Red Star Belgrade still strong says Rangers boss

0 Comments | AFP, August, 2007

GLASGOW (AFP) — Rangers manager Walter Smith has warned his side not to underestimate the threat of Red Star Belgrade ahead of their Champions League qualifier at Ibrox on Tuesday.

The Serbian side, known locally as Crvena Zvezda, won the European Cup in 1991 and defeated Rangers - when Smith was assistant to manager Graeme Souness - 4-1 on aggregate on the way.

However, Red Star are not the side they once were and it has been suggested the Glasgow team should comfortably claim their place in the lucrative group stage of the Champions League.

Smith was angry when similar claims were made about Rangers' opponents in the last round - FK Zeta from Montenegro - and says his team are not good enough to consider any team as an easy touch.

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