Furious Rangers manager Giovanni van Bronckhorst has slammed shameful scenes outside PSV's ground ahead of tonight's Champions League qualifier that saw fans bang on the team bus and scream obscenities at players on board.
The Ibrox squad was delayed for 20 minutes outside the ground, surrounded by PSV fans in a situation that could have been dangerous.
And although Rangers requested for the kick-off to be delayed and ensure they had the requisite preparation time, this was denied by UEFA.
An angry van Bronckhorst told Premier Sport: "It's the worst I've seen as a player and manager. You should expect from a club as big as PSV they'd have the organisation right. We had to wait 15 minutes in front of the stadium and one bus just left. So we were 20 minutes delayed. It's not the reception you expect.
"The preparation is shorter. They'd delay the kick-off normally but they didn't approve our request.
"We will be ready. We will be ready to go into this game with fighting spirit."
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