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Article: Bernard's Newcastle heroics can only help inspire Rangers to the Champions League promised land.
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- The Mail on Sunday (London, England)
- Article date:
- September 4, 2005
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Byline: FRASER MACKIE
JUST the memories of Olivier Bernard's one and only Champions League campaign provide enough inspirational fuel for hopes of a long and successful Rangers season in Europe.
Any new Ibrox colleagues lacking a little in belief ahead of the clashes with Porto, Inter Milan and Artmedia Bratislava can lock into the experiences of Bernard from three years ago.
Bernard, then 23, was part of the Newcastle United squad which was resigned to failure after suffering three consecutive defeats to Dynamo Kiev, Feyenoord and Juventus without registering a single goal in the first group stage of Europe's premier competition.
Then ...