Second is a realistic target for Ange’s men

GLASGOW is about to witness six great, dramatic nights after Rangers joined Celtic in qualifying for the Champions League.

Already, you can envisage what Celtic Park will look like on the opening night against Real Madrid. The visit of the reigning champions is a treat for the Celtic support, a real plum draw.

Real will be the clear favourites to take the group and anything Celtic pick up from those two games would be a brilliant achievement.

However, I think Ange Postecoglou will have an inner confidence that they can finish second and get through.

RB Leipzig and Shakhtar Donetsk are opponents who command respect but they should not be feared.

Rangers have landed in what is a really exciting group with Liverpool, Ajax and Napoli — but while they have some brilliant games to look forward to, it will be difficult to reach the knockout stages.

Your eyes are immediately drawn to those showdowns with Liverpool, but I just don’t see a game where Rangers can be considered favourites.

That said, you’d be foolish to write them off and they can realistically target third and another crack at a run in the Europa League.

They kick off in Amsterdam a week on Wednesday against an Ajax side that finished only two points ahead of PSV in the Eredivisie last season.

It’s a quick return to the Netherlands, where Giovanni van Bronckhorst again found a way to claim a big result in Eindhoven last week.

He made a big call to leave out Alfredo Morelos for the play-off, and that’s not one he would have wanted to make.

He was probably left with no alternative but those big calls have to work for a manager, and good on him for going there and claiming a win.

The Champions League is where Rangers fans have wanted to be for a long time and they will be determined to enjoy it.

Hearts, too, have some great games to look forward to, not least against Fiorentina.

Group A is completed by Istanbul Basaksehir and Latvia’s RFS — and facing Hearts at a packed Tynecastle will be tough for these teams.

It was so disappointing that they didn’t capitalise on home advantage against Zurich. They were creating chances but once they went down to ten men it became impossible.

Robbie Neilson would rather be leading his team into the Europa League but the Conference gives Hearts a better chance to get through.