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Yes in terms of the history and tradition, but in terms of quality I think I think it is exciting. They look a step up in quality from anyone we've played in the last decade. Jonathan Tah starts for Germany at centre back and will be the best centre back Morelos has ever played against. Kai Havertz is possibly Germany's brightest talent and has been linked with £100m moves. He is probably the best attacking talent we will have come up against in the same time period. Nadiem Amiri is another German international who is an attacking midfielder and they have a few other very highly rated players. It is always interesting to see how we fare when tested by higher quality sides.

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I think a German side like Leverkusen can negate our physical advantage in a way that the mediterranean sides often can't. It won't be as easy to give them a rough ride at Ibrox because they tend to be up for the physical battle. Given they are only 6 points off a world class Bayern Munich side and 2 off Dortmund I think this is a very hard draw and probably the end of the road. Having said that it's certainly not beyond the realms of possibility. Pressure is well and truly off now.

Leverkusen ?

RANGERS vs ......

Olympiacos vs Wolves Two very tough teams gone

Istanbul vs Copenhagen Two beatable teams gone

Dieter Hamann saying he always keeps an eye on the Rangers games due to Gerrard

The draw always takes forever to get going

See below a very brief lowdown on our potential opponents. Roma - 5th in Serie a. Not at their best but a quality side. Dismantled Istanbul home and away in the group and squeezed past two German sides. Narrow win over Gent in last 32. Not the worst draw of the big names. Wolfsburg - 7th in Bundesliga, very lucky to get through the group and got an easy draw in Malmo. Would be a good draw. LASK - Top of the Austrian Bundesliga ahead of RB Salzburg. They've done well in Europe. Would be a tough draw by the looks of it. Basel - 3rd in Swiss league with very poor form, 5 behind Young Boys. Lost home and away to LASK in UCL qualifiers but have been superb in the EL. A good draw but they've been very good in this competition. Leverkusen - 5th in Bundesliga but near the top, only 6 behind Bayern, definitely one to avoid Istanbul Basaksehir - Who? Well they are top of the league after 23 games so are better than you might think. They've blown hot and cold in Europe, beating Wolfsberg home and away in the process. Wolves - Probably One to avoid. They've been very good in this competition blowing away Espanyol and Besiktas with 4-0 wins. Sitting 8th in the EPL but ECL places are still within their reach. Shakthar - One to avoid, played 19 in the league and won 17 and drawn 2. Took 6 points from UCL group to finish ahead of Dinamo Zagreb and held Man City 1-1 at the Etihad. Inter - 3rd in Serie a but form has stalled badly. Competed pretty well in a tough group in the ECL, being edged out by Barcelona and Dortmund. One to avoid. Man Utd - 5th in EPL with patchy form but they've blown away a few teams at Old Trafford in this competition and have to be considered one of the tougher draws Olympiacos - Another UCL drop in. Top of their league and flying. Swept aside Istanbul Basaksehir and Krasnador in UCL qualifiers and competed with strong sides in the group stages. Beating Arsenal is a big statement from them. One to avoid I think. Sevilla - Joint 3rd with Atletico and only 10-12 points of Barca and Real. Cruised through the group but only squeezed past Cluj on away goals. On paper a quality side but in terms of style maybe a side we could take. Copenhagen - 9 points behind Midtjylland in the league. Somehow squeezed through a weak group scoring only 5 goals in 6 games. Got a very jammy draw in the last 32. Would be a very good draw. Getafe - 5th in La liga and only a point off Sevilla and Atletico. Having a fantastic season. Beaten home and away by Basel in groups but got through after getting 4 wins in 4 from Trabzonspor and Krasnodar and pulled off an impressive win over Ajax in the last 32. Very beatable but a dark horse. One of the better draws still I think.

That's not what he was referring to. Rangers will not have to split the tv revenue for the next round with Celtic so we will receive double the TV revenue we would have received.

Well I had the game on last night in the background and I was surprised at how little Celtic did and how easily Copenhagen controlled the game. The penalty was a gift from nothing and even then they weren’t good enough to capitalise.

Well they can’t complain because they’ve been knocked out by the weakest team there. A team who are 9 points behind a team we beat 7-3 way back in the 3rd qualifying round of this competition.

Copenhagen really deserved that but the BT Sport panel won’t stop going on about the first half in Copenhagen.

Never played Benfica, which is strange. It's worth noting that Benfica would obviously be a notable step up in quality from Braga and Sporting (albeit Braga's form is better). Having said that, Porto have just closed the gap in the league to 1 point.

Thanks. Tbh there are a few teams in there that we could take. I think we want to avoid a German side though, we would probably lose our physical advantage against them. Looking forward to the draw. The first leg is 2 weeks today and second leg 3 weeks today. Probably too soon for Helander but it would be a bonus to have him back in contention for the two legs. At full strength we have a side who can compete with almost anyone in this competition.

Didn’t realise Sporting were still in this. Might as well have another Portuguese team ?

So many players to praise. But I'm delighted for Edmundson in particular. This time last year he played in a 3-1 defeat to Bury for Oldham in the English League 2. Tonight he has played his part in getting Rangers to the last 16 of the Europa League, keeping a clean sheet in the process. He has also given himself a great chance of keeping his place in the team after a frustrating season watching from the stand which must be a great feeling.

As promised I’m back to celebrate at 9 ? what a performance!

Right, I won’t get to watch the game till 7 so I’m switching off my phone. I’ll be back at about 9 to celebrate.

Do you still think we play a 4-2-3-1 ? Arfield will be alonside Jack and Davis. Hagi and Kent will be behind Kamberi.

I'm happy with that team. Braga will press us relentlessly and they would have got joy out of pressing Katic in my opinion but Edmundson can be trusted on the ball. We will also be relying on route one a bit tonight and I think Edmundson is our best long distance passer and that could be really important tonight. The other big call is Aribo missing out. I think it's harsh but given we are likely to be going route 1 a bit you can see the sense in going with Kent. I would probably still have gone Aribo because he is fantastic at getting long balls under control and simply has far more quality. But as I say this game should suit Kent. On current form Aribo can consider himself a little unlucky not to start ahead of Davis too.

Sorry there was no match thread, could this be made the match thread?

Absolutely sickening

I've always laughed off the idea of refereeing bias but, far from the decisions evening themselves out, we've had a pile-up of shockers in the very most important moments of the season.