World media reacts to Rangers plunging Benfica into the 's***' as vertical Clement causes vertigo to teetering giants

It was bonkers but, in many ways, predictable – big time continental displays are now the calling card of the Light Blues.

Rangers were warned of Benfica's 27-game unbeaten streak in the Europa League but that appeared a realistic goal rather than an insurmountable challenge for the Ibrox side who love this competition. And so it proved as Tom Lawrence and Dujon Sterling's strikes were cancelled out by a controversial Angel Di Maria penalty for handball on John Souttar plus a comedy own goal from Connor Goldson.

Benfica stalwart Nicolas Otamendi admitted his side are mired in a "s***** situation' but Roger Schmidt and his players will be bringing a plunger to Ibrox next week. But there's a palpable sense Rangers' standing among their peers is mighty as they continue to land game-changing results. Here's how the world's media viewed it.

"Benfica's 25 shots compared to Rangers' nine gives an image of the Reds' superiority which, when you look closely, is relative, because what matters in this statistic is how many were on target. And, in that aspect, there was also a draw: 5-5. In other words, even without having more attacking flow, Rangers' vertical football caused problems for Trubin and the wall that protected the Ukrainian. These are alerts for the second leg, where, normally, Rangers find a precious ally in their fans to create a hostile atmosphere for their opponents.

"Another curious fact: in both yesterday's draw and the 3-3, on November 5, 2020, Connor Goldson scored in his own goal. It was he who made it 2-2 for Benfica with a free kick taken by Di María. A faulty cut that, in the right goal, would be a beautiful goal. This wasn't exactly the answer that the more than 48 thousand souls (well, let's subtract the