{"id":688552,"date":"2026-07-13T02:24:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T02:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/688552\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T02:24:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T02:24:12","slug":"rangers-play-kaizer-chiefs-in-closed-door-friendly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/688552\/","title":{"rendered":"Rangers Play Kaizer Chiefs In Closed Door Friendly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"summary\">RANGERS played a closed-door friendly against South African side Kaizer Chiefs in Spain this evening.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Summer signings Ben Godfrey, Ross McCrorie, Dan Neil and Lawrence Shankland were all involved in the 1-1 draw.<\/p>\n<p>The match was the first of two for Derek McInnes\u2019 side as they ramped up their pre-season preparations ahead of the first Scottish Premiership fixture against Dundee United in just over two weeks&#8217; time. <\/p>\n<p>It was the South African side who took the lead in the 77th minute before Nedim Bajrami hit the post for Rangers shortly after.<\/p>\n<p>In his first run-out for Rangers since the World Cup, Findlay Curtis sent a superb dipping shot over the goalkeeper to draw level in the final minutes of the match.<\/p>\n<p>RANGERS: McGuire (Munn, 45), McCrorie (Nsio, 88), Sterling (Nsiala, 71), Godfrey, Rommens (Curtis, 71), Chukwuani (Bajrami, 55), Neil (Cameron, 88), Diomande (Gassama, 88), Antman (Fernandez, 45), Chermiti (Miovski, 66), Naderi (Shankland, 71).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tickets.rangers.co.uk\/en-GB\/categories\/mygers?utm_campaign=2026\/27%20mygers%20membership&amp;utm_medium=promo&amp;utm_source=website\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MYGERS<\/a>: From priority access and behind-the-scenes opportunities to special events and unique moments, MyGers brings you closer to the action on and off the pitch<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/edmistonhouse.co.uk\/en-GB\/categories\/museum-tours\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">RANGERS MUSEUM AND STADIUM TOURS<\/a>: Experience the magic of Ibrox Stadium, with your very own \u2018access all areas\u2019 pass<\/p>\n<p>\u2008<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n      &#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"news-article__copyright\">Article Copyright \u00a9 2026. Permission to use quotations from this article online is only granted subject to appropriate source credit and hyperlink to www.rangers.co.uk<\/p>\n<p>      &#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; RANGERS played a closed-door friendly against South African side Kaizer Chiefs in Spain this evening. &#13; Summer&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":688553,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-688552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/688552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=688552"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/688552\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/688553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=688552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=688552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=688552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}