The night Beckenbauer turned Rangers air blue as Colin Stein insists current crop are onto a winner against RB Leipzig

It's 50 years since Colin Stein had Franz Beckenbauer turning the air blue as Rangers blasted their way to Barcelona.

But the Ibrox legend insists his old side don’t need to curse their injury jinx after swearing Gio van Bronckhorst’s current crop are on to a winner against RB Leipzig this week

Back in 1972, Gers refused to mind their Ps and Qs as they blitzed past a star-studded Bayern Munich to cross the penultimate hurdle on the road to Cup Winners’ Cup glory over Moscow Dynamo.

The Bavarians were packed with key figures who’d go on to form the backbone of West Germany’s victorious World Cup winning squad two years later.

Their line-up was packed with iconic names, including star keeper Sepp Maier, midfield men Paul Breitner and Uli Hoeness along with record-setting poacher Gerd Muller.

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But it was double Ballon d’Or winner Beckenbauer whose name tripped off the tongue quickest for the 80,000 in attendance for the second leg triumph which sent the Scots marching on their way to the Nou Camp.

Stein’s stand-out moment from their semi-final showdown, though, is the tongue-lashing he got after leaving his boot in on the furious Kaiser.

The German legend didn’t go as far as excusing his French