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  1. 'Real buzz about playing in Europe' - Graypublished at 19:52 BST

    Hibernian v Shkendija (20:00)

    Hibs head coach David Gray tells BBC Scotland: "It's great Boyle has managed to be available. We know what he brings. He's very experienced and has been a very important player for this club for a very long time, but we need him to be at his very best tonight.

    "An extra day recovery is a big thing for us as well. The players looked bright in training and this is what it's all about, these European nights.

    "It's a different way of playing [being at home first] - you can't go gung ho because there's still a lot more football to be played. No matter what the score is tonight there's still another 90 minutes.

    "There's a real buzz about playing in Europe, that's what it's about."

    Hibernian head coach David GrayImage source, SNS
  2. McInnes saw repeat of Rangers' failingspublished at 19:50 BST

    FT: Jagiellonia Bialystok 2-1 Rangers

    Derek McInnes adds: "We need to be far more concentrated, far more focused, far more aggressive, far more talkative and organised to stop these types of things happening.

    "We've seen a lot tonight of what I thought Rangers were last season.

    "I thought they gave up too many chances and gave teams too much encouragement.

    "Having watched them, I knew it would be a tough game, particularly here at home and they're a strong side in a strong Polish league, but I still expect us to come here and win the game, and we're disappointed that we haven't."

  3. McInnes pleased with Rangers' startpublished at 19:48 BST

    FT: Jagiellonia Bialystok 2-1 Rangers

    Rangers manager Derek McInnes tells BBC Scotland: "I just felt we beat ourselves, to be honest.

    "I thought we started the game really well with an element of control. The team we picked was to make sure that their rotations in midfield weren't a problem for us - and they weren't.

    "I thought our three that were fine in there at times.

    "We got off to a good start, a good bit of combination play, being patient with what we were trying to do and putting a bit of stress on our defender to defend the situation.

    "And obviously, he scores an own goal and it's a perfect start. And then we stopped doing what was working for us.

    "We made two mistakes for the two goals."

    Rangers manager Derek McInnesImage source, SNS
  4. Hearts 'have to be realistic' - Vranckenpublished at 19:44 BST

    Benfica v Heart of Midlothian (20:00)

    Hearts head coach Wouter Vrancken tells BBC Scotland: "In sport, anything can happen. We have to be realistic, of course. We're playing a top European team.

    "Laurent Mendy was playing fifth tier in England a few weeks ago and now he's playing Benfica. That's football and we have to put everything on the pitch and stick together.

    "When you press them, you have to be perfect. You cannot leave spaces.

    "They're comfortable on the ball, they will play through the gaps. It will be difficult, but we have to take our moments to try and play football."

    Wouter VranckenImage source, SNS
  5. It's Bruno!published at 19:41 BST

    Benfica v Hearts (20:00)

    Former Hearts midfielder Bruno Aguiar greets Claudio BragaImage source, SNS
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    Former Hearts midfielder Bruno Aguiar has been wishing good luck to present forward Claudio Braga

  6. Benfica fans cranking up heatpublished at 19:39 BST

    Benfica v Heart of Midlothian (20:00)

    Brian McLauchlin
    BBC Sport Scotland in Lisbon

    The pre-match show here in Lisbon is well and truly under way and, despite the stadium only being around half-full at the moment, the atmosphere is really cranking up.

    Not sure how these Hearts players will cope with this. A huge task tonight.

  7. Johansson proud of positive Wellpublished at 19:37 BST

    FT: HJK Helsinki 1-1 Motherwell

    Motherwell manager Alfred Johansson tells BBC Scotland: "I think it was a good performance. I'm very, very proud of the players.

    "I think we dug deep, I thought the young players who came on in the second half impacted the game. I think we played parts of the game at a high level.

    "It was an unfortunate situation where we conceded a goal. It's a very experienced number nine they have, it can happen. I'm proud of the performance and I think we did a good job here.

    "The players started to be even more brave in their decision-making. It's mainly the players who decided to say 'let's play'. The players turned up the heat a little bit and that was good to see.

    "Home advantage is always a thing. To be able to play at Fir Park with all of our people in the stands, it's something to look forward to."

    Alfred JohanssonImage source, SNS
  8. Curtis has 'fearless nature'published at 19:35 BST

    FT: Jagiellonia Bialystok 2-1 Rangers

    Andy Halliday
    Former Rangers midfielder on BBC Sportsound

    The positives would be the introduction of the half-time subs, Findlay Curtis and Nico Raskin in particular. Both played with so much enthusiasm.

    Curtis had a fearless nature to try to make a positive impact. Not everything came off, but when he gets the ball, he drives at players, he plays one-two, he's running off the ball and having efforts at goal.

    That alone sparked Rangers into that 5% or 10% more on the ball.

  9. Curtis plays part in second-half improvementpublished at 19:33 BST

    FT: Jagiellonia Bialystok 2-1 Rangers

    Steven Thompson
    Former Rangers striker on BBC Sportsound

    The second-half performance was better, in an attacking sense. Findlay Curtis had a large part to play in that. He didn't have that first thought of, when he received the ball, laying it back or looking for a sitting midfielder.

    He wants to go and take people on. It's brilliant to see that, because there's not enough of that in this Rangers side. He put in a number of good deliveries.

    His performance was one of the major positives from the evening.

    Derek McInnes will be angry at the first half, but he can take positives from the second half.

    Rangers' Findlay Curtis fires against a postImage source, SNS
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    Rangers' Findlay Curtis fired against a post

  10. Bold Heartspublished at 19:28 BST

    Benfica v Heart of Midlothian (20:00)

    Andy Halliday
    Former Rangers and Hearts midfielder on BBC Sportsound

    I always love when we've got a positive outlook and our sides have a bit more of a go, but Hearts need to take a bit of realism into account.

    He's got four forwards on the pitch, Blair Spittal as a deep-lying midfielder. Altena and Milne, both attack-minded full-backs.

    To say that's bold would be the understatement of all understatements.

  11. Triple Shkendija changepublished at 19:27 BST

    Hibernian v Shkendija (20:00)

    Shkendija have made three changes from their 3-1 victory over Slovenian side Bravo in the previous qualifying round.

    In goals, Ferat Ramani replaces Astrit Amzai, while outfield, versatile defender Bojan Dimoski and midfielder Sebastjan Spahiu are replaced in the starting line-up by Jovan Manev and Endrit Krasniqi.

  12. Hibs unchanged as Boyle passed fitpublished at 19:24 BST

    Hibernian v Shkendija (20:00)

    David Gray goes with the same starting line-up from Scottish Premiership defeat by Motherwell at the weekend.

    Forward Martin Boyle, who was a doubt for the game, is fit enough to start for Hibs.

    Martin BoyleImage source, SNS
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    Martin Boyle is fit enough to start for Hibs

  13. Benfica change three from St Gallen thumpingpublished at 19:19 BST

    Benfica v Heart of Midlothian (20:00)

    Back-up goalkeeper Samuel Soares gets a rare start for Benfica in place of number one Anatoliy Trubin.

    That's one of three changes to the side that thrashed St Gallen 5-0 in their last game.

    There's another in defence, with Antonio Silva out after joining Bournemouth for a reported £26m. Tomas Araujo comes in to replace him and captain the side, having reported back from the World Cup with Portugal.

    And, on the wing, 20-year-old Gianluca Prestianni starts after serving his Uefa ban for using a homophobic slur towards Real Madrid forward Vinicius Junior.

  14. Kabore and Kyzidiris in for Heartspublished at 19:16 BST

    Benfica v Heart of Midlothian (20:00)

    Two changes for Hearts from the side that threw away a win at Pittodrie on Saturday evening - and they come at the top end of the pitch.

    Pierre Landry Kabore is in, with Amadou Ba-Sy dropping to the bench. Neither have scored yet this season.

    Winger Alexandros Kzyiridis also comes in, with Sabah Kerjota named among the subs after his very first start in a Hearts shirt.

    On the bench, there's places for young defenders MJ Kamson-Kamara and Matthew Gillies, who could both make debuts if called upon.

  15. LINE-UPS from Easter Road Stadiumpublished at 19:13 BST

    Hibernian v Shkendija (20:00)

    Hibernian: Sallinger, Passlack, Kerr, O'Hora, Obita, Mulligan, Chaiwa, Mayor, Elding, Boyle, Lowe.

    Substitutes: Smith, Owens, Hanley, Newell, Klidje, Molotnikov, Suto, Wright, Megwa, J MacIntyre, Campbell, Abdulai.

    Shkendija: Ramani, Trumci, Manev, Melliqi, Zejnullai, Rafael Freitas, D Islami, Tamba, Krasniqi, Kryeziu, Ndzengue.

    Substitutes: Amzai, B Ibraimi, Murati, Ceka, Krstevski, Isa, Spahiu, Ramadani, Gjorgjiveski.

  16. LINE-UPS from Estadio do Sport Lisboa e Benficapublished at 19:12 BST

    Benfica v Heart of Midlothian (20:00)

    Benfica: Soares, Dahl, Lenglet, Araujo, Bah, Barrenechea, Rafa Silva, Barrerio, Suakov, Prestianni, Pavlidis.

    Substitutes: Trubin, Lukebakio, Kaminski, Manu Silva, Dedic, Rios, Schjelderup, Duran, Indio, Neto, Cabral, Figueiredo.

    Heart of Midlothian: Reus, Altena, McEntee, Findlay, Milne, Spittal, Mendy, Miller, Braga, Kyziridis, Kabore.

    Substitutes: Clark, Fulton, McCart, Renaud, McPake, Guendouz, Wilson, Magnusson, Kamson-Kamara, Kerjota, Gillies, Ba-Sy.

  17. 'No excuses' for Rangers?published at 19:10 BST

    FT: Jagiellonia Bialystok 2-1 Rangers

    Ferguson, McKenna and especially Cerny should have been the top priorities. Quality is what we needed, but the money was wasted elsewhere.

    Nigel

    There's no guarantee Rangers will pull this back at Ibrox. I understand the defensive concerns. It is, however, far too early in the season to make an informed judgement. That said, time and patience are luxuries Rangers don't have.

    William

    If Rangers can’t beat this team over two legs, it’s a mortal embarrassment. No excuse for inadequate defence.

    Jack

  18. Postpublished at 19:09 BST

    We'll bring you more reaction from Finland and Poland while turning our attention to Hearts against Benfica and Hibs against Shkendija.

  19. Visitors did so wellpublished at 19:06 BST

    FT: HJK Helsinki 1-1 Motherwell

    Andy Halliday
    Former Rangers, Hearts & Motherwell midfielder on BBC Sportsound

    Opening minutes of the second half, Motherwell were outstanding.

    They got their penalty and HJK Helsinki didn't look like they were going to get back into it.

    But Teemu Pukki did what he does best and flashed in the equaliser.

  20. FULL-TIME Jagiellonia Bialystok 2-1 Rangerspublished at 19:03 BST

    Rangers have it all to do in the second leg.

    It could be argued that it could have been a bigger defeat after Jagiellonia threatened to add to Kajetan Szmyt's double.

    Derek McInnes' side failed to build on an early own goal, but half-time changes shifted the momentum in their favour and Findlay Curtis was unlucky not to find an equaliser with a shot off the post.

    Kajetan SzmytImage source, Reuters
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    Midfielder Kajetan Szmyt scored twice for the hosts