This Rangers team blow sides away unlike class of 2008 and it feels like European stars are aligning - Keith Jackson

It's moving rapidly from the sublime towards the utterly ridiculous.

And assuming Rangers finish off the job in Belgrade on Thursday night then this European adventure will have entered into a truly surreal state of affairs.

Let’s be blunt here. UEFA have not designed their tournaments in order for teams from this part of the world to get anywhere near the latter stages, never mind gain entry into the VIP room that is the last eight.

But that’s exactly where Giovanni van Bronckhorst and his players appear to be heading, having already planted one boot in the next round with Thursday night’s thrilling three-goal routing of Red Star at Ibrox.

Logic dictates that it will come to an end and probably sooner rather than later.

But then Rangers removed common sense and sound reason from the equation when they eliminated favourites Borussia Dortmund from the knockout stages.

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And the manner with which they set about the Serbian champions last week did little to dampen the notion that something extraordinary might be happening before our very eyes.

They carried the feel-good factor all the way up to Tayside yesterday afternoon when they did away with Dundee at Dens Park to join Hearts and Hibs in