Rangers overcome nine-man Hibs to progress in Scottish Cup.
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00:00 A gripping day of Scottish Cup action has come to an end here at Easter Road where it
00:07 finished Hebsnill Rangers 2. Rangers joining their old firm counterpart Celtic in the semi-final
00:14 draw tomorrow night. Both Glasgow teams had a tough row. Let's start off at Celtic Park
00:19 very quickly. The earlier tie between Celtic and Livingston finished 4-2 to Celtic. Dyson
00:24 Midas scored a hat-trick but Celtic were at 2-0 with 5 minutes to go and Livingston certainly
00:29 put on a good fight. The team lying bottom of the premiership. Rangers also had a tough
00:34 match here against Hebs. They took the lead through John Lundstrom converting after James
00:39 Tavernier's penalty had been saved by David Marshall. Hebs were coming into the game quite
00:43 significantly in the second half creating chances but then Jordan Obita their left back
00:48 sent off for two bookings and two minutes later young Nathan Moriah Welsh putting in
00:52 a pretty rash lunge on Lundstrom. It was a red card because of the speed of the tackle.
00:59 That left Hebs with nine men and after that an impossible task to come back. Rangers scored
01:04 a second late on through Fabio Silva. They'll be delighted to get through here at Eastro
01:09 given their efforts in Portugal earlier in the week when they drew 2-2 to Benfica. They
01:14 did look tired to be honest and they also suffered injuries. Both Dujan Sterling and
01:19 Ross McCausland went off so they'll come on squat to diminish further ahead of the second
01:23 leg against Benfica on Thursday. But for now they're both in the hat for the draw. They
01:29 join Aberdeen and tomorrow night when the draw is made we'll know whether Hearts or
01:33 Morton will be there with them. But as it stands we have three of the four teams in
01:38 the Scottish Cup semi-finals after a pulsating day of action. Here at Eastro they finished
01:42 Hebs 0, Rangers 2.
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