There's been a certain look on the faces of the Rangers players after Champions League games this season. It’s been a mixture of shock and awe.
Giovanni van Bronckhorst recognises it too. It doesn’t seem like so long ago he had the same shellshocked expression staring back at him in the mirror. The Rangers boss had to go through the same painful lessons as his squad when he was a player and a rookie coach.
He fancied his chances when he stepped into the Champions League bear pit with Feyenoord – only to be left stunned at the brilliance of Zinedine Zidane and his Juventus pals. Likewise when van Bronckhorst was in the dugout for his boyhood club, they failed to pick up a point in their first five group matches, just as Rangers have this time out. The Ibrox boss is looking to round off a miserable section with a win against Ajax but the most important thing is learning these painful lessons and coming back strong.
