It’S been a long week.
From the moment Giovanni van Bronckhorst surveyed the scenes of devastation inside his dressing room last Tuesday night, the Rangers boss knew it would be. It wasn’t so much the first-leg scoreline in Belgium which had caused such an outpouring of anger and frustration. Rather it was the sheer sloppiness of an abject performance which has left a crack at the Champions League hanging in the balance.
If van Bronckhorst and his players have been counting down the hours ever since for a shot at redemption then, at last, tonight their moment will arrive. There can be no such carelessness and no room for excuses either. Rangers simply have to repair the damage done against a Union Saint Gilloise side which travelled to Glasgow yesterday intent on doubling down on that 2-0 win and taking a huge step towards another fairytale story in UEFA’s event for the elite.
