Fenerbahce manager Jose Mourinho has lifted the lid on his 'hidden' visit to Ibrox as he prepares his side to face Rangers tomorrow evening.
The Turkish giants go into the second leg 3-1 down after strikes from Cyriel Dessers and Vaclav Cerny gave Rangers a comfortable win in Istanbul last week.
One of the most successful European coaches of his generation, it would be typical of Mourinho to pull off a dramatic comeback at Ibrox tomorrow night.
He has already visited the home of Rangers previously, albeit undercover: "My best memory here of Ibrox, you don't know because I was hidden, but it was Rangers vs Celtic," he said.
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"I came here for that match, that was good.
"I don't know [what the score was]. But it was a couple of weeks before I played the [UEFA Cup] final against Celtic.
"It was 2003, something like May 2003. Rangers vs Celtic, nobody knew me at that time. I could come, I could walk. At the end of the game, I walked through the crowd. Good times for me."
Mourinho's Porto eventually went on to win the 2003 final against Martin O'Neill's Celtic by three goals to two.
This season, however, his Fenerbahce team are flirting with an early exit from Europe's second-tier club competition.
Mourinho, though, still thinks his team are in with a chance tomorrow.
He said: "I'm not hurting. I think Rangers is not a better team than us. And I think we have a chance of qualifying. It's not hurting or it's not that I want revenge or we have to go there to show we are better.
"It's nothing about that. It's just the fact that I honestly think we are better. But as I was trying to be very honest after the match there and even today, we deserved to lose.
"We deserved to lose. And I didn't use at that time a penalty that could be a penalty. Fred was suspended and is a fundamental player for us.
"I didn't try to use anything because we made mistakes. And they capitalise on our mistakes. They were motivated. They were fighting together. They deserve to win. So there are no bad feelings.
"There is no frustration. There is nothing. We have a match to play and we are so committed with our league.
"We have such an important match on Sunday that if I feel we have no chance, I'm preparing for Sunday. But I'm not preparing for Sunday. I'm preparing for tomorrow because I think honestly that we have a chance. So until we have [no] chance, let's go."
