RANGERS rounded off their Portuguese training camp with a 2-0 victory over Mansfield on Saturday night.
Steven Gerrard handed debuts to all seven of his summer signings as goals from Sheyi Ojo and Greg Docherty won it for the Light Blues.
Gerrard has spent this week putting his players through their paces in the Algarve and Rangers got their first match minutes of the new campaign against League Two opposition.
Ojo opened the scoring in the first third of the match as he converted from close range after good work from Jon Flanagan and Jamie Murphy down the left.
And Docherty marked his return to the Gers fold with a well-taken finish from the edge of the area in the closing stages of a relatively one-sided contest.
Liverpool winger Ojo, George Edmundson and Steven Davis all started for Gerrard’s side, while Greg Stewart, Jordan Jones and Jake Hastie featured in the second third as Joe Aribo also made his debut just days after signing from Charlton.
Stewart should have opened his Light Blues account after creating a good chance for himself down the left but he couldn’t get his shot away quickly enough.
Youngsters Lewis Mayo, Stephen Kelly, Jamie Barjonas, Josh McPake and Dapo Mebude all featured.
McPake in particular caught the eye and he came close with an effort just minutes after entering the action, while Alfredo Morelos also looked dangerous and hit the woodwork with a low shot across goal.
Rangers fly back to Glasgow on Sunday and will face Oxford United in friendly action next weekend before returning to Europa League duty with a clash against Prishtina or St Joseph’s on Thursday, July 11.
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