Robin Propper believes Rangers are on the right track after a challenging period, having secured a 2-0 win over Malmo in Sweden in their Europa League opener. Ross McCausland ensured victory with a late second to add to Nedim Bajrami’s first-minute opener to seal a dominant performance that ensured a third successive win and clean sheet.

Tottenham marked its return to European competition after one-year absence by overcoming an early red card to beat Qarabag 3-0 in the revamped Europa League.

ISTANBUL — Fenerbahce opened the revamped Europa League with a 2-1 home win over Belgian club Union Saint-Gilloise with both teams finishing the game with 10 men on Thursday.

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Ange Postecoglou took charge of his first European match as Tottenham Hotspur coach this morning. Tottenham will be hoping to do well in the competition, being one of the stronger sides, and will target it as a realistic possibility to end their long trophy drought.

Kick-off was delayed by 35 minutes in north London due to “severe travel disruption”, and it was a disastrous opening for Spurs when the match finally did get underway. Radu Dragusin was shown a straight red card in the early stages for losing the ball and then bringing down Juninho as the last man,