While the clock confirmed that the 90 minutes had come and disappeared and the darkness had been closed, a silence finally descended on the exuberant supporters of Panathinaikos.
Russell Martin glanced a last look at his watch, breathed deep and drank in the moment.
It had been far from beautiful, but the fact that his side did just enough in the heat of Athens will be remembered long after the small details of this affair have long been forgotten.
The most heavy opening allocation as manager of the Ibrox club has the right not to satisfy this triumph.
Although he was right to point out that the outcome would not define the season on his part, it would always set the tone.
In the midst of a summer of substantial change on and next to the park, a two -legged victory against a seasoned European side will also cause an atmosphere of positivity around the club. It feels like a steady first step on a trip.
Martin and his players may have to erase two more obstacles to get the actual Champions League, but they now have the comfort to know that they have protected football phase with a description.
The manager will not need anyone to tell him how different this may have played.
Now that his side was struggling to calm down during the competition, Panathinaikos – again – were enough opportunities to get the job done.
While Jack Butland earned his corn again, the fact that the Greeks were toothless in the last third part. A better side would have become a hatred of opportunities in more goals and conquered.
There is still a lot of work for Martin and his players to do. However, that is for another day. For now, the only thing that really counts is that a work in execution has cleared an uncomfortable first obstacle.
Djidi Gassama comes up as a decent signing of the summer. An £ 2.2 million capture from Sheffield on Wednesday, the Frenchman immediately made an impact with the second goal in the first stage and made a meaningful contribution here.
Back behind the night through the header of Filip Djuricic asked in the second half, Gassama soon shone the supporters of home with an excellent flashy strike, his first touch of the night after he got off the bank. From that moment on Rangers looked good to get the result they came for.
For all Panathinaikos supporters, their number fell at the Olympic Stadium, there was never any possibility that the capacity of 75,000 had problems.
A temporary house for European competitions, this stadium still echoed to the noise of their songs. But the ongoing circuit around the circumference of the field meant that the hostility and intensity of their more compact house was missing, the Apostolos Nikolaidis.
Despite the fact that Gassama was ready to start with, Martin kept the Frenchman in reserve, giving Faith the same XI who had started the first stage.
As predicted, the side of Rui Vitoria came out and forced four corners in the first 10 minutes.
With the visitors who have difficulty reaching the pace of the game, the Clearing head of Nico Raskin only made it to Tasos Bakasetas. Butland was relieved to see the strike of the midfielder from 18 meters a foot wide from the target.
Rangers certainly wanted to get up the park because Martin had also directed them. In the early scholarships it turned out to be Wishful Thinking.
Fotis Ioannidis worked a two with Djuricic. Butland had to be smart from his line to close the corner and make a meaningful block.
Decisive by John Souttar, Max then put Aarons in trouble. With the full-back beaten to the ball by Facundo Pellistri, Butland went up again to save the day. Rangers already drove happiness.
Another green rise in the park brought another moment of alarm for the visiting bank. Pellistri ran away from the wrestling Aarons on the right and dragged Nasser Djiga out of position.
His cross was met by the head of the Flying Ioannidis. But Land didn't know much about it, but was again in the right place at the right time.
With his side detailed to build from behind, Djiga cooked a pass to James Tavernier.
Duricic bounced and celebrated the ball to Pellistri. The failure of the Uruguayan to hit the target of 15 meters, let his manager clap his arms and looked at heaven.
With men in white sweaters who took turns to give the ball away, there was little postponement of pressure.
The half-time whistle was almost almost the time that the visitors held the ball for more than a minute. While Raskin led the corner of Joe Rothwell just over the top, Martin's side did not create any chance of notion of Open Play in the first period.
The manager ran back the tunnel when the half-time whistle sounded, undoubtedly with some choice words to give. They didn't have the desired effect.
Within nine minutes after the restart, Panathinaikos had the goal that they deserved richly. Bakasetas's in-swinging cross from the right caught it on their heels for Butland. The header of Djuricic back over the goal was well placed. But land scrambled but could not prevent it from sneaking in.
Ranger's false hope offered an elevated offside flag. As VAR finally identified, Aarons Duric had played at the other place.
With Rangers rattled, Ioannidis was a hair width of connecting with Djuric's Cross and the draw.
The introduction of Gassama arrived when his side arrived the most. Danilo had shot a few strikes by a defender and then the keeper.
The ball sat down perfectly for the winger. His right foot strike caught the inside of the distant pole and went inside. The lead of the Greeks had only lasted six minutes.
Rangers have worked for so long and could now see the winning mail in sight.
Panathinaikos started to force the piece. Replace Adam Gnezda Cerin Butland almost caught with a speculative cross. Ahmed Touba marched forward and drilled a wide from 30 meters.
The introduction of Jefte for Kieran Dowell suggested that Martin was now satisfied with his side to sit in and see the game.
Panathinaikos called the changes, but their body language became that of a beaten side.
Rangers got the job done at Hook or by Crook. Yet there is a considerable room for improvement.