The Light Blues held the Spanish side to a goalless draw in the tense first leg at Ibrox after playing most of the night with 10 men after defender Robin Propper was sent off early on. The final is to be held on Athletic’s home turf and captain Tavernier spoke with determination about another appearance at the Spanish ground on May 21. The defender said: “You always want to try to unsettle home fans when you play away.
“You want to frustrate the opposition, you want to frustrate the home fans and try to maybe cause errors within the game. “These are one of the favourites for the competition and we’re obviously big underdogs but we’ve really got to relish this challenge and really be on the front foot and take the game to them. “It’s a beautiful stadium, just walking around it and we obviously want to try and come back for the final.
“It’s all in our hands, isn’t it? You’re against 11 opposition and it’s in our hands to win the game, to give them a difficult night. We can only control our own destiny and that’s the main thing. “We have to be all fully-committed, really aggressive tomorrow.
Like I said, we’ll have to suffer but suffer together as a team and then attack together as a team. When I said the driving seat, that’s what I meant by that. “We can only control our outcomes and what we do.
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