Unirea aim knockout blow at Gers

04 November 2009 08:22
The two sides meet again with Walter Smith's men well aware that they must avoid defeat at all costs to have any hope of resurrecting their campaign a fortnight after Unirea put a massive dent in their hopes of qualifying from Group G.[LNB]Rangers were left reeling when Dan Petrescu's men left Glasgow with a 4-1 victory and Varga knows tonight's clash will have a huge bearing on the fortunes of both teams in the competition.[LNB]He said: "We all know this is a life or death match - especially for Rangers as this is their last chance to qualify from the group stages.[LNB]"So we know they will play the game of their life. It will be a more difficult game than the one in Glasgow because they will come here for their morale and for their pride and that's why we believe it will be more difficult."[LNB]The game will be played in the Steaua Stadium in Bucharest, around 25 kilometres from the town of Urziceni, which holds a population of just 17,000, and Varga urged their fans to make the journey and throw their backing behind the team.[LNB]He said: "It's very important to play with a full house because it would give us more power and I assure the people who come to the stadium that they won't be disappointed."[LNB]Petrescu added: "Some games we have three or four thousand people so maybe there will be a couple of thousand from our city here and hopefully, like Stuttgart, another 15,000 from Bucharest.[LNB]"Someone told me that maybe the stadium will be full and that would be fantastic because we need the supporters as Rangers will have a couple of thousands fans and they know how to help the team."[LNB][LNB][LNB]

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