Dumb Rangers defeated ...

Sorry Gers crash to home defeat
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Steven Davis is distraught after missing a penalty
Scoring Summary
Rangers
Unirea Urziceni
Ricardo Gomes Vilana (og 2)
Marius Bilasco (32)
Steven Davis (pen miss 38)
Kyle Lafferty (og 49)

Lee McCulloch (og 59)

Pablo Brandán (65)
Match Stats
Rangers
Unirea Urziceni
Shots (on Goal)
15(1)
10(3)
Fouls
21
16
Corner Kicks
4
2
Offsides
1
0
Time of Possession
56%
44%
Yellow Cards
1
2
Red Cards
0
0
Saves
1
1
Match Information
Stadium: Ibrox Stadium, Scotland Attendance: Match Time: 19:45 UKOfficial(s): Eric Braamhaar (Referee)
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Teams
Rangers
Unirea Urziceni
1 Allan McGregor
74 Daniel Tudor
3 David Weir
24 Vasile Maftei
6 Lee McCulloch
22 Bruno
5 Sasa Papac
6 George Galamaz
16 Steven Whittaker
32 Iulian Apostol
4 pedro mendes
18 Ricardo Gomes Vilana
7 Steven Davis
19 Pablo Brandán
8 Kevin Thomson
16 Epaminonda Nicu
14 Steven Naismith
7 Marius Bilasco
11 Jerome Rothen
21 Tiberiu Balan
18 Kenny Miller
9 Dacian Varga
Substitutes
20 DaMarcus Beasley
Ersin Mehmedovic 4
27 Kyle Lafferty
António Semedo 17
10 Nacho Novo
Giedrius Arlauskis 1
26 Steven Smith
Valeriu Ionut Bordeanu 23
9 Kris Boyd
Razvan Paduretu 10
29 John Fleck
Marius Onofras 11
25 Neil Alexander
Sorin Frunza 30
Substitutions
Kyle Lafferty for pedro mendes (45)
Marius Onofras for Epaminonda Nicu (19)
Nacho Novo for Jerome Rothen (66)
Sorin Frunza for Tiberiu Balan (75)

Razvan Paduretu for Dacian Varga (89)
Yellow Cards
Steven Naismith (58)
Pablo Brandán (37)

Ricardo Gomes Vilana (61)
· Club Squads: Rangers Unirea Urziceni
Updated: October 21, 2009, 8:02 AM UKRangers' Champions League aspirations are in tatters after an embarrassing defeat to Unirea Urziceni at Ibrox.
• Petrescu: We've still got another level
A second 4-1 home European defeat in succession leaves Rangers bottom of Group G with one point from three games and facing the return game in Romania in a fortnight knowing only a victory will do. On the evidence of this match, few would countenance that prospect.
Pedro Mendes' second-minute drive, which took a deflection off Unirea midfielder Ricardo Vilana before going in, gave the home side the perfect start. However, in a bizarre night of football in Govan, the Light Blues proceeded to concede four goals, two of them own goals, while missing a penalty at 1-1.
After Marius loan Bilasco equalised just after the half-hour mark, Steven Davis had a spot-kick saved by Unirea keeper Daniel Tudor. Half-time substitute Kyle Lafferty, on for Mendes, helped a Bruno Fernandes flick past Allan McGregor and into his own net before Lee McCulloch left his McGregor stranded with a header just before the hour mark. More woe followed when Pablo Brandan made it four to send the home fans heading to the exits with 25 minutes remaining.
More than 1,000 members of the Armed Forces had been given free tickets to the game and it was a night they are unlikely to forget either. Although Ibrox was short of capacity, the atmosphere was cranked up after Mendes collected a Jerome Rothen corner at the edge of the box and drove towards goal, happy to see the ball take a significant deflection off Vilana before looping over Tudor.
However, instead of inspiring Rangers, the fortuitous goal was followed by a nervy period in which the visitors were allowed to play their way into the game. With Unirea pressing high up the park, the Light Blues struggled to escape the confines of their own half.
There was the occasional flurry in the visiting box but in the 32nd minute Unirea deservedly drew level with a fine goal by striker Bilasco. Midfielder Iulian Apostol split the Ibrox defence to send Brandan into the box and his cut-back from the left was easily slid in to the empty net by Bilasco.
Five minutes later Rangers had the chance to retain their lead when Fernandes was adjudged by referee Eric Braamhaar to have handled a David Weir header, following a looping Rothen free-kick into a packed penalty area. Davis struck the penalty to Tudor's right and watched in dismay as the goalkeeper dived to push the ball behind for a corner.
Lafferty replaced Mendes at the break but the Irishman's first real involvement was five minutes later when he helped the visitors take the lead. When Apostol's low cross was delivered into the box, Fernandes flicked the ball on and it took the slightest of touches off the luckless Northern Ireland international before it sped past McGregor and in off the post.
It was all going horribly wrong for Walter Smith's men and more trouble soon followed. The boos rang out around Ibrox in the 59th minute when McCulloch headed a Brandan free-kick past McGregor to make it 3-1, and many Rangers supporters simply upped and left in disgust when Brandan fired in a 30-yard drive after taking a short free-kick from Apostol.
The rest of the game was played in a mixture of frustration and stunned silence until the final whistle, when the home fans revealed their unhappiness in no uncertain terms. Rangers now have to somehow regroup, first of all for the SPL game against Hibernian on Saturday before they think of trying to salvage a European campaign which is unravelling game by game.
Petrescu: We've still got another level
Unirea manager Dan Petrescu, the former Chelsea player, suggested his team had not performed well for much of the match.
"After we scored the third the game was over - but before that, I thought we could have done better," Petrescu said. "We must be very happy now.
"We conceded an early goal and had to change the system. I thought if they scored a second it would be difficult to come back. Now we have to think about the next game, because it's going to be a different game in Romania.''
Petrescu was pleased with the victory but said: "It's going to be big if we qualify. If we don't win it's not that big.''
Rangers captain David Weir is hoping Walter Smith's team can make amends in their next European match after slumping to a 4-1 defeat against Unirea Urziceni.
"We're obviously very disappointed with the way it's gone tonight," Weir told Sky Sports. "We've got to try to win the next game - it's as simple as that. We've got to win the next game and see where that takes us.''
Weir admits he was "very disappointed'' with the outcome at Ibrox, which prompted much booing of the home side - while many supporters left long before the final whistle.
"It's their prerogative; if they want to leave and boo that's their decision,'' Weir said