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Todd Cantwell Rangers two word Raith Rovers verdict with Scottish Cup semi-final spot booked

Todd Cantwell has delivered a two word verdict on Rangers' Scottish Cup win over Raith Rovers.

The Light Blues booked their place in the semi-final following a c omfortable 3-0 win over the Scottish Championship side at Ibrox on Sunday afternoon. The visitors held firm and frustrated the home side in the first period with Connor Goldson breaking the deadlock with a bullet header just three minutes before half-time. Jamie MacDonald had frustrated the hosts before this with Michael Beale's men grabbing two further goals in the second period.

James Tavernier's cross was turned into his own net by Ryan Nolan just before the hour mark in a real moment he will not want to watch back before Scott Arfield climbed off the bench to fire home after a nice flowing move from the home side that ended with Cantwell teeing up his team-mate for a simple finish.

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The former Norwich City midfielder - signed during the January transfer window alongside Nicolas Raskin - took to social media to share a snap of him celebrating Rangers' third goal alongside the caption: "Job done."

The holders will now have their eyes on the last four draw later this evening as they discover who stands between them and a return to the showpiece. The draw follows Falkirk vs Ayr United with Inverness, Celtic and the Light Blues already in the hat.

Speaking after the win over Ian Murray's side, Beale told Rangers TV: "We won 3-0 and we managed to get Todd [Cantwell] and Nico [Raskin] 90 minutes and it's the first time in a while they have had that.

“It is a clean sheet which we haven't had for a couple of games, and we are in a semi-final. It is the end of a big week, we have scored 10 goals and conceded one. It is three wins and another week where we can tick all the boxes and now we move to Motherwell next weekend.

“All the team can do is keep beating the teams in front of them. This week we have had a mixture, Kilmarnock came and tried to make it difficult, and we blew them away in the first-half.

“Hibs in midweek I thought we were absolutely fantastic, we played against a team that tried to face us head on and you could see how dangerous we could be in those situations and then today Raith Rovers tried to stay in the game for as long as possible.

“We have to face up to all these challenges and problems and we have just got to keep winning. We can't dictate what the other team do in the game we can only dictate ourselves and we won 3-0 today.”

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