Maurice Ross relives night Rangers said 'nae bother' to beating PSG superstars as he urges current Ibrox crop to finish off Dortmund
Maurice Ross insists there was never any chance of his Rangers side being starstruck the night they shot down PSG’s stellar line-up.
And he reckons the current Ibrox crop could be on for another famous win themselves so long as they don’t let themselves become overawed by Borussia Dortmund in Thursday’s Europa League return.
Last week’s sensational victory over the Bundesliga big guns at the Westfalenstadion has sparked a debate about just what constitutes Gers’ greatest ever Euro away day.
The three leading candidates seem to be the 1978 Eindhoven win over PSV, which was the Dutch outfit’s first ever home defeat in Uefa competition, the Battle of Britain victory over Leeds at Elland Road in 1992 and 2007’s Champions League triumph against Lyon.
Ross’ favourite night on the continent - the 2001 penalty shoot out win over PSG at the Parc des Princes - is another contender after Dick Advocaat’s team swept past some of the biggest names in the game at that time to march on in the Uefa Cup.
The former full-back recalls how his side were pre-programmed to believe they were more than a match for the Ligue 1 giants.
But he ’s worried now that Giovanni van Bronckhorst’s current squad may struggle to live up to that feat if they fail to carry out the same instructions which produced last week's remarkable Rhineland result.
“My biggest night in Europe was beating a star-studded PSG side on penalties", recalled Ross. “They were some side with Anelka, Arteta, Ronaldinho, Heinze, Pochettino.
“But honestly, after the game - and this sounds stupid - we weren’t that fussed. We were like, ‘Good result, who’s next?’
“That culture has to be in the building anyway. You have to go out thinking, ‘F**k PSG, we’ll put them on their arse.


