Footbal has prevailed. A swift, skilled Zenit St Petersberg team outplayed possibly the most negative footballing team to ever appear in a European final. Salvation to football! The football purists nightmare have been halted. Rangers could not defend their way to a European trophy!

Missed the game and most of the UEFA Cup but I heard that Zenit wholeheartedly deserved it.

I despise both Celtic and Rangers, so I'm glad that the Gers lost.

Called tactics.

Rangers can play football. You just dont see it enough down south

In Calcio most of the teams defend and they are far better than Rangers :O. Good thing they lost though, now the Russians can brag about something.

While obviously disappointed rangers lost due to the scottish factor im happy that a footballing team won. You can call it tactics as much as you like but its crap wo watch and thats the only was they ever play, dull, boring route one football.

Obviously they are not if they didnt get to the uefa cup final?

always a pleasure to see the well behaved scottish fans showing the english up in how to behave....

Try not to categorise the entire nation on the behaviour of those low-lifes. They are the scum of the earth yet they are proud of it

merely following the trend of using the actions of a few against an entire nation.

Dont steep that low mod man

Anyway rangers fans = english. Fact. More english fans would of been there "supporting" rangers than scottish

im no longer a mod my resignation was accepted

thats nonsense and you know it! fact!!!? and your evidence of this 'fact' is where? just face it that jocks are just as bad as the english

Good to see. Rangers were atrocious. Worst set of players I've ever seen in in a Euro final or even latter stages. Some of their players couldn't even control or pass a ball correctly.

Arshavin looks a good player.

thats scottish football for you mate

I don't even know if they'd stay up in the Premiership. Can't park the team bus in front of the net ever match. No wonder Larrsson took this [beep!] in that league.

Rangers are [beep!], they dont rely on passing to score goals, they just seem to get them, mostly unfairly might i add. But you know as well as i do that if Rangers and Celtic played in the EPL they would quickly split the top4, they already have an emmense support around the world and with the cash the EPL could offer them they would be signing the best players in the world. The appeal of playing for celtic or rangers is massive, its just they cant afford the best players or these best players dont want to play in the SPL, and dont take that as me saying the SPL is [beep!] btw Steely. Before you harp on with the same old dimissive twaddle about the SPL you should maybe watch some games rather than just Celtic vs Rangers every now and again.

Priceless....

Yeah obviously were they to play there they'd get more money and attract better players etc.. the same could be said of any place in the world with a big city. In terms of the squad right now though they would get destroyed week in week out with those players. Celtic look a better team as they have a few players who know how to play football like Nakamura and McGeady. Cuellar looks a solid centre half but not one of Ranger's players looked comfortable with the ball at his feet, the coaching must be terrible at youth level.

Well they somehow got to a uefa cup final. So talking rubbish here surely?
What do you know about rangers youth academy? Please speak of this if your going to have a go at it.

Rangers youth academy is very good indeed. Even have had tv program about how good it is

http://www.rangers.premiumtv.co.uk/page/SupportersClubs/0,,5,00.html

A count of how many rangers fan bases are in england

well done zenith