Union Saint Gilloise boss Karel Geraerts has tapped into his Celtic and Rangers hyperlinks as he ramps up preparations for his or her Champions League third qualifying spherical conflict.
The Belgian facet welcome Gio van Bronckhorst and his workforce for the primary leg on Tuesday as they hope to proceed their fairytale rise to the highest of the European sport after coming near lifting the Belgian title final time period. They grabbed their first win of the brand new home marketing campaign in opposition to Charleroi on Friday as they put together to get their European marketing campaign below approach.
With simply hours till the kick-off on the Joseph Marien Stadium within the essential Champions League qualifier Geraerts has tapped into his connections in Glasgow to get the lowdown on final season's Europa League finalists. One-time Celtic goalkeeper Logan Bailly, now goalkeeping coach at USG, and former Ibrox midfielder Thomas Buffel have been completely satisfied to provide a rundown on what the Belgian Professional League facet can anticipate on Tuesday night time.
Talking to Nieuwsblad forward of the primary leg, Geraerts mentioned: “They gave me some info. Make no mistake, Rangers do not play basic Scottish soccer with numerous lengthy balls.
"It's a workforce that tries to construct up and performs very offensive soccer. And naturally they've quite a lot of sturdy gamers, like (Rabbi) Matondo, who we all know from Cercle. I've requested my boys to begin each match with the conviction to win. It is no totally different now. Most solely know Rangers from tv or the Champions League, however tomorrow all of that shouldn't have any impression.
"It's now as much as us to face there. We now have enforced these preliminary rounds ourselves, there isn't a have to be afraid. My gamers haven't got stage fright. I feel it might be a terrific European night time.”
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