Advocaat: Rangers situation is a 'farce'
Former Rangers boss Dick Advocaat says the club's fixture pile-up is 'a farce' and cannot believe the Scottish Premier League have not given Walter Smith's men the weekend off ahead of the Uefa Cup final. Advocaat, whose Zenit St Petersburg side will provide the opposition on May 14, has hit out at the SPL over their lack of action.
Rangers, who will face the prospect of four games in eight days, had asked the SPL to postpone Saturday's league clash against Dundee United to allow them extra time to prepare for the final at the City of Manchester Stadium.
But their request was refused and Advocaat admits he has been left stunned over the lack of co-operation shown by the SPL.
The Dutchman, who was in charge of Rangers between 1998 and 2001, told Scotland Today: "Our preparations are better than Rangers. It is a farce that the SPL didn't give Rangers the weekend off.
"They are playing in a Uefa Cup final and they don't give them permission to cancel the game against Dundee United.
"How can you think to refuse it? There are too many egos at the SPL.
"They are not there for the interest of Scottish football because if they were, they would say to Rangers 'don't play'."
Zenit booked their place in the final thanks to a stunning 5-1 aggregate win over Uefa Cup favourites Bayern Munich, but Advocaat is expecting a far tighter contest against his former club.
He added: "The team that is in the best shape will win.
"We have a different team than Rangers, we have more individuals while Rangers are a team who are well-organised and well-balanced.
"Rangers played better football and had better individuals when I was there.
"But now it is more about a team performance which is good, because I always say that the team performance is the most important thing."
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