Three days later, Van Bronckhorst’s team had to go deep again. At Hampden Park, it again came to extra time. Rangers and Hearts were unable to score in regular time. Heart of Midlothian was closest to scoring. Striker Ellis Simms hit the post in the 10th minute.
Rangers did not want to let it come to penalties again and went looking for a goal in extra time. It fell pretty quickly. Ryan Jack shot the ball hard behind keeper Craig Gordon in the 94th minute. The goal was liberating for the Rangers, who doubled their lead via Scott Wright in the 97th minute.
Van Bronckhorst started in November with the Rangers, which had to leave the Scottish title to Celtic this season.