After an impressive 2-0 win over Lech Poznan on Thursday night secured top spot in Europa League Group D, many Rangers supporters are already looking forward to the draw for the Round of 32, which takes place on Monday.
The Gers will be seeded, ensuring they cannot be drawn against heavyweights like Manchester United, Tottenham and Ajax.
However, there are still some very strong sides amongst Rangers’ 15 potential opponents.
Sporting Braga of Portugal, the club Rangers faced at this stage last season, could soon be making another trip to Ibrox, while Dynamo Kiev and Olympiacos are two more big unseeded sides.
However, the team many Bears want to avoid is Real Sociedad.
The Basque outfit haven’t won much silverware in recent years and even spent time in the Spanish second-tier in the 2000s, but they are flying this season and currently sit second in the La Liga table, above Real Madrid, Barcelona and Sevilla.
They only squeezed through to the knockouts courtesy of an injury-time equaliser from Willian José at Napoli as rivals AZ Alkmaar were downed by Rijeka in Croatia.
However, they have a number of high-class players amongst their ranks, including David Silva and Mikel Oyarzabal, and plenty of Gers supporters see them as a big threat.
Here’s a selection of reactions from Twitter:
https://twitter.com/_EuanG72/status/1337177386723528706
After the win over Lech Poznan, Steven Gerrard labelled one Gers player ‘outstanding’ and urged the club to give him an improved contract.
