Wednesday 28 January 2015 18:49, UK
Rangers caretaker manager Kenny McDowall says he will be using former boss Walter Smith as inspiration as he prepares his side for Sunday's Scottish League Cup semi-final with Celtic.
Rangers, who trail Hearts by 13 points in the Scottish Championship, face Premiership leaders Celtic in an eagerly-anticipated meeting at Hampden Park.
We appreciate we are underdogs and rightly so but come Sunday we will be looking to get ourselves into a cup final.
And McDowall, who was placed in temporary charge of the Ibrox side after former boss Ally McCoist was placed on gardeningleave, is doing his best to keep the pressure off his players ahead of the game.
He said: "I'm just trying to stay as focused on the game as I can and keep the pressure away from the players. And use what I've learned from the people that I've worked with and hopefully on the day we will get a bit of luck.
"Walter Smith is the master on this one - he used to say just win the game and that's what I've to try and do.
"I will speak to him before Sunday. I've spoken to him a few times. I'm laughing because Walter will tell me just go and win the game. He knows what it means to so many people - that's just fact."
McDowall insists his team will be fired up for the match and, while admitting they respect the current position of their top-flight rivals, they will not be overawed by the occasion at the national stadium.
"You've got to show your opponents a bit of respect but not too much," he said. "The fact it's a semi-final, we would like to think we've got a chance. The players know they are 90 minutes away from a cup final.
"We appreciate we are underdogs and rightly so but come Sunday we will be looking to get ourselves into a cup final.
"We are under no illusion, Celtic are a good team and it's going to be a difficult, difficult game. We'll need to play well and have Lady Luck on our side."
