Perhaps we shouldn’t really have been surprised. It was a Thursday night under the lights after all. And this is what Rangers do.
But, even so, what went on inside a bouncing, breathless Ibrox last night almost defied belief as Giovanni van Bronckhorst ’s European specialists produced a performance of such raw power and eye popping panache that they may even have caught themselves by surprise.
And yet, despite battering the life out of Braga for 82 minutes, they sent anxiety levels soaring with the concession of a late goal which not only threatened to destroy the night of their lives but forced their own fans into the torture chamber of extra time.
