Rangers' UEFA Cup adventure was ended in the first round last night by an away goal in extra-time as Czech Republic's Viktoria Zizkov, who had been 3-0 down on the night, made it 3-1 and therefore 3-3 on aggregate.
It was an Ibrox night of high drama with two goals from Ronald de Boer taking the tie past the 90-minute mark.
Neil McCann gave Rangers the scent of victory on 97 minutes before Marcel Licka saved his side, who ended the game with 10 men, with a heartbreaking reply.
There were no such problems for Celtic. They missed out on history last night - but Alan Thompson and David Fernandez played themselves into contention for an Old Firm starting place as they completed a European rout by each scoring against Suduva.
Martin O'Neill promised to reward players who dazzled in the grey half-built concrete bowl called the Dariaus Ir Gireno Stadium with a place against Rangers in Sunday's showdown.
Even without a clutch of top stars and John Kennedy, Shaun Maloney and Colin Healy enjoying a rare run out, Celtic - who won 10-1 on aggregate - will wonder how they failed to break that aggregate record of 14-0 against KPV Kokkola in 1970.
The army of soldiers dotted around the ground looked more threatening than anything the Lithuanians could muster.
Livingston managed to beat Austria's Sturm Graz 4-3 at home, but it was not enough as they had conceded the first leg 4-2.
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