Rangers's new £4 million striker Michael Mols became an instant hero with the Ibrox faithful as he guided his side to a comfortable victory against Finnish champions FC Haka last night.
Coach Dick Advocaat has had a quiet summer in the transfer market, adding just two players to the squad which secured the domestic Treble last season. But what he has bought is quality and Mols's first-half double has already gone some way to repaying Advocaat's investment.
Rangers were already one up courtesy of skipper Lorenzo Amoruso when Mols intervened to almost guarantee a third qualifying round with big-spending Serie A outfit Parma.
Barry Nicholson tucked home from close-range after a penalty box scramble for Rangers's fourth.
FC Haka: Vilnrotter, Penttila, Karjalainen, Rasanen, Ivanov, Hyokyvarra, Reynders, Popovitch, Savolienan, Wilson, Niemi. Subs Not Used: Toivonen, Nyyssonen, Rantala, Torkkeli, Pasanen, Okkonen. Goals: Niemi 51. RANGERS: Klos, Adamczuk, Moore, Amoruso, Numan, Ferguson, Reyna, Van Bronckhorst, Mols, Wallace, McCann. Subs Not Used: Albertz, Niemi, Amato, Johansson, Vidmar, Nicholson, Wilson. Goals: Amoruso 18, Mols 28, 42, Nicholson 85. Att: 3,341.
Ref: V Hrinak (Slovakia).
