How Ibrox helped Sparta boss start out in management
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Sparta Prague boss Brian Priske has told how a defeat at Ibrox was pivotal to him getting his chance to be a manager.
The 46-year-old Dane was assistant at FC Midtjylland to Kenneth Andersen, who quit in the wake of a 3-1 loss in Glasgow in the 2019 Europa League qualifiers as Rangers progressed 7-3 on aggregate.
Priske was chosen as Anderson's replacement and had a spell at Royal Antwerp before taking over at Sparta Prague in 2022.
"It was definitely not a good experience from a football perspective," Priske said about his previous Ibrox visit.
"We lost and crashed out of Europe in that game so it was definitely a tough experience.
"The manager decided to step down a few days later after one of the league games and since then I have been working as a head coach.
"No doubt about it [being a chance I had been looking for]. I had been working as an assistant coach for seven, eight years and was for sure aiming and had the ambitions to become a head coach but obviously it is a colleague and a good friend who was stepping down.
"But when you start your career as a coach I think it is obvious that you will slowly build on your ambitions and take it from there."
