Alex McLeish joked Rangers will "get them in the away leg" as he shared his joy after an emotional return to Ibrox.
He led a team of Ibrox legends against a Rest of the World select as the club's 150th anniversary celebrations brought the stars out in the Glasgow sunshine.
Captained by Luis Figo, the who's who of world football edged it 3-2 in a good-natured contest against some Light Blues favourites including current manager Giovanni van Bronckhorst.
Goals from Carlos Marchena, Nuno Gomes and Ricardo Quaresma wowed the huge crowd but it was a header from Shota Arveladze and a cameo goal from Paul Gascoigne that sparked the biggest cheers.
And McLeish, who managed Rangers between 2001 and 2006, admitted it was "spine tingling" to be back in the dugout.
He told Rangers TV: "I don't like getting beat, you know that! (winks)
"But it was a great cause and fantastic players we were playing against. I thought about parking the bus but I'm sure we'll get them in the away leg."
Over 38,000 turned out for the occasion but McLeish insisted those numbers came as no surprise to him.
He said: "The Rangers fans, over the piece, through thick and thin, they've turned up.
"Whenever people have said 'that'll be empty' or 'they won't be there, they won't fill the stadium', they'll always be there."
Favourites from years gone by such as Barry Ferguson, Jorg Albertz, Ronald de Boer, Sasa Papac and a host of others were in town for the big occasion - all of them buzzing, according to McLeish.
And he revealed Gascoigne was reduced to tears by the warmth of the reception he received appearing late on.
McLeish continued: "The banter was brilliant. I told them: 'That's a pretty tasty team in there, guys, be careful' but as I said, we'll get them when we go away and beat them then!
"When you come back, everything drifts back in your memory of all the really good times you've had."
"Craig Moore, the boys were buzzing. Gazza, there was a tear in his eye before the game.
"And coming on, the reception he got and getting the goal, again he was shedding a tear or two."
