ian1964 10,414 Posted October 23, 2007 Author Share Posted October 23, 2007 Stuttgart Boss Dismisses Rangers' Chances Oct 23 2007 By Roddy Thomson Champions League Crunch... Rangers V Barcelona, Ibrox, 7.45pm Stuttgart V Lyon STUTTGART boss Armin Veh wrote off Rangers' win in Lyon as a fluke and insisted the French are favourites to progress with Barcelona. The Group E bottom pair meet in Germany tonight with the losers almost certainly being eliminated. If Veh is right he must be expecting Lyon to get off the mark - but that's not the case. He said: "Rangers played a better game in Lyon than they did against us at Ibrox but Lyon should have won. "The French were better when you count up their opportunities. They are getting back to their best and you can't overlook their European experience. "That could prove crucial in terms of who goes through with Barcelona. "We are both looking at Barca winning in Glasgow and in Spain so Rangers are in a false position because of the way the fixtures have fallen. "Six points is a lot to make up but we each have a great chance to turn it around." Mexican midfielder Pavel Pardo was more wary and worries the Germans and Lyon will cut each other up. The Stuttgart midfielder said: "When you say Rangers are lucky to win 3-0, you're asking for trouble. The Scots are in such a good position because they worked hard to get the two wins. "I have warned my young compadre Giovani dos Santos that the biggest obstacle Barca face will be the fans in Glasgow - they give their team such power." Saturday's 4-1 defeat at Hamburg was Stuttgart's sixth in 10 league games and Veh is without seven first picks tonight. Lyon have hit top form since losing to Rangers and Jeremy Toulalan is convinced his side will qualify. The midfielder said: "Everyone says we're now competing for third place but the players know we can do it" 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig 5,195 Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 "We are both looking at Barca winning in Glasgow and in Spain so Rangers are in a false position because of the way the fixtures have fallen. What he doesn't go on to say is that both Stuttgart and Lyon both have to play Barca too, so even if one of them were to get 6 points from both games they would likely need to get a result against the strongest team in the group. And more so his team who have to go to the Nou Camp. Not convinced his synopsis makes too much sense to me - it possibly would if we were not 6 points above both Lyon and Barca, though to be fair I still think we will get it tough from Lyon at Ibrox. Here's hoping we can get at least 3 points from the 2 Barca games to make us (almost) safe and hope that Stuttgart and Lyon do cut each other up and only get 2 points from their 2 head to heads to make it definitely safe ! 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve 0 Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 I hope we take something from this game to shut that German kant up!!..Most of all to give us a realistic chance of going through. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gribz 743 Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 LOUIS VAN GAAL last night warned Rangers they face mission impossible tomorrow night against Barcelona. That will be egg on his face then :fish: 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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