The Urziceni manager tried to put the pressure on opposite number Walter Smith after arriving at Ibrox to prepare for the Group G clash tomorrow night.

Both sides have lost to Sevilla and drawn with Stuttgart, and Petrescu has no fears ahead of their double header.

"All the pressure is on Rangers," he said. "Rangers are the best team, they are the biggest club and they have more experience in this competition.

"If they don't win I think it's going to be a big disaster for the club.

"We are new in the competition, if we lose it's not a problem. We have nothing to lose."

Petrescu has not been impressed by Rangers' away form this season - they have won two out of five games - but he admits they are a formidable outfit at Ibrox.

"I think Rangers are a team of two faces," the former Chelsea player said. "It's no good studying their away games, I don't think they play that well.

"When they play at home it's another Rangers, they are a much better team.

"They lost in the last game against Sevilla but they lost in difficult circumstances. They deserved a penalty in the first half and maybe the game would have been different.

"That's their only defeat of the season so it will be very tough."

Urziceni became the smallest town to boast a Champions League qualifier after Unirea brought the Romanian title back to the 17,000 inhabitants for the first time last season.

A Romanian club has not qualified for the knockout stages since 2000 and Petrescu admits it would be an achievement to clinch third place.

But he believes his players are ready to challenge for second after learning from their opening matches.

"Our target is to finish third and to be in the Europa League in the spring," he said. "If we finish second it would be a great achievement. No-one expected that at the start.

"We'll try to qualify first for the Europa League group stages and then we will think about more."

He added: "The players know what the competition is all about now. I don't think we are going to be afraid now.

"I think the players will be braver than before, more patient when they have the ball.

"In the first game they released the ball too early because it was their first time in the competition."