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UEFA Cup News :: Smith prepares to complete Italian job

Posted on 2008-04-25 by Gooner

Walter Smith insists Rangers will approach next week's last-four clash against Fiorentina with no fear, knowing a place in the UEFA Cup final is within their grasp.

The Italians became the seventh European team to fail to find the back of the net at Ibrox this season when they were held to a goalless draw in the semi-final first leg in Glasgow on Thursday night.

Panathinaikos, Werder Bremen and Sporting Lisbon were among the sides that failed to seize the initiative on their travels in earlier rounds of the tournament and paid the price on home soil.

Smith is now hoping history will repeat itself in Florence next week, with 90 minutes of football standing between Rangers and a meeting with Bayern Munich or Zenit St Petersburg at Eastlands on May 14.

"We have been drawn at home first in every tie that we've had this season both in the Champions League and UEFA Cup," Smith said. "If you don't concede the away goal, you're always in with a chance when you go away from home. Not conceding the away goal gives us that opportunity.

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