Rangers<\/a> raced to a two-goal late thanks to Youssef Chermiti\u2019s stunning brace but couldn\u2019t maintain their derby din after folding in the second half.<\/p>\nHowever, their German gaffer is convinced this time his team can go the distance.<\/p>\n
Asked if the increased away allocation would have an impact, Rohl said: \u201cOf course it will have. But if we play 50 minutes like we did then the 7,500 will also be quiet.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think this is the part in the game where you feel it. We influence, we can influence, we can make the impact on our performance on the pitch.<\/p>\n
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Rangers Head Coach Danny Rohl<\/p>\n
\u201cThe atmosphere was incredible for 50 minutes, really incredible. It was amazing to feel this.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe pushed our players forward, forward. Then it comes to 2-1 and you feel it in the stadium as well. But this is also part of the game. Maybe we can do it together, that we come through these small minutes where you feel the opponent comes in better into the game. But this 50 minutes was really, really outstanding. I really enjoyed this, to be in the touchline in such a game.\u201d<\/p>\n
But Rohl knows his team will have to maintain their levels for longer if they are reach the semi-finals.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt should be our goal,\u201d he said. \u201cI think when you ask me how should be a Rangers team in the future all the time, then we bring our level versus Hearts and also versus Celtic in a really good way.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is the most important key, I said this many times. If we can do this, keep going, then it will be tough to beat us in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n
Last week\u2019s result leaves Gers sitting third, six points off leaders Hearts with their Premiership title hopes hanging in the balance heading into the final nine games.<\/p>\n
Already their is the faint whisper of frustration from a fanbase who have been quick to turn on bosses who fail to deliver silverware. And Rohl accepts he\u2019s under pressure to win a trophy already this season.<\/p>\n
He said: \u201cYeah, as a Rangers manager you have to. As a club you have to. With these ambitions we have to.<\/p>\n
\u201cI take it also not as an excuse that we come from 13 points behind. This is part of the job. We took them to two points [behind Hearts].<\/p>\n
\u201cI think we noticed the last two results, two draws [against Celtic and Livingston], was for me unnecessary when I compare the results with the performance. And we have a great opportunity on Sunday to make a good step in the first cup title maybe.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy own pressure is always high because I want to be successful. I want to win something. I want to bring the club forward. I want to win titles.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are still two good options, two good opportunities to do something.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt’s a game where in 90 minutes, 120 minutes, everything is on for both teams. Let’s see. We will try. We are focused.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe know that we can do it because we showed this 50 minutes, how we can play.<\/p>\n
“With this positive mindset, we go into this game. Pressure in football, I think it’s normal. Every manager has pressure. It doesn’t matter where you are. We know our club is special, but it’s also a big honour to be manager of such a fantastic club.\u201d<\/p>\n
Whoever comes out on top at Ibrox will be favourites to lift the Scottish Cup – but Rohl insists the result will have no bearing on the title race.<\/p>\n
He said: \u201cThe winner goes in the semi-final and you are close to going in the final. This is the most important thing. But it’s another competition.<\/p>\n
\u201cI understand your question that you say if you win then maybe it influences this. But no, this game influences just that you go in the semi-final or not.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It’s the first derby in eight years with a full away allocation and Rohl wants to make sure…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":523266,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,18282,129883,596,8998,220509,9003,85],"class_list":["post-523265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-celtic-fc","tag-danny-rohl","tag-football","tag-rangers-fc","tag-scottish-cup","tag-scottish-premiership","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=523265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523265\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/523266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=523265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=523265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=523265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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