"Jack Butland was twice called into action to deny Ricardo Horta early on, getting fingertips to his first, low attempt, before rushing off his line to smother the second moments later. Rangers rode out the early pressure and got their breakthrough after Fran Navarro was penalised for a handball at the end of the first half. Tavernier caught Lukas Hornicek out with a stuttering run-up to pick out the bottom-right corner."
"However, it was Braga who had the final say as an unmarked Martinez latched onto Nasser Djiga's poor attempted clearance and fired into the bottom-left corner 69 minutes in. Butland then denied Amine El Ouazzani and Victor Gomez in the 90th and 91st minutes to secure a first point of the European campaign for Rangers, who also saw Mohamed Diomande sent off for a second bookable offence in the 95th minute."
Rangers drew 1-1 with Braga at Ibrox after James Tavernier converted a late first-half penalty and Gabri Martinez equalised in the 69th minute. Jack Butland made several crucial saves, denying Ricardo Horta early and stopping late efforts from Amine El Ouazzani and Victor Gomez. Rodrigo Zalazar received a straight red for head contact with Nicolas Raskin, leaving Braga with 10 men before Martinez's goal, and Mohamed Diomande was sent off in stoppage time for a second bookable offence. Rangers had 12 attempts and 1.63 xG, while Braga finished with 1.7 xG and showed more threat.
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