Rangers going strong

Barcelona star Ronaldinho (L) is chased by Rangers midfielder Lee McCulloch during their Champions League clash at Ibrox on Tuesday.Photo: AFP

Rangers may sit joint top of their Champions League section after their draw with Barcelona on Tuesday but manager Walter Smith says there is still a lot of work to do.
The Ibrox side's dogged defensive display earned them a goalless draw at home to the Spanish giants - which keeps both sides at the top of Group E on seven points.
Even if Rangers are to lose their next game against Barcelona in Spain they could still clinch qualification for the last 16 by winning at home to Lyon on December 6.
However, Smith says his side should be under no illusions that they have as good as qualified despite the fact they remain unbeaten in the section - after earlier wins against Stuttgart and Lyon
"We are only halfway there. Lyon's 2-0 win in Stuttgart means they will be favourites to beat them in the return match if we don't take anything from the Barcelona game - which would be a big ask for any team never mind ourselves," the Rangers manager said.
"It's going to be a really tight group by the looks of things so we'll just have to try our best.
"So far the effort from our own players has been fantastic in terms of how they have approached the Champions League games.
"They have worked extremely hard and I don't think there is another coach who could say his players works as hard as ours do."
When the Champions League draw picked Rangers out alongside Barcelona, French champions Lyon and German champions Stuttgart few gave the Ibrox side any chance of qualifying for the last 16 of the competition.
Smith admits not even he could envisage his players rising to the task so well that they remain unbeaten after three games with an outstanding chance of finishing in the top two.
"We're obviously delighted to be sitting in the position we are in after three games in what is an extremely difficult section to have not lost yet," he said.
"For us, after the draw was made, that is something none of us could have expected. From our point of view we have already exceeded expectations so the players can take great pride in what they have achieved so far.
"We accept we are not as good a team as Barcelona, or a lot of other teams in the Champions League, but we've became a hard team to beat and that's why we are in the position we are in now."
Although Barcelona had set the pace from the start of the match they failed to turn their superiority into an abundance of chances.
Lionel Messi had the best chance of the first half, when Thierry Henry put him in on goal, but the Argentinean sliced his shot wide.
Henry had a great opportunity himself in the 67th minute when Xavi Hernandez's corner skimmed off the head of Rangers' Bosnian defender Sasa Papac into his path, but from only a few yards out he headed well over.
At the other end, in the 81st minute, Rangers' lone striker Daniel Cousin beat the offside trap to collect Ferguson's lob into the box, but he could only smash his shot wide from a tight angle.
With the two teams set to meet for the return on November 7, Barcelona boss Frank Rijkaard says his team will need to be at their best to take all three points.
"Rangers are a good team and defend very well. They have already had some good results in the Champions League and beat Lyon 3-0 in France so we will need to give everything to get a win in Barcelona," he said.