Michael Beale insists Rangers' Champions League hopes should not be written off following the 2-2 play-off draw with PSV Eindhoven at Ibrox Stadium.
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Gers attacker Abdallah Sima curled in a terrific first-leg opener just before the interval but the Dutch side levelled through midfielder Ibrahim Sangare just after the hour mark.
As play raced from end to end, substitute Rabbi Matondo scored his first Rangers goal in the 76th minute before PSV captain Luuk de Jong levelled with a header four minutes later, and the match ended in a repeat of last year's score at the same stage of the competition.
The two sides drew 2-2 in Glasgow before Rangers scrambled a 1-0 win in Eindhoven and Beale remains confident of progress in the Netherlands next Wednesday night.
Asked if lightning can strike twice against the Dutch side, Beale said: "I think so, yes, of course. Naturally we will go across and be extremely positive.
"I thought we scored two good goals and all night we caused them problems defensively. There were areas of the game we'd want to improve on, for sure. But everything is to play for.
"We wanted to set up next week and we've done that.
"I don't think them and their coach are travelling home thinking 'this is a job done'.
"We'll have our thousands of fans travelling over there and as a team we're going there to get this job done and we will give it everything we can."
PSV boss Peter Bosz was left with "mixed feelings" but is confident of finishing the tie next week.
"I am never afraid of anything. I always think 'go for it'", he said.
"We have to play a lot better in the return or we will not make it through. What do we need to do? Score more goals and don't let stupid goals go in against us."
Scotland and the Netherlands are already represented in the group stage, which gets underway on September 19 and 20, by their respective champions in Celtic and Feyenoord.
Elsewhere on Tuesday night, 10-man Antwerp held on for around 40 minutes to defeat Greek champions AEK Athens 1-0 in Belgium and Denmark's FC Copenhagen won 1-0 in Poland over Rakow.
Three more play-off first legs take place on Wednesday. Maccabi Haifa host Young Boys in Israel, Molde welcome Galatasaray to Norway and Portugal's Braga are at home to Panathinaikos.
Australian Associated Press
