Cyriel Dessers silenced his critics and kept Rangers' dream of a domestic treble alive with a double in a Scottish Cup semi-final win over Hearts at…
Rangers striker Cyriel Dessers celebrates his second goal against Hearts in the Scottish Gas Scottish Cup semi-final at Hampden this afternoonRANGERS are currently, in case you have been residing on Pluto in the past week and are unaware, three points behind leaders Celtic in the cinch Premiership table with five league games remaining.
Could Philippe Clement’s men put a wretched three game winless run firmly behind them, progress to the final against their city rivals next month and keep their prospects of plundering three pieces of silverware this term and writing their names in the history books alive? Clement was not messing about with his team selection. He made no fewer than four changes to the starting line-up which had taken to the field in the 0-0 draw at Dens Park on Wednesday night.
Balogun, meanwhile, had not started in two-and-a-half months and had not even been in the match day squad on Tayside in midweek as he had been laid low by a sickness bug. There was pressure on the Nigerian internationalist to justify his selection and perform. When four Hearts players counter attacked against three Rangers defenders with 20 minutes of regulation time remaining they really should have levelled. They failed to even get a shot away. It kind of summed up their afternoon.
But his well-taken strikes today took his tally for the club he joined in a £4.5m transfer in the summer to 19 and ultimately proved to be the difference between the two teams when referee Steven McLean blew the final whistle. He was a deserved recipient of the Man of the Match award.
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