for the ball to come to him , where the big CB just took a step forward to get the ball.The ONLY thing he done was hit the woodwork WHERE he should have scored I see your location is Germany, were you at the game? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schotte 0 Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 YIp i live in Hamm about 20 mins south of Münster Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMWWBK 0 Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 YIp i live in Hamm about 20 mins south of Münster Any chance of a wee report them mate? Going by radio reports we seemed to look solid enough and should have been 3 or 4 up. Stand outs etc? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingOfTheWing 0 Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 Miller will be bigged up by the RFC website/Rangers news and everywhere else so people accept him. Thats why they keep mentioning him, keep giving him interviews and had him on the front page of the Rangers news. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schotte 0 Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 The first half was not the best of football, where Darchi wanted the penalty.Thompson was lucky to be on the park. Münster had a good game.The number 20 (dont know his name) was there best player.On the right hand side was only whittiker, NO ONE Else. The second half was better wee novo ran his heart out as always.But Münster where playing some good football. Dailly, Weir and papac had everthing covered. The shit hit the post where he should have scored and when Foreman came on he played not bad Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingPig 0 Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 Nice to hear Furman got on and made an impression. What about Fleck? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schotte 0 Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 he was trying but for me to much and made a couple of errors but hes young and i believe one for the future Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighlandBear 1 Posted July 14, 2008 Share Posted July 14, 2008 overed. The shit hit the post where he should have scored Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
outlaw69uk 123 Posted July 14, 2008 Share Posted July 14, 2008 So, between the official review, and, Schottes review, sounds like we have the exaggerated view at each end of the spectrum, so, in reality and using logic (sorry Danny), it was an ok game, and km did ok. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShaneRalfRoss 301 Posted July 14, 2008 Share Posted July 14, 2008 Who was captain last night? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ibroxwonder 0 Posted July 14, 2008 Share Posted July 14, 2008 Who was captain last night?Davie Weir Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts