Philippe Clement sums his grounded Rangers humility up in 6 sentences that speak volumes about Ibrox progress
dailyrecord.co.ukPhilippe Clement has brought a sense of realism back to Rangers. And it's ironic that it's his tone of grounded humility that has fans dreaming something special could really be on.
The Ibrox boss spoke on Wednesday about the UEFA chatter surrounding a potential fanzone at Croke Park for a final between Gers and Liverpool - which could be on the cards if both teams realise their ambitions and avoid one another in the draw.For now it seems like it's in the distance, but if Rangers do the job against Benfica tonight and Liverpool don't throw a four goal lead against Sparta Prague at Anfield, it will be just two rounds away.
How the season has flown in, eh? It's natural that talk of another long Europa League run is starting to flow - this team look every bit as good as the one that did it two years ago, and have arguably a better manager at the helm than Gio van Bronckhorst - but Clement wasn't letting himself get wrapped up in it.“I heard that on the radio and I was surprised that people are thinking about (the final) already," he said. "It’s still a long, long way to go to think about the final.“We have to think about Benfica first.
We’re only thinking about one game at a time. I just need my players to give their best — qualifying would be an amazing thing.
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