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Listen to Sportsound Cerny's deflected strike opens scoring, Diomande lifts in second and Igamane seizes on slack pass to add third Igamane rolls in fourth early in second half before Bouanani pulls one back with splendid free kick Nice awarded early penalty but decision overturned Rangers have 10 points from opening five fixtures; Nice on two Nick Mc Pheat Nice 1-4 Rangers Two minutes added. Rangers and Phillipe Clement are closing in on a dream result. Nice 1-4 Rangers Cyriel Dessers, that's an absolute sitter from the Rangers striker. He does everything right until the finish, making a yard of space and taking a cross on the chest. But he smashes the ball wide from yards out. Looked harder to miss! Nice 1-4 Rangers Steven Thompson Former Rangers striker on BBC Sportsound It was set up nicely for a left footer. It was a quality strike up and over the wall. No chance for Jack Butland. Surely no chance of a comeback though - but disappointing for Rangers to lose the goal because Nice have not looked like scoring. Badredine Bouanani From the resulting free-kick, Badredine Bouanani curls a stunning free-kick over the wall and into the top-right corner. Lovely goal but surely just a consolation. Nice 0-4 Rangers Within minutes of coming on, Bailey Rice is into the book for committing a foul right on the edge of the Rangers box. Welcome, young man. Nice 0-4 Rangers Steven Thompson Former Rangers striker on BBC Sportsound The game is completely and utterly run so it's good to see a young man with a lot of potential given some game time. A great moment for Bailey Rice. Nice 0-4 Rangers Young Bailey Rice is on for the final 10 minutes or so. The 18-year-old midfielder replaces Nedim Bajrami. Nice 0-4 Rangers Any extra goals could prove significant for Rangers. Goal difference might play a big part on matchday eight. Nice 0-4 Rangers And that should be five! Ridvan Yilmaz has to score at the back post but the ball seems to hit his thigh as he attempts a header. He can't be used to that sort of situation, to be fair to him. Nice 0-4 Rangers Steven Thompson Former Rangers striker on BBC Sportsound There's another goal in this for Rangers if they want it. Nice are poor defensively - calling it a horror show is putting it mildly - and are committing so many players forward. There are gaps. Nice 0-4 Rangers Steven Thompson Former Rangers striker on BBC Sportsound Yilmaz does really well - he picks the ball up and drives at the Nice defence. It's so wide open but eventually they crowd him a bit and his toe poke is saved by the keeper. Nice 0-4 Rangers The resulting corner from James Tavernier is headed off target by Cyriel Dessers at the near post. Nice 0-4 Rangers The pitch just opens up for Ridvan Yilmaz to burst through but his finish is saved. The Rangers substitute then shapes one to the far post, which is also thwarted by the keeper. Nice 0-4 Rangers No hat-trick for Hamza Igamane. The impressive 22-year-old is off for Cyriel Dessers. Ridvan Yilmaz is also on. He's going to play left midfield as Mohamed Diomande makes way. Nice 0-4 Rangers Rangers enjoy a decent spell of possession and Jefte attempts one from a tough angle. Easy for the goalie. Nice 0-4 Rangers Aye, Hamza Igamane is alright. He's just taken an excellent first touch to pick a ball out of the sky. Nice 0-4 Rangers Thankfully for Rangers and Hamza Igamane, he's back up and he's back on. Nice 0-4 Rangers Oh no. How's your luck? Hamza Igamane has rolled his ankle and he is down. Nice 0-4 Rangers A bit lucky there, John Souttar. A wee short pass back to Jack Butland almost goes horribly wrong. Nice 0-4 Rangers And Philippe Clement looks to his bench with 60 on the clock. Ross Mc Causland and captain James Tavernier are on for Vaclav Cerny and Dujon Sterling. Fresh legs on the right. Ruthless Rangers delivered a performance that manager Philippe Clement called "close to perfection" and heightened their hopes of Europa League progression with a stunning win in Nice. Despite a strong start from the Ligue 1 outfit, the Scottish Premiership side rushed into an unimaginable three-goal lead at half-time to set them on their way to another impressive result on their European travels. Vaclav Cerny, so often Rangers' saviour this season, watched his deflected strike wrong-foot goalkeeper Marcin Bulka, before Mohamed Diomande audaciously flicked in a second within three minutes The Ivory Coast international capitalised on some horrendous defending by the much-changed hosts, and another comical error from Nice gifted Rangers a third before the break. Hamza Igamane, who inexplicably squandered a chance earlier, pounced on a dreadful blind back-pass to spark bedlam in the away end. Has Igamane announced himself as Rangers' main man? Keep up to date with Rangers news, views and analysis Unbelievably, Rangers could have been two goals down inside seven minutes, but that soon felt a distant memory in an otherwise memorable match. Teenager Badredine Bouanani's bending shot just skimmed over, while referee Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea awarded Nice a penalty before being called over to review three separate incidents in one visit to the monitor before reversing his call. In truth, it was a night where everything went right for Rangers. The disastrous defending carried on into the second half as Igamane intercepted a poor pass from Issiaga Camara before nutmegging the defender and rolling in a fantastic fourth. On an otherwise chastening night for the hosts, Bouanani curled in a classy free-kick late on as some sort of consolation. Nice sit fifth in Ligue 1 - a place above Lyon who outclassed Rangers at Ibrox last month - but were blown away by a visiting side who have edged into the automatic progression places. "It was close [to perfect], " Clement said. "If we would have scored more goals then it was really close to perfection. "We still had really good chances we didn't finish but I saw a really impressive performance. " The big news pre-match was Igamane starting a European game for the first time. When the 22-year-old stuttered taking his first shot, there were shadows of Cyriel Dessers frustrating play - which the substitute exhibited again late in his own cameo. However, that moment of hesitance was the only one from Igamane, who quickly announced himself as a potential new leader of the line for Rangers. He's far from the finished article, but there was so much to like from his rawness to his ruthlessness. The Moroccan was merciless in his finishing but his role in Cerny's goal particularly was impressive and important. He was not the only one, though, who impressed in this superb show. Once the deserved celebrations are over, some will surely scratch their head again at the wild difference in performance and result from domestic duties. The set-up is different, of course. In Nice, there was no need to break through a low-block or 11-man defence but, even still, Rangers dealt with the challenge with aplomb. The French side were much-changed but even still, they were so far off it. In teenager Bouanani they had a real bright light, but elsewhere, they were not up to scratch of the second tier of European football. Schoolboy defending must have left the few home fans in the stands shaking their heads, as will their position in the Europa League. They're 34th out of 35 teams. Yet sit fifth in Ligue 1, one of the big-boy leagues. They've failed to win in their last nine games in the Europa League, conceded three goals in the first half of a major European match for the first time in 64 years and for the first time ever at home. A sobering occasion. Rangers manager Philippe Clement: "I want to create a mentality, a culture, in the dressing room of always going for the three points. "Whether it's Dumbarton or Manchester United, there shouldn't be a difference in the way we approach the game mentally. "We're working hard in the dressing room to create the culture that the new players understand what Rangers is about. That is one of my big tasks. " Rangers scored four or more goals in an away European game (exc qualifiers) for just the eighth time. This was the first time they’ve done so since a 4-2 win at Borussia Dortmund in February 2022. Hamza Igamane became the youngest Rangers player (22 years, 26 days) to score two goals in an away European game (exc qualifiers) since Davie Mc Pherson scored four against Valletta in Malta in September 1983, aged 19. This was the first time Rangers had scored three goals in the first half of a European match (exc qualifiers) since November 2018 against Spartak Moscow in the Europa League. Nice conceded three goals in the first half of a European match for the first time in 64 years, since doing so against Real Madrid in a European Cup match in March 1960. Vaclav Cerny has been involved in five goals in his last three Europa League appearances (three goals, two assists). In all competitions, Cerny has seven goals and three assists in his last nine appearances. Last Updated 28th November 2024 at 22: 15 Please Note: All times UK. Tables are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made. Manager: Franck Haise Formation: 3 - 4 - 1 - 2 Manager: Philippe Clement Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Manager: Franck Haise Formation: 3 - 4 - 1 - 2 Manager: Philippe Clement Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 UEFA Europa League All competitions All competitions All competitions This will be Nice and Rangers’ first meeting since the 1956-57 European Cup first round – Nice won a deciding match 3-1 after both sides had won their respective home leg 2-1. Rangers are unbeaten in their last five away games against French opposition in all competitions (W2 D3), most recently a 1-1 draw at Lyon in December 2021. Nice came from 2-0 down to draw 2-2 with FC Twente on MD4 of this season’s UEFA Europa League – the French side have spent 70% of their games trailing, with only Dynamo Kyiv behind for longer (72%). Rangers are unbeaten in their last five away UEFA Europa League matches (W2 D3), having lost their previous four in a row beforehand. Although he only has one goal and no assists in the UEFA Europa League this season, Rangers’ Nedim Bajrami is one of only four players to have 10+ shots (10) and create 10+ chances (11) in 2024-25, along with Dries Mertens, Omar Marmoush and Yunus Akgün. © 2024 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.