McLeish urges players to savour occasion against Villarreal

RANGERS manager Alex McLeish has told his players they are on the verge of one of the biggest games in their career - and has urged them to relish every moment.

It has been a difficult season for a team which won the Scottish League in the most dramatic of circumstances last term, but now find themselves facing a battle just to finish second.

They are also dealing with the news that their manager will no longer be at the club come the end of the current campaign. But, despite all the problems, Rangers have defied the odds to achieve the goal which had eluded them for so long - success in Europe.