STEVEN BERGHUIS admits Feyenoord were spooked by the cauldron of noise at Ibrox and lucky not to be on the end of a real hammering by Rangers.
The former Watford striker reckons his side couldn’t cope with the
Light Blues in the first half and then when they did get going, they came up against a resolute defence.
Berghuis now says the pressure is on Feyenoord to beat group favourites Porto in Rotterdam in two weeks’ time or their qualification hopes could be wrecked.
The 27-year-old said: “We were lucky that we were only one goal down at half-time.
“The second half was a little bit better but we couldn’t break down the blue wall because Rangers defended so well.
“We found it really difficult to play because of the noise and the atmosphere in the stadium.
So we need to find out a way to play away from home in these kind of conditions
“I thought we started quite well but because of the pressure play of Rangers we were forced to play the long ball and that’s not the way we are used to playing.
“We were knocked out of our own game.”
Berghuis, speaking to Feyenoord TV, added: “But the roles will be reversed when Rangers come to Rotterdam. De Kuip can be just like Ibrox was in these kind of European nights.
“We will have the crowd behind us and they can give us wings to give that extra percentage to play like Rangers did on Thursday night.
“It will be an important game for us in terms of our qualification hopes.
“But the next game is even more important. We have Porto at home and we need to win that game to get back into contention in the group.”
I didn’t think the atmosphere was brilliant myself, felt there was a lot of silent spells in the second half, when the team
Needed us most.
Rapid Vienna was better imo.
Nice to see him with such positive words about us though.