'We need to enjoy playing in this atmosphere'published at 17:20 Greenwich Mean Time 17 March 2022
Red Star Belgrade v Rangers (0-3, 17:45)
"We know we are going to a place with a hostile atmosphere; this is something we need to cope with, with our experienced team," said Rangers boss Giovanni van Bronckhorst yesterday. "We need to enjoy playing in this atmosphere."
The stadium, known locally as the 'Marakana' has the longest pre-match walk in Europe and Red Star like to make the 240m journey through two tunnels just to get to the pitch as intimidating as possible.
Then comes the wall of noise from supporters.
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