John Lundstram is on the lookout for some Champions League redemption this yr as he prepares for Rangers’ qualifier in opposition to Servette on Wednesday evening.
Under Giovanni van Bronckhorst final season the Light Blues reached the group levels of the competitors for the primary time in 12 years.
However, after reaching the Europa League last in Seville solely to lose to Eintracht Frankfurt on penalties the earlier season, the step up at school proved to be traumatic for the Glasgow aspect.
The Govan aspect completed backside of the part with no factors after house and away defeats by Liverpool, Ajax and Napoli and amid some heavy losses was a file 7-1 house defeat by the Merseyside membership at Ibrox.
Ahead of the primary leg of the third qualifier in opposition to the Swiss aspect – the winners play PSV Eindhoven or Sturm Graz within the play-off – midfielder Lundstram recalled a painful expertise that he needs to place proper.
He stated: “The run (to Seville) was nice… not so nice reminiscences of the Champions League.
“We didn’t fairly carry out in addition to we’d wish to and we wish to try to appropriate that this yr and make a greater present of ourselves. So we do wish to qualify.
“It’s not good when you understand you didn’t carry out to the extent you understand you’re able to and also you’ve proven and we all know we will do higher.
“Playing up in opposition to absolute world-class gamers each different week is nice expertise however it will have been a greater expertise if we performed a bit bit higher, in fact it will.
“So hopefully, we will we will progress by way of to the group levels, we will put in a greater efficiency however in fact that’s a distance away.
“Hopefully, we have four games until that point so we can cross that bridge when it comes.”
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