UEFA Cup 13/2/2008 - Glasgow Rangers vs Panathinaikos

Honestly, despite Scottish teams' perennial failure in European competition in modern times, this should be a straightforward live commentary and radio broadcast UEFA Cup soccer match for Glasgow Rangers against Greek side Panathinaikos. While admittedly, Greek sides are quite shrewd and can often produce shocking results against the big names, you can count on the fierce and partisan home fans in Glasgow to roar Rangers to a good result. Rangers has shown great form this season in Europe, only missing out tragically due to late reverses in their last two games. Walter Smith has come back to the club and guided Rangers back to respectability after recent seasons in which they floundered in Celtic's shadows. This season, they have been leaving hated rivals Celtic trailing in their dust and exposing Gordon Strachan's limited managerial abilities. However, it has been a long break since their last European activity so the danger is that they might have lost considerable momentum coming into this match.

Panathinaikos would also be desperate to achieve results in this live commentary and TV telecast UEFA Cup match against Rangers, as they have not managed to maintain previous seasons' European form and go from strength to strength. They would definitely find it tough in the hostile environment that is Glasgow Rangers although European teams are quite well known for blocking everything out in away games and concentrating on their tactics. One worry for Rangers in this live commentary and radio broadcast soccer match in the UEFA Cup would be that they play too much like a Scottish team instead of concentrating on their strengths. While Scottish clubs can be even more forceful and gung ho than English clubs, sometimes they play too much with their hearts and not enough of their brains. Hopefully with Walter Smith's experience at international level, he would be able to get Rangers to play smart and achieve a confidence boosting win in this UEFA Cup match against Panathinaikos.