Jack Butland underlines Rangers dressing room unity with classy answer as blame games nonexistent
dailyrecord.co.ukRugged Rangers showed no fear as they swooped into the Eagles’ nest in Lisbon.And Jack Butland has backed Gers to finish off the job when they welcome Benfica back to their Ibrox den this week.
Philippe Clement’s side twice took the lead against the Portuguese giants in their own back yard on Thursday. But Roger Schmidt’s men were able to claw their way back in the Europa League last-16 tie to set up a second-leg shoot-out in Glasgow on Thursday, with the tie finely balanced at 2-2.But Butland reckons his side are poised to dazzle Benfica under the bright lights of Ibrox.
We went to Lisbon with belief,” said the England squad hopeful. “You’re going to have to accept periods of time without the ball given their quality.
But we don’t underestimate what we can do and how we can defend as a team, which we did incredibly well the other night.“In the second half I don’t recall that many shots on target – and that’s a testament to the way we defended.
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