Rangers followers could have excessive hopes that they'll go even additional within the Europa League after drawing Braga.
Having seen off Purple Star Belgrade, Gio van Bronckhorst 's males dodged European heavyweights when the Portuguese aspect have been pulled out of the hat.
With Barcelona, RB Leipzig and West Ham within the hat, a conflict with Braga will delight some as they eye a semi-final push.
Rangers have impressed towards their opponents, who they play on April 7 and 14, in latest seasons and can hope for extra European glory.
However whereas on paper it might seem like a beneficial draw, what is going to Braga convey to the desk within the quarter-final?
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Who're Braga?
Sporting Clube de Braga have been regulars in European soccer since their formation in 1945, bringing a number of huge names to the 30,200-seater Municipal Stadium of Braga.
Regardless of dwelling the shadows of Portuguese giants Sporting Lisbon, Porto and Benfica they've rubbed shoulders with Europe's elite a number of instances.
In reality, they got here near successful the Europa League again in 2011 in a slender 1-0 defeat to previous foe Porto.
They have been in respectable type since with third and fourth-placed finishes within the Portuguese league within the final two campaigns. They sit in fourth spot within the Primeira Liga.
The legend goes that after World Warfare Two, Braga modified their package from inexperienced to crimson and white as a result of their president had enterprise pursuits in London and recurrently went to look at Arsenal.
How did they attain this stage?
The Europa League expertise shone by as Braga noticed off Monaco to achieve the quarter ultimate stage.
After a 2-0 win within the first leg, a battling 1-1 draw on the Stade Louis II stadium booked their spot within the final eight.
They narrowly escaped the group stage pipping Midtjylland to second spot on the final day of the group stage calendar with a win over Ludogorets.
They did not beat group winners Purple Star Belgrade - which is able to certainly act as an enormous confidence enhance to Gio van Bronckhorst following Rangers' final 16 mixture victory.
Within the knockout spherical playoff it took extra-time for Braga to see off Moldovan shock bundle Sheriff Tiraspol.
Who's their supervisor?
Carlos Carvalhal is the person within the Braga dugout - and is a reputation that could be acquainted to some supporters.
The managerial veteran has spent most of his 20-year profession in Portugal, however his nomadic profession has additionally taken him to Turkey, Greece and England.
His spells at Sheffield Wednesday earned him a transfer to English Premier League aspect Swansea, earlier than he would lead the membership out of the highest flight and into the Championship later that season.
Since then, he is reinvented himself as Rio Ave supervisor steering the aspect to their highest ever Primeira Liga factors tally and into Europe with a fifth positioned end.
That noticed him return to Braga, the place he spent three spells as a participant.
Who's their star man?
Captain Ricardo Horta has been the standout participant for Braga up to now this season.
The winger has loved a formidable marketing campaign - netting 19 objectives for a aspect who've struggling to search out the web up to now this season.
The 27-year-old's scintillating type this season has seen him linked with strikes to the likes of Arsenal and Liverpool this summer time.
He'll be the person to look at for the Rangers defence throughout the 2 legs.
Most of Braga's success this season has been constructed on excellent defensive shows - with goalkeeper Matheus Magalhaes on the core of that.
Whereas Allan McGregor has been the hero for Rangers on a number of events - Braga cult hero Magalhaes is arguably simply as essential to his followers with simply 9 objectives conceded in Europe up to now this season.
The 29-year-old will should be in tremendous type once more to maintain out the likes of Alfredo Morelos and Ryan Kent.
What's their European pedigree?
Braga have grow to be a daily characteristic of European soccer since they first reached the UEFA Cup in 2005.
They've solely did not make the group stage of the Europa League as soon as within the final 5 seasons.
The Portuguese aspect made their first Champions League group stage look in 2011, and would go on to the Europa League ultimate that very same season in a dropping effort to their compatriots.
Additionally they have one piece of European silverware to their identify - having lifted the Intertoto Cup in it is ultimate season of existence again in 2008.
For Rangers followers they're a well-known foe.
They recovered from being two objectives down at Ibrox within the first leg to win 3-2 once they met within the 2020 Europa League final 32 and adopted it up with a 1-0 success in Portugal to undergo.