Frankfurt beat Rangers in the Europa League final
Key takeaways:
- Kevin Trapp saves Aaron Ramsey's penalty - it would be the only spot-kick missed in the shootout.
- Rangers suffered a severe penalty shootout loss in their fifth European final as Eintracht Frankfurt won in an absorbing Europa League decider.
Rafael Borre hit the decisive spot-kick after Aaron Ramsey was restricted just moments before in front of a colossal Rangers help in the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan Stadium.
Those fans had been thrilled when the Scots took the lead through Joe Aribo's ice-cool second-half finish in the humid cauldron in Seville.
However, Borre demolished wild scenes in a jam-packed Eintracht end 12 minutes after as he ran in a soft equalizer to send this energy-sapping game to extra time and penalties.
And Rangers' players collapsed as the 11th-placed team in the Bundesliga won in the shootout, completing five composed penalties to declare their second European trophy and a spot in next season's Champions League group stages.
Under a moist Spanish sky, this one seemed written in the stars for Rangers.
Their only last victory in Spain came in the 1972 European Cup Winners' Cup final when the Barca Bears stormed beyond Dynamo Moscow for their first European title.