[Bell End]

Fiorentina should have the quality to beat Rangers on Thursday. Rangers looked tired and lethargic after Celtic went 3-2 up yesterday and to be fair it didnt look as if they had anything left to claw themselves back in the game. Couple this tiredeness with the news emerging today that two influential players in Weir and Davis will both miss the game on thursday you would think that Fiorentina would have the quality to get through the tie.

Despite this though in the past I've totally written Rangser off and they have managed to nick the result required to make to through. Against Panathinaikos after the 0-0 home leg I felt their best chance of progressing had passed but they managed to nick an away goal. Against Bremen before that tie I strongly fancied the germans, mainly because of the quality that side possessed, again was proven wrong due to two horrific goalkeping blunders (incidentially I heard a rumour at the weekend that Man U are apparently tracking that goalkeeper, astonishing). Against Sporting again I felt the best chance had passed after a 0-0 at Ibrox but Rangers produced a solid performance in Lisbon, defended extremely well and were clinical when their chances arose. It's for this reason that I'm tempted to place a value bet on Rangers to qualify if it gets to the 2.8-3.0 stage because although my feelings on the game are that Fiorentina should win and win well to progress to the final, it wouldnt surprise me if Rangers can nick an away goal and defend their lead to take their place in manchester.