Rangers explain Aaron Ramsey's omission in Portugal as Giovanni van Bronckhorst reveals Braga weakness he wants to exploit at Ibrox

Rangers manager Giovanni van Bronckhorst is hopeful Braga’s relatively inexperienced team might wilt in the heat of the Ibrox cauldron next week as the Scottish champions try to overturn a 1-0 deficit in the Europa League quarter-finals.

Abel Ruiz scored the only goal of the first leg in Portugal on Thursday night, leaving the tie firmly in the balance.

As Rangers look to book a semi-final clash with either RB Leipzig or Atalanta, who drew 1-1 in Germany in the first leg of their last eight tie, van Bronckhorst is banking on the impact of a fired-up capacity crowd in Govan.

“In the end, it’s a one-goal difference,” he said. “Next week we play at home with the crowd behind us.

“The atmosphere is very hostile (at Ibrox), it’s very overwhelming at times. You saw tonight that after 70 minutes, Braga dropped their energy levels a little bit.

“So we have to give all the energy next week. We have to win by a margin of two and then you go to the semis. So we know what the task is ahead of us.

“We wanted a good result to take with us (back to Glasgow). It was a hard game, we conceded one goal and tried to push for the 1-1 in the second half.

Video: Ralf Rangnick: 'First half was difficult to find the rhythm' (Daily Mail)

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