Cyriel Dessers believes Rangers can make history by winning the UEFA Europa League this season.
Philippe Clement’s side bypassed the playoffs following a hard-fought 2-1 victory over Belgian Pro League side Union Saint-Gillloise last month.
The Light Blues will face one of FC Twente, Bodo/Glint, Fenerbahce or Anderlecht in the Round of 16 next month.
“We’re still competing in three competitions and I think the confidence that we got from the European games is huge, with getting to the top eight,” he told the club’s official website.
“So I think something special there is possible for the Europa League.
“We just need to keep going. You never know what happens and just keep looking at it game by game.
“Against some very good teams, we showed that we can compete with them and I think maybe that football in the Europa League sometimes fits us a little bit better even.
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“But also we showed it last season as well that we can compete with teams like Benfica.
“Also if you see we made it to the top eight and a lot of the teams that we played against are in the top eight as well.
“That just shows that we had the most difficult programme of everybody in the Europa League and we still got into the top eight.
“That’s a massive achievement and all credit to the group.
“So that gives us confidence and we know from here on in the knockout phase there are no easy games anymore.
“That’s also what I see when we went to the final with Feyenoord.
“But you also know that the more you progress the more it becomes 50-50 in these games.
“Even if you play against very big clubs everything is possible in a quarter-final or a semi-final.”
By Adeboye Amosu
