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The Herald Scotland
4 days ago
- Sport
- The Herald Scotland
Czech ex-Rangers star admits 'surprise' at Plzen gulf
Rangers cruised to a 3-0 first leg win against the Czech Republic side and seem set to face either Club Brugge or RB Salzburg in the playoffs, with the Belgians winning 1-0 in the first leg in Austria. And 41-times capped Sionko - who spent a single year at Ibrox under flop manager Paul Le Guen - was impressed with his former club. He said: "I have to say there was a huge difference in quality between Rangers and Viktoria Plzen. "It means they now have no chance of qualifying in the second leg. "I expected a much better performance from Plzen, but Rangers were very good. "Scottish football remains a competition between two teams and Rangers are still a little behind Celtic. Read more: "But they are finding stability and they have enormous strength, tradition and possibilities and amazing fans at a full Ibrox. "Personally, I was surprised at the level of difference between the two teams. "Rangers have many international players in their team now. They have a lot of interesting and skilled foreigners who they can afford to pay. "And they definitely don't play the Scottish type of football. "We actually tried to play like that under Paul Le Guen, but we could only play that way in Europe. "When we came to play Motherwell or Aberdeen, things got messy again. I had to adapt a lot with my smaller stature and I have to say that it didn't work for me."
The National
4 days ago
- Sport
- The National
Czech ex-Rangers star admits 'surprise' at Plzen gulf
And he's written off any hope of a comeback from Viktoria Plzen next week. Rangers cruised to a 3-0 first leg win against the Czech Republic side and seem set to face either Club Brugge or RB Salzburg in the playoffs, with the Belgians winning 1-0 in the first leg in Austria. And 41-times capped Sionko - who spent a single year at Ibrox under flop manager Paul Le Guen - was impressed with his former club. He said: "I have to say there was a huge difference in quality between Rangers and Viktoria Plzen. "It means they now have no chance of qualifying in the second leg. "I expected a much better performance from Plzen, but Rangers were very good. "Scottish football remains a competition between two teams and Rangers are still a little behind Celtic. Read more: "But they are finding stability and they have enormous strength, tradition and possibilities and amazing fans at a full Ibrox. "Personally, I was surprised at the level of difference between the two teams. "Rangers have many international players in their team now. They have a lot of interesting and skilled foreigners who they can afford to pay. "And they definitely don't play the Scottish type of football. "We actually tried to play like that under Paul Le Guen, but we could only play that way in Europe. "When we came to play Motherwell or Aberdeen, things got messy again. I had to adapt a lot with my smaller stature and I have to say that it didn't work for me."
