RANGERS boss Giovanni van Bronckhorst has been speaking ahead of their final Champions League group match with Ajax.

Here is everything he had to say.

Can we have a squad update?

We have Kamara coming back into the squad. Lundstram is not available because of suspension. Yilmaz will not be ready. He will be out for several weeks. Ben Davies didn’t train. Hopefully, he will be involved at the weekend but tomorrow will be too early.

What difference is there in the two teams since matchday one?

I can only speak of my team. Obviously, we have had a difficult run in the Champions League and we have one last chance tomorrow to have a positive result. So that’s what we are trying to do. That’s all that matters to us tomorrow. I only want to talk about my team.

How damaging to finish with no wins or zero points?

It would be disappointing, of course. We knew the opposition we are facing in the Champions League is from a much higher level than we faced last season. You can see in all the games we’ve played, it’s been really tough. Once we qualified in Holland against PSV, I knew it was going to be a really tough European season. I also had it with my old team Feyenoord in the Champions League. We only got the first three points in the last game at home to Napoli, so it was a similar experience. So, yeah, you want to always have the highest level of opponents. That’s why you are a top player and a club. You want to be involved in the highest level even though it means the opposition is quite strong. So it would be disappointing not to get any points. We still have one more game to play. But then we have to switch back to all the domestic competitions we are still involved in.

What would it mean to get a point or three?

It would be positive. The group is really hard. You can see Ajax so far only have three points. Last year they had a 100 per cent record in the Champions League (group stage). Tomorrow we can even their points if we win. So that shows you the level Napoli and Liverpool have shown in this group. It’s still going to be a really hard game because Ajax is a very good team.

What kind of performance is needed, the best of the season?

We need our form to be there. In Europe, you have to be focused for 90 minutes. A lot of moments in this campaign, we have been punished for not being 100 per cent over the 90 minutes. Against Napoli, with the sending-off and the three penalties, it’s always hard. But the first 60 or 65 minutes we were well in the game. Against Liverpool, we were only 65 minutes. With the substitutions and injuries we had, we dropped and they punished us big time. We need to have our level but the level for 90 minutes. That’s what is expected and needed in the Champions League.

In your mind, do you think Rangers should be able to compete with Ajax?

Compete with Ajax? A team that has almost played the final and for five or six years in a row and have been doing well in Europe? We have been doing well in Europe for the last three years, we are still not at the same level as Ajax. We are developing and that’s the way it is. It is the way the differences are in Europe at the moment. If you see Ajax, the players overall are from a higher level, their budget is higher. They bought players for 100 million. They bought a not-bad defender from us last season. We cannot compare ourselves to Ajax but we can compete with them on the day, especially at home at Ibrox.

Expect to win at home, even given the disparity?

Expect to win in the Champions League? No one can expect to win. Not one team in Europe who goes on the pitch can say, OK we expect to win. The level is so hard and so competitive, if you look at all the results in Europe even the big teams, they are not assured of winning games, so why should we go on the pitch and expect to win against Ajax? We are going to work hard for it. We are going to give a good a game against them. That is different. But our approach should be humble. And we know we can be strong at home because we showed that this season and also last season. But it is not easy to get a result. You have to really work hard for it and do not go into the game and just expect to win the game.

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What matters most – result or performance?

Well, I think if we have a positive display and a good performance then that will bring us closer to a positive result.

What have you learned about this Rangers team?

What I didn’t know about my team. Well, it is a whole different level. How many players in my team have played Champions League? That was a question! We have players who have come from the Championship or even played in the B team, it is a whole different level. I have experienced the level as a player. I remember my first experience with Feyenoord coming to play against Juventus in my first year and I didn’t realise how high the level was in Europe until I played against Zidane and Deschamps and Del Piero and then I knew, wow, this is a different level. This is the level I want to reach. And my players have faced the same experience this season.

Lot of talk of Morelos or Colak, or both, with five goals

Five goals will be easy!

Is this a game to test out playing both…?

No.

How impressed have you been with James Sands recently?

I think his performances in the last games are really positive. We had to switch positions a lot with Lundstram and Sands as a six or a centre-back but he is a very smart player and he can play either position. It is not ideal you have to move players so many times in the last weeks but we have to do it because of the injuries we have. I am really pleased with his performance and he is giving a lot of intelligence to the team with the way he plays with his passing with these positions.

What is the extent of Yilmaz's injury?

He has a hamstring injury. It will definitely be after the World Cup. I don’t know how long exactly but he will not be involved in the remaining games until the break.

How impressed have you been with Ajax?

Ajax certainly had a less good period in our group and they have had difficult times home and away. They got the first three points and it shows the difference between the top two teams in the group and the others.

Do you think you can win?

I certainly do. At home against both Napoli and Liverpool it went well but we didn’t manage to keep it up for the full 90 minutes. We played an hour of competitive football but the last half hour didn’t go well. Tomorrow it is 90 minutes and we are going to go for it.

What positives can you take from the win at the weekend?

Last weekend went really well against Aberdeen. It was a great result and we had momentum. The game on Saturday was not like it was against the other teams. The way in which we won was the way we want to keep playing.