PEDRO CAIXINHA hopes Rangers can be penalty kings at Hampden if their Old Firm clash goes all the way on Sunday.

The Light Blues enjoyed a shoot-out success over Celtic last season after the sides couldn’t be separated during a pulsating two hours of football.

The semi-final showdown will be Caixinha’s first taste of derby day in Glasgow but the Portuguese has his side prepared to go the distance if required.

Caixinha said: “We have two points here. It’s not only a derby, but it’s a semi-final.

“So things are a little bit different. Of course it is a big derby because we are playing Celtic, but it is just one semi-final.

“I’m not thinking about the match as my first Old Firm experience, but in order to prepare the team to be ready to face one of the strongest opponents they can.

“That’s undeniable, you cannot hide from that. The numbers are there.

“But now we are thinking about those 90 minutes on Sunday. Or if it’s 120 minutes, or if we need to go to penalties.

“So we started on Tuesday with the players practicing penalties every day. It’s one possibility.

“When I reached the semi-finals of the Portuguese Cup with Nacional in 2012, we went through every round on penalties and then lost on penalties to Sporting Lisbon in the semis.

“In Mexico, I won my first trophy with Santos Laguna on penalties. So we need to be ready for everything.

“We need to be ready for the opponent but you are more important than your opponent.

“No [I haven’t picked my five penalty takers]. All the players have the chance to score one penalty in each one of the sessions this week. Normally they would get two or three but this week just one.

“Normally, we want them to score two or three in a row. So if they miss one they have to start from the beginning again.

“But this week is different. This week we have given them only one chance because that is the reality and we need to be ready for everything.”