Giovanni Van-Bronckhorst Ruud Van-Nistelrooy Antonio Colak Scotland USA city Holland city Istanbul city Sangare stage blues Racing Rangers Giovanni Van-Bronckhorst Ruud Van-Nistelrooy Antonio Colak Scotland USA city Holland city Istanbul city Sangare

Rangers player ratings as Malik Tillman shines on historic Champions League night in Eindhoven

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Rangers kept up their unbeaten run in Eindhoven but few of their wins will be more important than Giovanni van Bronckhorst's side who ended a 12-year wait to reach the Champions League group stage with Antonio Colak scoring the only goal in the Philips Stadium to complete a 3-2 playoff win.

It completed the Light Blues journey back from the bottom tier of Scottish football to UEFA's premier competition as they go in the hat alongside Celtic in the group stage draw in Istanbul.

And last season's Europa League finalists could now be facing giants such as Real Madrid and Liverpool at Ibrox this season.

But it took a huge amount of work over two qualifying ties and they had to dig deep at times in Holland before van Bronckhorst came out on top against his old team-mate Ruud van Nistelrooy.

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