I Hate Rangers

The BSC Young Boys boss, Gerardo Seoane, has insisted the team win a match at the Europa League that will be one of the biggest moments of his entire career. Glasgow Rangers just to have one point when they meet Young Boys next week for qualifying for the knockout rounds of the championship. But the side from Switzerland is desperate to win all three matches so that they can deny the side of Steven Gerrard.

Nigeria faced Brazil in a friendly in Singapore last Sunday which ended in a thrilling 1-1 draw. The game which is part of Brazil’s global tour saw both teams put up their best squads in the game.

The Super Cup final lived up to expectations as Liverpool and Chelsea went toe to toe in the final at Istanbul. The Blues who were reeling from the 4-0 hammering at the hands of Manchester United came with a point to prove and dominated the first half.

New signing Christian Pulisic showed why he is regarded as one of the brightest young talents with a dominant display. His assist for the first goal was class and Giroud duly buried it to give Chelsea the lead.

Alfredo Morelos had been one of the best forwards in the Scottish league since his move from HJK Helsinki and reports in England suggests that a move could be on the cards this summer.

It is reported that former Rangers manager Pedro Caixinha wants to launch an audacious bid for the Colombian forward. Morelos is on the radar of plenty of clubs all over the globe this summer after scoring 30 goals in 49 league and cup encounters for Rangers.

Rangers winger Serge Atakayi recently joined Finland outfit Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho also known as SJK on a loan move until the end of the season this week. The 21-year-old has revealed that he specifically demanded a loan move from the club.

The forward speaking to SJK website admitted that the lure of first-team football was at the forefront of the loan move. Atakayi has injured an injury curtailed career at the Ibrox side as he suffered an ankle injury on his debut last November.

Celtic had defeated the Rangers and has taken a step closer to the 8th consecutive title of Scottish Premiership. For 7 years, the fixtures have usually been a non-event. In recent times, Celtic trampled over the Rangers. As a matter of fact, some of the meetings have been discomfortingly one-sided. There is a financial gap between the clubs. However, it was on Sunday the football contest came back. It was not a regular Celtic win.

The decision which had been taken by both the club of reducing ticket allocation in this season has changed the atmosphere of the Old Firm. The advantage of the home team had been diluted a bit by the noise and the color which was generated from the six thousand fans that visited the game.

Rangers forward Borna Barisic believes his team are ready and well prepared for the two huge Scottish Premiership fixtures coming up, one against Aberdeen and the other with Kilmarnock.

The Croatian is confident of getting positive results against both teams and believes that a win in those two will give his side a huge confidence boost.
The coming week has been tagged by some fans as a “season-defining week” and Barisic seems confident that his Rangers side will come out of both fixtures unscathed.
The two huge games will be coming up for Steven Gerrard’s charges over the next six days and the former Liverpool midfielder has got his Rangers team training hard in preparation for the games.

The club of Ibrox was charged for incidents which took place at a match which included a supporter running onto the pitch of the ground and one more supporter threw a plastic bottle which narrowly evaded a police officer in charge of the stadium. All these incidents happened at a match which held in Europa League in the last month. The match of Rangers FC was against their arch-rival; Villarreal CF. The Premiership Club of Ladbrokes was also charged by the governing body of the European Football for another incidence of bottle throwing which was thrown by a fan of the club.

A statement made by the UEFA club read as “Strict disciplinary proceedings have been initiated against the Rangers FC following the incident that took place in the UEFA Europa League, in the match of group stage which was played between Villarreal CF and Rangers FC (0-0), which was played on 29th of November in Scotland.”

David Bates is now young and twenty two years old and during summer he made a move that shocked everyone, the move was he switched to club Germany. He did this after his contract got expired. The surprising element in the whole thing is that, David Bates walked out of Ibrox few times before Steven Gerrard took entry into the team.

But, Bates has maintained he does not feel bad for leaving the team. He said he will be the part of the Rangers revolution of Liverpool legend. The decision of Bates to move Glasgow to Hamburg, which is downside club from Glasgow, has surprised many of Gers fans. On the other hand, for Bates this is not at all a big deal, according to him leaving one big club for another is nothing much to talk about.

Jim Brogan might have been an unsung hero during his playing days, but Celtics paid tribute to his life and contributions to the game when he passed away recently. He was 74 years of age when he died and he was surrounded by family members at the time of his death.

Jim Brogan can be seen in action in the past days when he played for the Celtic team. He died after having battled long and hard against dementia. The club authorities announced and confirmed his death to the press and media. In total he had made 341 appearances for the team between the sixties and seventies. He had been with the Glasgow club through the nine in a row successful stint with the club. He also featured in the final defeat that the club faced in the seventies. His family felt that the dementia has come about due to the injuries that he sustained during his career as a footballer.