Rangers booked their place in the last 16 of the Europa League after a fine 1-0 win against Braga in Portugal, completing a 4-2 victory on aggregate
The Scottish Premiership club had not won any of their previous 15 European away games, but Ryan Kent's second-half strike (61) ensured they ended that wait in style in northern Portugal
Rangers arrived at the Estádio Municipal de Braga protecting a slender 3-2 advantage from the first leg, and they were denied the lead on the night in first-half stoppage time when Matheus Magalhaes saved Ianis Hagi's penalty
But Hagi atoned from his miss to set up Kent for a composed finish having breached Braga's high line as Rangers booked their place in Friday's draw for the last 16
Rangers arrived in Portugal aware of the size of their task
 The 3-2 loss at Ibrox last Thursday was Braga's first European defeat this season after previously winning eight and drawing two of their Europa League matches this term
Indeed, no other side in the competition had scored more than their 17 goals, but in front of the 4,500 travelling supporters, George Edmundson and Connor Goldson produced virtuoso displays to keep the hosts at bay
Within 10 minutes, Steven Gerrard's side had carved the Braga defence open as Scott Arfield beat the high offside trap before setting up Florian Kamberi to his left but his shot was easily saved by Matheus
Nuno Sequeira was proving Braga's most dangerous outlet through his deliveries at set-pieces and in open play, with Paulinho meeting one such wicked cross only to head wide of Allan McGregor's post before Kent dragged a shot wide on the break following good work by Hagi
Paulinho was then denied by McGregor following another pinpoint cross from Sequeira, but Rangers were offered a brilliant chance to extend their lead on aggregate when Raul Silva handled inside the box from Kent's corner
Hagi, who was the hero with his two goals in the first leg, stepped up confidently but saw his spot-kick well saved by Matheus to hand the hosts a boost just before the interval
The setback did not affect Rangers, however, as Kent missed the first good chance following the restart from Kamberi's cutback, but five minutes later the former Liverpool winger made no mistake
Goldson anticipated the pass into the feet of Paulinho to regain possession before Ryan Jack and Hagi combined for the latter to play a brilliant pass seeking Kent, who sped away from the Braga defence to dispatch his low shot to the left of Matheus and into the far corner
Braga looked shell-shocked as assistant manager Manuel Sequeira withdrew two defenders in search of a route back into the tie, and one of the substitutes, Joao Novais, very nearly halved the deficit when his header from Trincao's cross brushed the foot of the post
But that was the closest Braga came to a response, and Rangers were denied a second when Connor Goldson's header was tipped onto the post, before Scott Arfield tapped home from an offside position
When Novais headed over from another Trincao cross in stoppage time, the celebrations for Rangers and their supporters began, safe in the knowledge they had booked their place in the last 16 of the Europa League for the first time in nine years
Rangers boss: "The partnership of the two centre backs tonight was faultless
 George was thrown in at the deep end but there's one way to get European experience
 At some point a manager has got to trust you to go in, whatever the challenge is
"He stepped up and he fancied it and he delivered with the help of Connor, who played like a captain, like a leader
"He is someone who has had some stick since the weekend, along with the rest of us, so to bounce back and post that type of performance was great
"We played against high-class opposition, a very dangerous opponent, who are in probably the best form they've been in for some time
 The players have been outstanding to a man over both games
 I'm really proud of them for getting the job done
""The Rangers back four were absolutely outstanding
 You'd have expected Braga to have got one or two chances, but there was nothing that you would say troubled Allan McGregor too much
"Braga have won nine of their last 11 now, with both those defeats coming against Rangers
 They've beaten Sporting twice and also Benfica in that run, so this is an unbelievable achievement for Rangers and for Scottish football
"It's going to help the coefficient with potentially two teams back in the Champions League in two years' time
"Gerrard dropped a surprise an hour before kick-off as he benched Nikola Katic following his Perth horror show against St Johnstone
Edmundson took his place but there was no repeat of Sunday's sloppiness as he and Goldson stood firmer than the massive rock looming over one end of the pitch
Braga began with Paulinho as the focal point of their attacks, and later they would introduce Joao Novais and Abel Ruiz, but whatever they threw at the Rangers defence, Goldson had the answers
 Rangers refused to budge
Rangers return to domestic action at the weekend, visiting Hearts in the Scottish Cup quarter-finals on Saturday; kick-off is at 5
30pm
The draw for the last 16 of the Europa League takes place on   in Nyon, with proceedings set to start at 12pm, UK time
 You can follow it on  and with our live blog on the website and app
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