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The Bears give boss sore head

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descending on Saxony, their invasion forced Tedesco to change his sleeping arrangemen­ts ahead of tonight’s huge opening Europa League semi-final clash with the Ibrox outfit.

However, the 36-year-old fears his side’s chances of reaching the final could be put to bed if they don’t wake up to the threats of Gio van Bronckhors­t’s outfit.

He said: “We are happy that a lot of Rangers fans will come to the city.

“They pay the hotels, pay the restaurant­s, they buy beer so it is good for the economy of Germany.

“We are living in a good hotel in the centre and they told me that 200 fans are coming to the hotel so I will sleep here in the academy in the next two days.

“But we are happy, playing at home with a good atmosphere.”

Leipzig ousted Gian Piero Gasperini’s Italian outfit Atalanta to make the last four but saw their 15-game unbeaten run shattered by Union Berlin at the weekend.

Now Tedesco has warned his team they will face more misery if they don’t take Rangers seriously.

He said: “Like Atalanta or most recently Union, Glasgow is a very robust, physically strong team. If you let Rangers play, their physicalit­y allows them to crush any opponent.”

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