Borna Barisic insists Rangers are back where they belong. But the Ibrox ace also knows the team are going to have to raise their game if they’re going to live with the continental creme de la creme. The Light Blues are back in the big time after Gio van Bronckhorst’s team upset the odds for the umpteenth time in recent memory.
Their reward for dumping Dutch cracks PSV is a set of glamour ties against Liverpool, Ajax and Napoli as the bright lights of the Champions League prepare once again to shine down on Ibrox.
But even Barisic can’t deny Rangers rode their luck in Eindhoven at times, offering up Ruud van Nistelrooy’s team a set of chances that the elite European opposition they’re now preparing to face are far less likely to spurn. Van Bronckhorst’s team have already restored their reputation abroad with last year’s Europa League campaign.
