2008-05-01 23:42:07 -

FLORENCE, Italy (AP) - Rangers beat Fiorentina 4-2 in a penalty shootout Thursday to advance to the UEFA Cup final.
Following 210 minutes of scoreless play over two legs, Spanish forward Nacho Novo scored the decisive penalty after Fabio Liverani and Christian Vieri failed to convert for Fiorentina.
In the final, Rangers will face Zenit St. Petersburg,

which routed Bayern Munich 4-0 earlier to advance 5-1 on aggregate. The championship match is on May 14 at the City of Manchester Stadium in England _ just south of the Scotland border.
Rangers have lifted a single European trophy in its history, capturing the Cup Winners' Cup in 1972.
Rangers parachuted into the UEFA Cup after a third-place finish in its Champions League group.

Until the shootout, the match was a virtual replica of the dull scoreless draw in the first leg. Fiorentina controlled throughout, while Rangers sat back, apparently content to let the match be decided on penalties.
Rangers was reduced to 10 men in the 109th minute when second-half substitute Daniel Cousin picked up his second yellow card putting his forehead against Liverani, who reacted as if he had been head-butted.