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[Steve Russell]

Report from the Club...

RANGERS contested a behind-closed-doors friendly fixture versus Fulham on Wednesday afternoon.

New signing Žan Celar was given a 15-minute run-out in the match against our Premier League neighbours,
which was contested at the Cottagers' Motspur Park training facility.

Fulham's Harry Wilson hit a first-half brace for Fulham while Raúl Jiménez and Adama Traoré were also on target for
Marco Silva's men.

After R's goalkeeper Joe Walsh f'ashioned an impressive early low save and Alfie Lloyd went close following a marauding
run forward, the hosts took a 15th-minute lead from the penalty spot after a coming-together in the QPR box.
Jiménez tucked away the resultant spot-kick.

Rangers looked to provide an instant response and Elijah Dixon-Bonner blasted over an inviting opportunity from
the edge of the area following good work from Daniel Bennie and Hevertton Santos down the right.

Fulham soon made the R's pay for that missed opportunity by doubling their lead on 25 minutes. Another neat move
was eventually worked to Wilson out wide on the right, who cut in past his marker to find the far bottom corner.

As the R's continued to look for a reply, Santos' dangerous 38th-minute centre somehow evaded a host of bodies in
the Fulham box, while Bennie was just unable to meet Dixon-Bonner's dangerous left-flank centre.

The home side carried a 3-0 lead into half-time, ultimately. Wilson took one touch to control a pass and subsequently
nip inside his marker before burying his shot past Walsh in the 41st minute.

Michael Frey was among three players brought on at half-time for Rangers and, on the stretch, soon dragged an effort
into the side-netting after meeting Lyndon Dykes' flick-on.

Fulham then added a fourth goal. A sweeping cross-field pass was controlled wonderfully well by Traoré on the halfway line
before the winger embarked on a lung-busting run towards the R's box. His initial low effort was repelled by Walsh but,
with the goalkeeper on the floor, Traoré followed up to head home into an unoccupied net.

As play continued, Fulham twice went close again before Rangers began to threaten their opponents a little more
following six further changes in the 65th minute.

Frey was inches away from meeting Kenneth Paal's 69th-minute centre while Alfie Tuck drove straight at the home
goalkeeper a minute later.

Celar was introduced for his QPR debut on 75 minutes and chances continued to flow at both ends.

Fulham hit the post while Tuck again threatened following an R's corner. Rayan Kolli also poked wide from another
dead-ball situation.

But there would be no more goals as Martí Cifuentes and his QPR players now turn their attentions to Saturday's visit to
Reading in pre-season.

QPR: Walsh, Santos (Dunne 65), Morrison (Cook 65), Fox (Clarke-Salter 65), Larkeche (Paal 65), Field (Tuck 46),
Dixon-Bonner (Frey 46) (Celar 75), Talla (Smyth 65), Bennie (Colback 65), Lloyd (Kolli 46), Dykes (Andersen 65).