And so, it has come to this. Just nine weeks on from the raucous celebrations in Eindhoven and the giddy excitement of the following day’s Champions League draw, Rangers have one more chance to spare themselves continental ignominy.
All the hope and anticipation has been whittled away, exposing the grim reality of trying to compete last season’s runners-up, one of the last 16, and a side that might well go on and claim the big shiny pot themselves this term.
Now, after five chastening losses, Rangers host…