Tom Lawrence and Dujon Sterling’s goals gave the Gers a two-goal lead, but Di Maria’s penalty and Connor Goldson’s own goal leveled the scores ahead of next week’s second-leg match at Ibrox.
However, Four Lads Had A Dream claims that the Argentine winger ought to be suspended for that match because of an event that occurred toward the end of the game that should have resulted in his dismissal, but the referee decided against it.On their personal Twitter account, they posted, “Di Maria should have been off at the end,” on March 7.”Will be missed as we concentrate on ourselves, but the official’s decision to forego it could have significant overall implications.”With that performance in Lisbon, this Rangers team made all the fans proud, even with all the injury concerns currently plaguing the team.Barring a puzzling penalty call against John Souttar, Benfica has never dropped a Europa League home match, so the Gers very well might have pulled off the impossible.However, because the away team played so well, most people don’t appear to be bringing up the fact that Di Maria might have been sent off, which would have given Rangers a significant advantage going into the second leg.Nobody would have been surprised by a ruling in favor of Rangers if it had been the other way around and a weaker opposition had visited Ibrox.
Whether or not Di Maria is on the field, the team might very well find itself in the quarterfinals if they can put on another outstanding display on Thursday.

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