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Champions League round-up: Rangers lose again, Atletico Madrid knocked out of Europe

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Rangers 1-3 AjaxRangers were left with an unwanted Champions League group stage record following their 3-1 defeat by Ajax at Ibrox.On another damaging European night, Steven Berghuis put the Dutch visitors head in the fourth minute before Mohammed Kudus added a second in the 29th minute with the home side, admittedly stricken by injury and suspension, again looking well short at the elite level.Gers skipper James Tavernier scored a late penalty but substitute Francisco Conceicao soon restored the visitors' two-goal lead.It meant that – after six Group A defeats out of six – the Govan side have a goal difference of -20, the worst ever performance in a group stage, beating Dinamo Zagreb who lost all six games and finished on -19 in 2011-12.Victoria Plzen 2-4 FC BarcelonaVictoria Plzen also suffered six straight losses in this campaign but were left with -19 goals, thus it was an embarrassing end to the first Champions League campaign in 12 years – and the Govan club and the fans will be glad the punishment has ended.In the Czech Republic, Ferran Torres scored in each half as Barcelona eased past aforementioned Victoria Plzen 4-2 in the Champions League, but both sides were already eliminated from the competition.Barcelona remained in third place in Group C behind Bayern Munich and Inter Milan and will drop into the Europa League.

Viktoria Plzen ended their European campaign without a point.Barcelona, struck six minutes into the match when defender Marcos Alonso poked the ball over the line after it squirmed past the Plzen goalkeeper.The visitors doubled the lead just before the break when Jordi Alba deftly nodded the ball to the feet of an unmarked Torres who calmly slotted the ball into the net for a goal initially ruled

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