Rangers learn Champions League opponents as Genk and Servette serve up penalty drama
SERVETTE won the right to face Rangers in next week's Champions League qualifier at Ibrox after extra time and penalties in Belgium.
The Swiss side won 4-1 on spotkicks against wasteful Genk to book a trip to Glasgow next week.
The Belgians twice threw away the lead against Servette's ten men after striker Enzo Crivelli was sent off just five minutes into the decider, for a shocking challenge on Bryan Heynen.
He'll be out of next week's clash at Ibrox with fears the Belgian captain has broken his ankle.
Crivelli was initially booked but on second look thanks to VAR he was sent off and will miss the next round.
But Genk couldn't make it count in the end.
The man advantage did tell on the scoreline early on as Mike Tresor swept in a penalty to give Genk the lead - but like last week in geneva the Swiss side levelled.
A deflected free-kick from Timothe Cognat caught frontman Toluwalase Arokodare to deceive Maarten Vandervoordt in the goal as the tie went all square.
Tensions were high with a Gers date on the horizon but Servette's delaying tactics looked to have backfired when Arokodare redeemed himself and bundled in the game's third.
But even that was cancelled out.
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Servette were replaced keeper Jeremy Frick on the hour-mark and while Joel Mall kept a clean sheet for the remaining half-hour his team-mates did the necessary at the other end to force extra-time as Genk threw their lead away for the third time across the two-legged tie.
Alexis Antunes got in behind and Chris Bedia tapped in from close range on 63 minutes for the leveller that eventually sent the game to penalties.
The home side threw everything at the sub keeper but couldn't finish the job as Mall denied Arokadare's header with a fine save and Yves Severin hacked Anouar El Hadj's effort off the line.
Servette were spot on with four from four while misses from Patrik Hrosovsky and Arokodare made the wasteful Belgians pay.
It now places the Swiss on a collision course with Michael Beale's side just four days after they kick off the cinch Premiership campaign away at Kilmarnock.
Servette have never played in the group stages of the competition and are now four games away from a debut.
The Gers of course returned to the sections last season, but in group of death with Ajax, Liverpool and Napoli found the going tough - ended with no points and just two goals scored.
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