{"id":283129,"date":"2025-07-22T18:00:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T18:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/283129\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T18:00:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T18:00:10","slug":"team-news-russell-martin-names-his-side-for-panathinaikos-at-ibrox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/283129\/","title":{"rendered":"Team News: Russell Martin Names His Side For Panathinaikos At Ibrox"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>RUSSELL Martin has named his Rangers team for this evening\u2019s UEFA Champions League second qualifying round match against Panathinaikos. <\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the first competitive game of the season and Martin\u2019s first in charge, as Gers host the Greek Super League side at Ibrox. <\/p>\n<p>There are three competitive debuts tonight with Nasser Djiga, Max Aarons and Joe Rothwell all starting the game, while 18-year-old Findlay Curtis is handed his first European start. <\/p>\n<p>That means Rangers line-up with Jack Butland in goal behind a back four of James Tavernier, Nasser Djiga, John Souttar and Max Aarons. <\/p>\n<p>Joe Rothwell joins a familiar midfield pairing of Nico Raskin and Mohamed Diomande, while Kieran Dowell and Findlay Curtis will provide the support for striker Danilo.<\/p>\n<p>On the bench this evening are Liam Kelly, Oscar Cortes, Connor Barron, Cyriel Dessers, Nedim Bajrami, Lyall Cameron, Jefte, Gassama, Igamane, Fernandez, Rice and Gentles. <\/p>\n<p>Watch all the action live on RangersTV for just \u00a39.99, get your match pass<a href=\"https:\/\/rangerspayments.streamamg.com\/account\/register\/step1\" title=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>RANGERS: Butland, Tavernier, Djiga, Souttar, Aarons, Rothwell, Raskin, Diomande, Dowell, Curtis, Danilo.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subs: Kelly, Cortes, Barron, Dessers, Bajrami, Cameron, Jefte, Gassama, Igamane, Fernandez, Rice, Gentles.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rangers.co.uk\/gallery\/another-packed-match-programme-for-tuesdays-panathinaikos-match\/46zMfOxzjniBuGQ0ihtVZ3\" title=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>PROGRAMME<\/strong><\/a><strong>: We have another packed match programme for the Panathinaikos match. Find out more <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rangers.co.uk\/gallery\/another-packed-match-programme-for-tuesdays-panathinaikos-match\/46zMfOxzjniBuGQ0ihtVZ3\" title=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rangers.co.uk\/article\/panathinaikos-match-available-to-watch-worldwide-on-rangerstv\/6goTBwmNvk4e9VHokRLPiY\" title=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>WATCH LIVE<\/strong><\/a><strong>: You can watch the Gers Panathinaikos live on RangersTV wherever you are in the world <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rangers.co.uk\/article\/panathinaikos-match-available-to-watch-worldwide-on-rangerstv\/6goTBwmNvk4e9VHokRLPiY\" title=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rangers.co.uk\/all-you-need-to-know-matchday-at-ibrox-stadium\/7KVZzpmDHI7zWv9Si1xskE\" title=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>SUPPORTER INFO<\/strong><\/a><strong>: If you are coming to the game make sure and read our important supporter information <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rangers.co.uk\/all-you-need-to-know-matchday-at-ibrox-stadium\/7KVZzpmDHI7zWv9Si1xskE\" title=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong>2025-26 AWAY KIT:<\/strong> Follow Forever. Shop the 2025-26 Umbro x Rangers Away Kit in-store or online<strong> <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.rangers.co.uk\/collections\/25-26-away-kit\" title=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>GET YOUR 2025-26 MYGERS MEMBERSHIP:<\/strong> Enjoy exclusive experiences, discounts and events with a MyGers membership <a href=\"https:\/\/tickets.rangers.co.uk\/en-GB\/categories\/mygers\" title=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>RANGERSTV:<\/strong> Get closer to your club with RangersTV subscription <a href=\"https:\/\/rangerspayments.streamamg.com\/account\/register\/step1\" title=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"RUSSELL Martin has named his Rangers team for this evening\u2019s UEFA Champions League second qualifying round match against&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":283130,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[13,12,14],"class_list":{"0":"post-283129","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-stories"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114898195098734504","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=283129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283129\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/283130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=283129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=283129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=283129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}