Rangers' trip to Lyon is the definition of a dead rubber. Two teams who have already qualified from their group and can’t even trade places at the top of Europa League Group A.
But there is the small matter of £500,000 for a win which would be a welcome boost to the Ibrox coffers.And there is of course the prestige of a victory away to a team with such a rich European pedigree.
Remember 2007?Giovanni van Bronckhorst, though, has to weigh all of that up against the bigger picture of the vital games to come.
Certainly picking the likes of Nathan Patterson wouldn’t represent a risk although other decisions could be classed as a gamble.
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