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26-11-2009Lehmann - Gers can't cut it

Stuttgart goalkeeper Jens Lehmann does not believe Rangers are good enough to play in the UEFA Champions League.

The Bundesliga side knocked the Gers out of Europe on Tuesday after a comfortable 2-0 win at Ibrox.

The defeat means that Walter Smith's side will finish bottom of Group G and miss out on the consolation of a Europa League place despite having one game remaining.

Rangers have endured a sorry Champions League campaign this term, especially at home where they have lost all three games, conceding 10 and scoring just twice.

The defeat on Tuesday was made worse by the fact that Stuttgart are currently in the bottom three in Germany and headed into the game having failed to win in 10 games.

"Rangers don't have the quality of a Champions League member any more,"

Lehmann told the Daily Record.
Awestruck

"That became obvious in those past 90 minutes. I can recall times when opponents were awestruck and scared to play here but those days are gone and Rangers are not the fierce opponents they used to be.

"We could have won by an even wider margin. In fact Rangers only had one real scoring opportunity in the whole 90 minutes."

Stuttgart midfielder Alexander Hleb echoed the sentiments of his team-mate and was surprised at how easily the victory was earned.

"Rangers allowed us to play our own game and we were very surprised. It was not a difficult game," he said.

"Normally they don't give you time to think, especially at home but not this time. Rangers were really aggressive against us in the second-half over in Stuttgart and we were surprised we didn't get the same again."

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