5 talking points as the Rangers Seville dream comes crashing down with agonising shootout defeat to Eintracht Frankfurt

How ruthlessly dreams can turn to nightmares.

A run to the Europa League Final that so often felt steeped in fairytale came to the cruelest of ends for Rangers in Seville.

Again they were forced to go beyond 90 minutes, but this time all that awaited at the end of the long road was the heartbreak of penalties as Eintracht Frankfurt prevailed on a night of unbearable tension at the Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan.

Joe Aribo had Giovanni van Bronckhorst's side ahead before Rafael Santos Borre levelled as the Final came to life in the second half.

But with neither side able to conjure up a winner in extra-time, it went all the way to spot-kicks and the agony fell on Aaron Ramsey, the marquee January signing who promised so much when he arrived from Juventus.

In a horrible twist of fate for the Welshman, his Ibrox legacy will now become this moment.

And with it ended Rangers' remarkable adventure as the 100,000-plus who made the pilgrimage were left devastated in the Andalusian capital.

In time, they will reflect on this adventure with fondness but there's no crueler way to lose and they will return to Glasgow with wounds to heal.

Yet it all started amidst a carnival atmosphere.

Giovanni van Bronckhorst went with the side which swept Leipzig aside at Ibrox, resisting the temptation to throw in Aaron Ramsey and the fit-again Kemar Roofe, instead placing huge faith in Scott Wright on the flank and Aribo as a false nine.

The opening moments, set against a backdrop of relentless noise, were frantic.

That sparring was halted by a rather bloody face injury to Frankfurt captain Sebastian Rode, courtesy of John Lundstram's boot.

When he returned and proceedings restarted, it was the Germans threatened through Kamada, who should've pulled the