Barisic: We paid Feyenoord too much respect
is a make-or-break game against Young Boys and we have to go to Celtic Park, all fantastic fixtures and I get it.
“But for me, the focus is on Hearts.
“It would be very disrespectful to Hearts and Austin (MacPhee, caretaker) for me to be talking to James about Aberdeen for example and Celtic.
“Don’t forget that Hearts took two points away from us not so long ago so I think that it would be very silly if we forget about the challenge that is in front of us.”
BORNA Barisic admits Rangers were lucky not to be find themselves in a deeper hole at De Kuip after failing to show up for 45 minutes against Feyenoord.
Jens Toornstra’s deflected opener was the least Dick Advocaat’s side deserved after dominating the first period in Rotterdam.
But it was a different story after the break as two superb Alfredo Morelos headers fired Gers back into the crucial Europa League contest.
Luis Sinisterra’s equaliser ensured the penultimate Group G clash ended in 2-2 draw but the Light Blues can clinch a place in the last 32 with a draw against Young Boys in two weeks’ time.
However, left-back Barisic admits they will need to put on a complete performance to ensure they see off their Swiss rivals after showing Feyenoord too much respect.
The Croatia international said: “The result was good but the performance in the first half was not too good from us.
“We didn’t play like Rangers, we weren’t aggressive enough, we didn’t get close enough to their players, we didn’t have enough players running forward.
“We didn’t deserve to be drawing at half-time — I think 1-0 was actually a good score for us as they had a couple of good chances to score more.
“But in the second half we showed how we could really play, we showed our style.
“At half-time, the manager told us we need to start playing like Rangers, to play all the time and I think we accepted that and the second half changed for the better.”