Rangers FC-AC Milan: Red-Hot David Beckham and Co. Visit Ibrox

Rangers vs. AC Milan
Ibrox Stadium
Friendly Match
Kickoff: 7.45 p.m.

After a hard-fought victory over Dundee United at Ibrox on Saturday, Rangers will again take to the Ibrox pitch tomorrow night, only this time the opposition will be provided by one of the true powers of world football, AC Milan.

Having toppled Lazio at the Stadio Olympico last weekend, Milan are coming into this game on the back of a very good result. On top of that, most people are already casting an eye toward the Celtic game on the 15th and with a decent-at-best crowd of about 35,000 expected at Ibrox, I believe this game will have the feel of an early round League or Scottish cup tie and be played at a moderate, rather than frantic, pace.

Having taken all that into consideration, I feel that they will simply be too strong for us tomorrow night. The biggest gain from this game is that it could be a very good test for the younger players in our squad and they should be looking to make the very most of it.

The opportunity to be on the same pitch as players with the experience and prestige of Seedorf, Kaka, Maldini, Ronaldinho (if he even plays), and a certain Mr. Beckham is one which they should relish, even if the game has next to no importance. How will we line up? I really don't know.

How long will the "assets" as they have become known in the past few weeks play for? Will our younger players like Naismith, Lafferty, Edu, and Fleck get a decent amount of time on the park?

Will we bring some of the fringe players in simply to protect our first team players in light of the big game in less than a fortnight's time?

What about formations? Will we play a 4-4-2, or will we revert to last season's favoured European formation of 4-5-1?

However, despite the poor timing of this game I really hope that being deprived of European football this season will provide us an incentive to attack Milan and try to make a game of it.

At the end of the day, it is only a friendly and it would be nice for the fans who have paid for a ticket to see us really having a go, but, as I said before, I believe that Milan will have just a little bit too much for Rangers.

RangersMedia prediction: Rangers 0 Milan 2