Rangers have discovered the dates and times for their crunch Champions League play-off showdown with PSV.
Giovanni van Bronckhorst's men recovered from a two-nil first leg defeat in Belgium to dump Union Saint-Gilloise 3-0 at Ibrox to secure a 3-2 aggregate win and a spot in the final stage of the qualifying route. James Tavernier, Antonio Colak and Malik Tillman were on target as Ibrox as the Light Blues completed a stunning European comeback.
Just potentially 180 minutes stand between the Ibrox men and a huge financial windfall and a place in the group stages alongside Ange Postecolgou and his Celtic side. Standing in the way are Dutch giants PSV and the details of both legs have now been released by UEFA. Rangers will host the first leg in Govan on Tuesday next week with the match kicking off at at 8pm. The crucial second-leg takes place in the Netherlands eight days later on the Wednesday with the same start time.
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The winner will find out their fate the following day with the draw for the group stages taking place on Thursday, August 25.
PSV have been handed a major boost ahead of the clash with Rangers after having their league fixture switched.
A club statement read: "As PSV have booked a spot in the UEFA Champions League play-offs, the match versus FC Volendam, originally scheduled to take place on Saturday 20 August, has been moved to Wednesday 31 August, with an 18.45 kick-off."
It continued: "The match at home to FC Volendam was to take place in between the two play-off games.
"By moving the FC Volendam fixture, PSV will have an opportunity to prepare thoroughly for the decisive second play-off leg in the Philips Stadion on 24 August. Ruud van Nistelrooy will face Rangers FC in the UEFA Champions League play-off.
"Rangers progressed to the play-offs after a 3-2 win on aggregate against Belgian side Union Saint-Gilloise. The Belgians registered a 2-0 win in the first leg but Rangers overcame the two-goal deficit, winning 3-0 in Glasgow."
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