For tonight’s Europa League matchup between Rangers and Aris Limassol at Ibrox, Philippe Clement has made three changes to his starting lineup.
With Leon Balogun ineligible after being left out of Michael Beale’s European squad, and Connor Goldson suspended, John Souttar and Ben Davies take the pitch as the starting central defenders.
Sam Lammers, a forward, rejoins the team, and Tom Lawrence, who was playing at number ten, drops to the bench. Danilo is at the front of the queue once more.
The players named on the bench are academy graduates Robby McCrorie, Kieran Wright, Leon King, Adam Devine, Ross McCausland, and Cole McKinnon.
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It’s evident that Clement is adjusting to having most of his team available for a match as players are given chances to perform well.
Crucially, however, the players must win the three points in order for us to have a good chance of qualifying for the tournament’s next round.
Everyone is aware of how poorly this team performed against Aberdeen over the weekend and how much lower than Clement’s standards since taking over for Michael Beale last month.
This is an opportunity to resume winning ways before the weekend matchup with St Mirren, which is the first of what will be a very busy match schedule for the next month or so.
There isn’t a better opportunity for players who have been given the chance to impress to do just that than to win here and regain the momentum.
