Nico Raskin, the Ibrox midfielder, expresses his ambition to replicate the success of Rangers' 2022 Europa League campaign, challenging his teammates to emulate that historic run to the final. After securing a spot in the knockout stage, Raskin is confident in Rangers' abilities and eagerly awaits the draw, hoping for a clash against his former Belgian rivals, Anderlecht.
The Ibrox midfielder says there’s no limit to what Philippe Clement’s side can achieve in the tournament after gate-crashing the last-16. Raskin admits he’d love a crack at Belgian side Anderlecht in the knock-outs. And the 23-year-old would love to go all the way to the final - just like Giovanni van Bronckhorst’s team did three years ago. Raskin was superb in Gers’ 2-1 victory over Union St-Gilloise on Thursday night as they defied the odds to finish eighth in the Europa League table.
Raskin said: “It’s hard to say how far we can go. In these competitions you need a bit of luck in the draw - and on the pitch. We’ll take it game by game and see where we can go."So we’re going to try and make it as long as possible. I’ve seen videos of when they reached the final, yeah. The club is very proud about that - they’ve been showing it to us.
“Personally, I’d like to get Anderlecht because it was one of my biggest rivals in Belgium for my team . But it doesn’t matter who we play. We’ll just go and try to do the job, home and away.” Belgium appointed former Roma, Marseille, Lyon and Napoli boss Garcia last month and Raskin is hoping his goal against his countrymen could see him earn his first call-up.
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