http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Rangers-c40314 FC face PSV Eindhoven in UEFA Europa League Round of 16
The Scottish Premier League outfit, Rangers FC, will feel lucky to have progressed to the Europa League Round of 16 after http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Maurice-Edu-c24896 netted an injury time equaliser to send Sporting Lisbon crashing out of the competition. The match concluded in a
2–2 stalemate, but the Gers qualified for the next phase on away goals as the aggregate score was tied on 3–3; the first leg of the encounter had also failed to produce a winner as the match had finished 1–1.
The Gers manager, Walter Smith, has warned his side about the difficult test in their Europa League upcoming encounter against the current Dutch Eredivisie leaders. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/PSV-c40281 qualified for the Round of 16 by convincingly defeating current Ligue 1 leaders,
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lille-OSC-c39800. The Gers will play the first leg of their Europa League Round of 16 double headers tie against PSV on March 10th at Philips Stadion.
Smith said, “We now play PSV and they have beaten a very good Lille side who are top of the French League. Indeed PSV are top of the Dutch league so it will clearly be very difficult. Our circumstances at the club are a lot different from a few years
ago. So it would be difficult to do it again”
The Gers have a good record in the European competitions against the Dutch side, as they have won three of their four encounters against PSV. Smith knows the fact that the Boeren will be a tough side to beat. However, he will be looking to achieve
good results and advance through to the quarterfinals of the Europa League.
The Gers tactician admitted that his side lacked quality in their back line. He said, “There were very few opportunities in the game and we were disappointed with the goal we lost. With our height at the back, we should have handled it better when
the ball came in but it broke to the edge of the box and gave Sporting their equaliser. We lost another one in the second half but we came back again at the death to go through so the lads deserve a lot of credit”.
The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Scotland-c756 manager will be looking to improve his side’s back line if they want to claim good results in the Europa League. His side won the Scottish premier league title last season and they are in a good position so far to defend the title
successfully. After their early exit from the UEFA Champions League, the fans were expecting a good performance from their side and so far, the Gers have done well. Smith will have to remain optimistic if he wants to keep European hopes alive this season.
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