Philippe Clement’s side twice took the lead against the Portuguese giants in their own back yard on Thursday.
And Jack Butland has backed Gers to finish off the job when they welcome Benfica back to their Ibrox den this week. 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.
“In the second half I don’t recall that many shots on target – and that’s a testament to the way we defended. Yeah, we could have maybe scored a couple more as well. So it was a good performance against a top side with some incredible talents.” Rangers have domestic duties to contend with this evening as they travel to Easter Road for a Scottish Cup quarter-final encounter with Hibs. Come through that and Clement’s Viaplay Cup winners can seriously start dreaming of a clean sweep at home – and perhaps bigger prizes abroad. Butland said: “It doesn’t stop. We are involved in a lot of competitions and there’s another huge game against Hibs.Clement has refused to put domestic success ahead of Europe and the Ibrox No.
The Argentine World Cup winner put away the spot-kick to cancel out Tom Lawrence’s opener – only for Gers to snatch back an interval advantage through Dujon Sterling.
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