Cruz Azul boss Pedro Caixinha has urged the club’s supporters to be more like Rangers fans.
The Portuguese coach is currently managing in Mexico after a failed spell at Ibrox.
Caixinha spent just eight months in Glasgow before being sacked, with a defeat to Motherwell in the Betfred Cup semi-final proving the straw that broke the camel’s back. Infamously, he also presided over the humiliating Europa League loss to Progres Niederkorn.
However, the passion of Rangers fans remains a good memory for the 48-year-old and he wants Cruz Azul supporters to be just as supportive.
Caixinha told reporters in Mexico, as translated by Football Scotland: "In Mexico there's a tremendous passion for football and for teams, but they make themselves present only when teams are doing well.
"Every club has its idiosyncrasies, but before I came to Cruz Azul I was at Rangers, who had been demoted to the fourth division.
"They have a marvellous stadium, called Ibrox. The stadium was full with 50,000 supporters, that shows the passion that you have for a club in the circumstances they found themselves in.
"The players at this institution and club play for their fans, and as a result it's important that the fans turn out to support us from the outside and make the team stronger."
