Rangers' Champions League aspirations ended for another season with a 2-0 defeat by Dynamo Kyiv at Hampden Park where they ended up with 10 men.
Following a 1-1 draw in the first leg of their third qualifier in Poland last week, the match struggled to spark into life until the 51st minute when new signing Jefte, making his first start for the Light Blues, was sent off by referee Marco Guida after picking up a second yellow card for an aerial challenge on Oleksandr Karavaiev.
It looked a harsh decision and it stoked a fire under the Rangers support but two late goals in two minutes from second-half substitutes Oleksandr Pikhalyonok and Nazar Voloshyn took the Ukrainian side to a 3-1 aggregate win.
It was not a great night for Philippe Clement's side who will see this as an opportunity lost and will drop into the less prestigious and certainly less lucrative Europa League phase.
It was the Light Blues' second game at their temporary home which is being used due to the delayed refurbishment of one stand at Ibrox.
They won 2-1 against Motherwell at the national stadium on Saturday - and there were thousands of empty seats at kick-off.
Czech winger Vaclav Cerny, who scored a terrific winner against Well in his first start since signing on loan from Bundesliga club Wolfsburg, started on the bench along with fellow winger Scott Wright.
Jefte was installed along with Northern Ireland winger Ross McCausland while former West Ham forward Andriy Yarmolenko was in opposition again.
Rangers made a high-pressing start and the visitors initially looked uneasy in defence.
However, Oleksandr Shovkovskyi's side worked their way into the game and in the ninth minute winger Vladyslav Kabaev sped past Rangers captain James Tavernier down the left but
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