Smith Demands Greater Effort As Rangers Teeter On Brink of Euro Exit Manager's Warning After Kaunas Earn Draw at Ibrox

The Scotsman › July 31, 2008

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WALTER Smith will warn his Rangers players that the away-day heroics which took them to the Uefa Cup final in May offer no guarantee they will survive a precariously poised Champions League second qualifying round tie with Kaunas.

The Rangers manager cut a frustrated figure at Ibrox last night as his team toiled to a 0-0 draw with the Lithuanian champions in a first leg as tense as he had predicted. It was a situation from which Rangers went on to win three of their Uefa Cup ties last season, but Smith dismissed the relevance of recent history.

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Smith Demands Greater Effort As Rangers Teeter On Brink of Euro Exit Manager's Warning After Kaunas Earn Draw at Ibrox

The stakes are much greater now, with complete elimination from Europe facing Rangers next Tuesday if they fail to see off Kaunas, a club who have never been beyond the ...

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