Michael Beale will need to pick up his players for the crucial showdown with the Scottish champions.
And the frustrated frontman is keeping fingers crossed there will be a similar turnaround in fortunes as Rangers look to shake off their calamitous Champions League exit. It was the lure of UEFA’s brightest lights that drew Dessers to Glasgow. But the £4million signing from Italian side Cremonese and his new side were dazzled and dazed by a club nicknamed the Lightbulbs as the Dutch blazed past the Glasgow side during Wednesday night’s brutal 5-1 dismantling at the Philips Stadion.
But from the trauma of that Tirana defeat came the personal pride of netting his first Super Eagles strike in a Stateside friendly clash with Mexico at AT&T Stadium in Arlington only days later. Now he aims to bounce back just as quickly with Gers. “Especially after last week when we showed that we have the level and we can do it. So this is tough. But we are professionals and we know what’s at stake on Sunday. I am sure we will be ready.
The pressure that had been building on Rodgers after Celtic’s own stutters will now be thrust back on to the shoulders of his Ibrox counterpart. But Dessers says his team must do their best to clear PSV from their minds before going toe-to-toe with Celtic. Beale admits the PSV clash came around too soon for a squad still readjusting amid the summer turmoil of nine players in and nine players out. But Dessers said: “We don’t look for that. It’s a fact but we don’t look at these excuses.
From Ufa in the east of Russia to Seville on the southern stretches of Spain, Rangers have made the most of the opportunities the Europa has had to offer. And if truth be told, it should be a far kinder environment for Beale’s newly-assembled team to continue their settling in period in Scotland, as opposed to the shark-infested waters of the Champions League.
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