Philippe Clement accuses ref Guida of KILLING Rangers’ Euro dreams as he brands red card ‘worst decision in 30 years’

PHILIPPE CLEMENT last night accused blundering Italian ref Marco Guida of ‘killing’ Rangers’ Champions League dream with the worst decision he’s seen in 30 YEARS.

Guida showed a second yellow and red to Gers winger Jefte in the 50^th minute for a supposed elbow in an aerial challenge with Oleksandr Karavaiev.

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But TV pictures clearly showed it didn’t happen and that the devastated Brazilian had suffered a total injustice.

It left Rangers with 10-men for the final 40 minutes and six minutes of added time.

It was too much for Clement’s men who showed spirit but ultimately crashed out of the competition with two goals in three minutes from Kyiv subs Oleksandr Pikhalionok and Nazar Voloshyn.

Now they’ll go into the draw at the end of the month for the Europa League.

Clement – who confronted Guida on the pitch at full-time – said: “It’s clear, in football, and we talked a lot about that, sometimes a grey zone, and because of that VAR is there and it helps football to make it more honest.

“This decision had nothing to do with grey zone. It was really clear, there was nothing going on.

“He just jumps higher, he doesn’t move his arms next to his body. So it’s not a fault, it’s nothing.

“And to lose a player at that moment, and to play with them, so I tried to understand the decision and to ask, but the referee stuck to his opinion about it.

“That it was really a clear fault, and second yellow and red.

“The players kept on doing what they had to do, they kept on believing, but then you get the goal against at the end, and then you do a little bit of casino, one against one, to try to force something and you get the second goal against.

“It’s a very decisive moment and in the end it has killed the dream of a dressing room, it has killed the dream of more than 50,000 fans, and you expect a better level in decision-making.

“This is for me the worst decision I’ve seen in more than 30 years.

“Especially at this level, when there is so much at stake.

“I have a lot of things in my head, but you guys know that every word I say is too much.

“I can get a ban also for the next European game, so let’s keep things in my head.

“I think it’s the best way now. I need to be good and smart for the club, for the team.

“We need to move on, that’s what we need to do. Take lessons out of this game, and there are a lot of positive lessons to take out of the two games against them.

“The other things we don’t control, so we try not to control the things we cannot control.

“This match was hugely important to the club financially.

“I told you guys this week, if you go to the Champions League you can do things faster, because there’s 40 million coming into the club.

“That’s not the case now, so it will take more time.”

Of the red card decision, Kyiv boss Oleksandr Shovkovskyi said: “I saw much worse decisions in my career.

“Clearly the referee saw an infringement.

“The Rangers players were extremely motivated. They were aggressive. It’s natural. This is a Scottish team.

“Rules should be obeyed.”

Gers, meanwhile, lost left-back Ridvan Yilmaz with a leg injury which saw go off on a stretcher.

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