At 03:00 Beijing time on May 6, the second leg of the Europa League semi-finals, Tavernier, Kamara and Lundstram scored one goal each, and the Wanderers defeated RB Leipzig 3-1 at home to advance to the final with a total score of 3-2, against another Bundesliga team Frankfurt.
After Gerrard left for Villa to coach, rangers hired former Super League coach Van Bronckhorst to coach. Now, Van Bronckhorst is leading the Rangers to the first Europa League title in team history.
In the first meeting of the partners against RB Leipzig, the Rangers lost 0-1. Returning home in the second leg to face RB Leipzig, Tavernier and Camara scored two goals in six minutes in the first half, and the Rangers instantly turned the aggregate score back 2-1. Nkunku equalised 2-2 on aggregate for Leipzig, with Rendestram scoring the winning goal in the 80th minute before the Rangers eliminated Leipzig 3-2 on aggregate to advance to the final.
This is the fifth time in rangers history that they have reached a European final, and they have played european finals more times than all other Scottish teams combined. The previous 5 European finals, rangers 1 crown 4 runners, the only champion is the European Cup Winners' Cup.
Rangers have reached the Europa League final for the second time in 14 years and are the only Scottish team in 14 years to reach a European final. The last time they reached the Europa League final was in 2007/08, but they lost 2-0 to Zenit in the final that season. This is the second time in their history that they have reached the Final of the Europa League and will impact the first Europa League title in the history of the team.