The Champions League. Can’t live with it …. pass the beer nuts.
Yes, Giovanni van Bronchorst stopped just short of saying all he wants is a bag of cans and the Europa League back. But the strain which comes with being ritually outclassed and heavily outgunned on the biggest stage in club football, continues to weigh down as a burden on the shoulders of the Rangers manager.
Sunday’s 2-1 top-flight win at Motherwell may have lightened the load a little but van Bronckhorst is currently battling through the most dangerous period of his time in charge of the Ibrox club. The wounds inflicted by that 7-1 evisceration from Liverpool are evidently going to take some time to heal. And yet, it’s against this backdrop of European carnage, that he must attempt to keep his side functioning in domestic competition. Fir Park was a start. Tonight against Dundee, the Dutchman hopes to continue the recovery by booking up a place in the semi-finals of the League Cup.
