Giovanni van Bronckhorst must drop Fashion Sakala in Rangers v Braga
Rangers will face Braga in the second leg of the Europa League quarter-final on Thursday at Ibrox.
The Gers are trailing 1-0 from the first leg, but there is confidence within the team that they can turn it around.
The Scottish giants have beaten the likes of Borussia Dortmund and Red Star Belgrade and they should have the belief to secure a win in the midweek.
Obviously, losing Alfredo Morelos has been a massive blow for the club, but they have to move on and come up with a plan to progress to the semi-finals.
Giovanni van Bronckhorst has got some big calls to make, and one of them is picking the right player for the striker role.
Fashion Sakala started in the first leg, but he failed to make any impact. Keith Jackson of The Daily Record labelled him as “lightweight”.
Sakala brings an injection of pace up front but he is not tactically adept, especially in European games.
Surely, the Dutchman will start with Kemar Roofe after the experiment backfired in Portugal.
Roofe, who is a proven goal scorer, bagged a hat-trick on Sunday as Rangers won 4-0 against St Mirren. Alan Hutton was impressed with his performance and hailed him as “class” [BBC Sport].
He should be trusted to deliver in the big clash on Thursday, and Roofe will relish it.
The experienced striker is more technically gifted than Sakala and he should be raring to go. With Joe Aribo also getting back to some kind of form after scoring a top-quality goal, Rangers are likely to score at Ibrox.
If they can get an early goal, their chances of winning the tie will increase.
In other Rangers news, Kris Boyd questions “baffling” decisions about Rangers ace after what he did v St Mirren.