Barisic, who played well on the left back as the Scottish champions beat their Portuguese rivals to secure a place in the semi-final against PE Leipzig, was left limping in injury time at Ibrox. However, the Croatian defender, who was not a regular key player under Giovanni van Bronckhorst this year, revealed that he just suffered a cramp and will be available to play in the Old Firm game this weekend. The 29-year-old admitted that the exhausting meeting with Carlos Carvalhal’s team, which went into extra time before Kemar Roofe’s goal marked the victory for Van Bronckhorst’s team, had taken a lot out of him and his teammates. However, he is confident that it will not affect their performance against their city rivals and he believes that the result will really increase their confidence in the Old Firm derby. “It’s not an injury, just a cramp,” he said. “I felt that 10 or 15 minutes before 90. I tried to play until the end, but I couldn’t do it anymore. It’s probably because I haven’t played it for a long time.” “It would have been much better if we had played 90 minutes, but it’s what it is. If it takes 120 minutes, so be it. The most important thing is that we won the game. “From tomorrow we will start thinking about Sunday. “Like I said, it would have been better if we had played 90. But we are professionals, we are ready, we are ready for Sunday’s game.” “These games give us confidence, we had an extension and we showed our team spirit, we showed that we are capable. “We play in the semifinals of the Europa League, a great achievement for the players, for the fans, for us personally. So this game will definitely give us a lot of confidence. “We are absolutely happy, excited. That is what we wanted before the game. We knew Braga were a good team, but we knew we could beat them and reach the semi-finals and we did.” Barisic was happy to start in the rematch of Braga and wants to participate in the semifinals of the Europa League against Leipzig. He confessed that he and his teammates now dream of what they can achieve in the match. “I am very happy to help the team win,” he said. “I always work in training because I knew my chance would come and I just wanted to help the team, so I’m happy because I helped the team.” “Yes, we are dreaming of what is possible now. But we also have a semi-final that will be very difficult and we are looking forward to playing this game, but we are happy.”