Rangers captain James Tavernier admits he and his team-mates drew on past experience of playing a man down as he reflected on the friendly win over Lyon.
The Gers are competing in the Veolia tournament and got their pre-season campaign off to a flyer with a win over the hosts at the Groupama Stadium.
Winger Ryan Kent could be facing a ban after being sent off in the first half, but Tavernier felt Rangers could call on past experience to see out a 2-0 win.
He told Rangers TV : “It almost reminded me a bit of Ufa, how we had to defend with less people on the pitch.
"But we have worked on that, not just in pre-season, but last season, on our defensive organisation.
“These big games that we come across, the team is really tightly knit and it is hard to score against us.
"I thought everyone did a great job. For Jon McLaughlin ’s first game, he did a terrific job in the goal.
"I thought it was a good test for the boys and I felt that for the majority of the game we dealt with it really well.
“We got ourselves in front, scored two good goals and we could have scored more goals. But everyone that came on and started the game, they were terrific throughout the pitch.
A number of young players also got a run-out, and the Ibrox skipper felt they acquitted themselves well.
Tavernier said: "All the young boys who came on did a job for the team and the gaffer was really pleased with the performance.
"You want the boys to learn off us all, learn off the coaches and make a claim for themselves.
"It is their career. They have got everything in their hands to be very good players.
“I am delighted for the way they have conducted themselves in this game, Nathan, Calvin and Rossco. Ross has been on loan and he has got his experience. I thought Mayo was actually terrific, he looked solid at the back there. I am really happy with them.”
