Rangers cauldron of noise will make Braga BETTER as Carlos Carvalhal sets out gung ho game plan

Carlos Carvalhal insists his brave Braga troops have nothing to fear from an electric Ibrox on Thursday night.

The Portuguese outfit will look to finish off Rangers and march into the Europa League semi-finals after claiming a one-goal lead at the Estadio Municipal last week.

Under-pressure Gers boss Gio van Bronckhorst has responded by calling on the Light Blues support to crank up the noise levels in the hope a red-hot atmosphere will inspire his side to a repeat of their heroics against Borussia Dortmund and Red Star Belgrade.

Confident Carvalhal, however, insists his side can handle the heat in Glasgow having stood firm on their travels against domestic giants Benfica, Porto and Sporting Lisbon.

Asked if the Ibrox faithful would give his side cause for concern, the former Swansea and Sheffield Wednesday boss shot back: "It is a positive. It is something that gives us a big motivation.

"We like the fantastic environment.

"Since we arrived in Braga, we have won in Benfica’s stadium, Sporting’s stadium, Porto’s stadium - we are talking about 50,000 or 60,000 fans in each and we won there.

"So it is something that we like.

"Congratulations to the Braga fans and Glasgow Rangers fans last week, it was an amazing atmosphere in the stadium and it was something that we like, we enjoy and we are looking forward to the game on Thursday.

"We will not only defend when we go to Glasgow.

“We’re a team that plays all the time to try to win.

“We’ll show a big respect to Glasgow Rangers because they really are a very good team, a strong team - but we will try to win because we try to win all the games."

Carvalhal was tasked with bringing down the average age of his veteran squad when he returned to his hometown club two years