UEFA Champions League

Rangers captain James Tavernier: "Obviously, our objective is to get the win. It's a fresh start for the club. We're already excited to get behind it. It's a new season and we obviously want to push ourselves to the very end.

"[Tuesday] night's the most important game of our season so far. It's our first game. We've got to really take real advantage of being at Ibrox with our fans and try to take a good result going over to play in the second leg. We know it's going to be a hot one over there in the second leg.

"They're going to be a tough test. It's the first competitive game of our season. From the very first whistle, we need to put our stamp on the game. You have to set a tone, you have to set a tone in every single game."

Panathinaikos head coach Rui Vitoria: "Yes, it has been a challenge for me because I didn't see almost any games. They have only played one friendly match against Brugge, which was open. The rest were closed so it was very difficult for us to have a lot of information.

"He's a new coach and new ideas, so of course, it will be different football than previously here. Maybe the coach from Rangers has more information about us than us about them.

"The atmosphere is always fantastic and the fans want to be on the pitch. But when we go to the pitch we only focus on the first 11 of the team."

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