German media were impressed by Rangers after their stunning win at the Westfalenstadion, but ripped apart Borussia Dortmund.
The Bundesliga runners-up were favourites to win the Europa League going into Thursday's first leg, but were dismantled on their own patch.
Captain James Tavernier gave Rangers the lead from the spot, before Alfredo Morelos tapped home at the back post on a set piece.
Some wonderful work from Ryan Kent allowed John Lundstram to make it three, and while Dortmund pulled one back an own goal from Dan-Axel Zagadou restored a three goal lead.
Raphael Guerreiro's stunning strike means there's still plenty to play for in the second leg, but Marco Rose's side weren't spared by the German press.
Local newspaper Ruhr Nachrichten called it "a new low" and declared that BVB "folded like a house of cards" in a defeat they called "embarrassing".
In their match report they wrote: "At Signal Iduna Park, shrill whistles that ring painfully in your ears are rarely a good sign for the home team and are acoustic evidence of dissatisfaction and frustration.
"When Borussia Dortmund's players trotted into the dressing room with their heads hanging, the scoreboard showed 2-4 against Rangers from Glasgow, who were at most a second-level European opponent.
"You read that right: 2-4! There was something like an apocalyptic mood in the stands and on the pitch. The play-offs for the knockout round in the Europa League threaten to become a big fiasco."
Bild get things simple in their headline, which simply read 'That Is Embarrassing!'.
The defeat led them to question whether Rose is the right coach for Dortmund, who have suffered a number of big losses at home this season.
The newspaper fumed: "The corona restrictions are still a drama for the BVB cash register. For the Dortmund fans, the 10,000 spectator policy is slowly becoming a form of self-protection...
"2-5 against Leverkusen! 2-4 against Rangers! No Borussia supporter wants to voluntarily pay for such humiliation at home.
"After the elimination from the Champions League, (general manager) Hans-Joachim Watzke had set victory in Europe's B-League as a new objective.
"In the play-off for the round of 16 next week in Scotland the peak of embarrassment is already a real threat. It would be shameful for BVB. It would be shameful for the Bundesliga."
Süddeutsche Zeitung described it as the "latest humiliation for Borussia Dortmund" but had plenty of praise for Rangers too.
While the hosts were called "desolate in defence, harmless in attack", Van Bronckhorst's men were praised as "battling outsiders".
The match report notes: "The visitors, coached by former world-class player Giovanni van Bronckhorst, defended skilfully."
They conclude, "there is hardly any chance for the Bundesliga runners-up to reach the last 16".
Die Welt warned: "If Dortmund's stadium had been full there would have been deafening expressions of displeasure, if not worse.
"Because BVB's performance in the 2-4 against Rangers was disastrous. It was even embarrassing compared to the disappointments that the supporters of their team had already had to put up with this season.
"Dortmund, who see themselves as a permanent fixture in the Champions League, were in the first leg of the Europa League play-off round against an opponent from a second tier league, one that afterward must also have wondered how such a match could happen.
"A team can't defend much worse - a team can't play much worse. Dortmund only put pressure on towards the end – but by then it was much too late."
Der Westen lamented Dortmund "made a fool of themselves" but were impressed by Rangers who "provided the special moments".
Addressing the large travelling support: "The supporters from Scotland who travelled with them almost tumbled over each other due to the unexpected clear lead, while the BVB fans whistled."
Their match report sees little chance of a turnaround at Ibrox, warning "BVB are about to exit the Europa League" after a "miserable performance".
Abendzeitung called it "a deserved defeat" for the hosts while Kicker declared "the end is near".
Their report conceded: "BVB were clearly inferior to the bold Rangers... right from the beginning of the game it was clear that in Rangers a tactically very disciplined team had come to Westfalenstadion."
They felt "Rangers knew how to remain dangerous with selective attacks (Aribo, 66th minute) and, in contrast to Borussia, maintained defensive balance".
FInally, Frankfurter Allgemeine reflected on the fans in the stands turning on their team with boos and whistles.
Their match report said: "It is not often that Borussia Dortmund players are angrily booed and insulted when they appear in front of the famous south stand after a football match. Most of the time, the people here stand together even in the difficult moments. But after the disillusioning 2-4 against Rangers, which had been preceded by a 2-5 against Bayer Leverkusen in their last home game, the losers were met with sheer anger.
"BVB had started confused and half-hearted, had then become more and more uncertain and were almost dismantled in phases.
"Dortmund hoped that last weekend's strong 3-0 win at Union Berlin could serve as a good basis for such a phase of stability and started this European game with the same starting XI. However, what the 10,000 people in the stadium saw was not the second chapter in a success story, but a drama of doom.
"The team seemed unimaginative, the ball was repeatedly pushed sideways and backward in midfield, there was a lack of speed and a recognisable plan.
"The captain Marco Reus, who was strong in Berlin, seemed to have lost all his energy. When Dortmund had the best chance of the first half, he wasn't alert enough and missed a ball that was actually delivered well.
"And before the 0-2 he acted like a hungover student at the a Sunday kickabout when he could have headed a corner kick out of the penalty area.
"And yet there is still hope after Raphael Guerreiro made it 2-4 with a long-range shot in the 82nd minute. Because after the away goal rule was abolished, a 2-0 win in Glasgow would be enough for Dortmund to at least go into extra time.
"But after such a desolate performance, it's hard to imagine this unsettled side reaching the round of 16 in a stadium with more than 50,000 fans."
