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Robbie Copeland

Alfredo Morelos and Rangers teammates show no fear of Red Star cauldron as they jet off for Belgrade

Rangers jetted off for Serbia on Wednesday as they look to finish off their Europa League clash with Red Star.

And there were no signs of pre-match nerves as Alfredo Morelos and co. appeared in a relaxed mood ahead of the trip to the Belgrade cauldron.

Gio van Bronckhorst 's team won 3-0 at Ibrox to put themselves in a commanding position to reach the quarter-finals.

Morelos struck as did James Tavernier and Leon Balogun and it will take an almighty collapse at the Marakana if they are to be eliminated.

The Colombian star is walking a suspension tightrope with Fashion Sakala, John Lundstram and Joe Aribo all also one booking away from missing any potential quarter-final first leg.

Alfredo Morelos and his teammates board the flight (SNS Group)

And as they get set to face off against Red Star in one of European football's most notoriously fearsome atmospheres, you could forgive some pre-match jitters.

But there were no signs of that as Morelos gave the watching press the thumb's up.

Alfredo Morelos gives photographers the thumb's up (SNS Group)

Red Star will need to score four without reply if they are to pull off a heroic comeback and boss Dejan Stankovic insists that's a possibility.

He said: "This stadium makes the players of Zvezda twice as strong as usual, that adrenaline, that roar that comes from the stands, they are the same ones who were in Glasgow.

"Marakana will not scare Rangers, because they are used to such an atmosphere, but they will have two times stronger rival than in Glasgow.

"It is not impossible, which makes me happy. Watching the game from Glasgow, gives me confidence and confidence that we can surprise.

"If a good result is achieved, we are all heroes, it doesn't matter who the scorer is, it is important that the team achieves a result. It is one of those games that can take us all to heaven, to write history."

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