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Rangers on course for Champions League clash with Kaunas



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RANGERS are on course for a clash with Vladimir Romanov-backed FBK Kaunas in the second round of the qualifying for the Champions League.
The Lithuanian club are closely associated with Hearts as their main sponsor is UKIO Bankas, a bank which Romanov is principal shareholder.

Kaunas were handed a favourable draw in the first qualifying round, after being paired with Andorran side Santa Coloma. If, as expected, the Lithuanian side triumph, they will then go on to face Rangers in a two-legged second-round tie, the matches to be played on July 29/30 and August 5/6.

The Ibrox side reached the final of the UEFA Cup last season, coining in around £12million in the process, only to lose out at the final hurdle to Russian side Zenit St Petersburg.

The two sides last met in European competition in a Champions League qualifier back in July 2000 and Rangers progressed after a 4-1 victory at Ibrox.

Rangers' new signing, former Hearts striker Andrius Velicka, was on the bench that day and his old Tynecastle team-mates Audrius Ksanavicius and Nerijus Barasa both started for the Lithuanians. However, Barasa, who has since left Tynecastle, was ordered off after 64 minutes of the match.





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1

CHUCKY,

01/07/2008 13:47:58
First leg at Tynecastle???
2

Royalty,

Zandvoort 01/07/2008 14:03:04
Do FBK Kaunas have a manager?



3

LaurieD,

Angus 01/07/2008 16:13:46
Ziggy is the FBK manager, for now anyway! God knows I hope he isn't on his way to Tynecastle...

I suppose the one thing about the tie if Rangers do play Kaunas is we should get a good look at the future Hearts squad
4

Keyboard supporter,

01/07/2008 19:25:15
Could have been worse i suppose.
5

chazbud,

01/07/2008 21:16:46
its the 3rd round we have to worry about, there are some good teams in there, kaunas shouldnt be a problem despite what the club say, (its gony be hard bla bla bla, no team in europe is easy bla bla bla etc etc), if we are being realistic we should hump them and hope for a good draw in 3rd round.velicka to score in lithuania.lol.

#4 are there better teams than kaunas we could have got? a seen bohemians i think, tns, teams from armenia, khazakstan, not sure if there are.

cant believe walter has said mcculloch is not for sale, is he mental?
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01/07/2008 22:17:14
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