Paul Gascoigne scored for Rangers in a heartwarming moment during the Match of Legends against Luis Figo’s World XI at Ibrox on Sunday.
The game was staged to celebrate the Glasgow club’s 150th anniversary.
Gascoigne enjoyed the celebrations after his goal
An unstoppable strike from Gazza!#WeAre150 pic.twitter.com/zQD7mjOoRo
— Rangers Football Club (@RangersFC) March 26, 2022
Alex McLeish took to the dugout as Rangers’ manager.
Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Jorg Albertz, Barry Ferguson and Ronald De Boer were all in the squad alongside Gazza.
The World XI team was captained by Luis Figo.
It also featured Kaka, Claude Makelele, Eric Abidal, Gheorge Hagi and Robert Pires.
Rangers took the lead on 39 minutes thanks to an emphatic header from Shota Arveladze.
Carlos Marchena equalised early in the second half, heading home on the end of a beautiful ball from Kaka.
@MarchenaOficial with the finish from a @KAKA delivery.
Rangers XI 1-1 World XI pic.twitter.com/eBWWIEnUJd
— Rangers Football Club (@RangersFC) March 26, 2022
@07RQuaresma with the finish for @LuisFigo’s World XI pic.twitter.com/IhGMP7D4X7
— Rangers Football Club (@RangersFC) March 26, 2022
Nuno Gomes made it 2-1 to the World XI before Ricardo Quaresma added a third with a stunning strike.
Quaresma rolled back the years to finish with the outside of his boot in classy fashion.
Then came Gazza’s moment.
The ball was rolled across the box to the England icon, who totally miscued his strike and put his hands on his head.
One of the World XI defenders reacted by generously playing the ball back to him.
Gascoigne scuffed a second shot, which bobbled over the line as the World XI keeper dramatically dived over it.
The celebrations were heartwarming as the entire stadium rose to its feet to applaud a true legend of the game, while he also performed his controversial flute celebration that landed him in trouble in 1998.
He did the celebration against Celtic, though unaware of the sectarian connotations, and was subsequently fined £20,000 by Rangers.
The match finished 3-2.
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