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Herald Sport nature section, on the weasel:
“Barron shocker
Connor Barron has been one of Rangers’ most consistent performers during what has been a turbulent campaign. The former Aberdeen midfielder has impressed fans with his energy and maturity. He obviously, though, has work to do to convince Scotland manager Steve Clarke he can contribute at international level.
The 22-year-old was called into the national set-up for the Nations League matches against Poland and Portugal last month. However, he was an unused substitute in those two Group A1 outings and was not included in the squad for the forthcoming encounters with Croatia and Portugal.
The perfect way for him to respond would have been to have a stormer in the Europa League and show that he can go toe-to-toe with somebody like former Chelsea and Manchester United man Nemanja Matic and hold his own. Unfortunately for him, though, he gifted Lyon their second.
His loose cross-field pass was easily intercepted by Fofana. The scorer of the opener charged upfield and turned supplier when he squared to Lacazette. Perhaps Clarke, who called up Andy Irving of West Ham, has a point about Barron. He has aspects of his game he can improve.
When Lacazette, the former Arsenal forward, lashed into the top right corner from the edge of the area in added-on time at the end of the first half it left Rangers facing an uphill task. Fofana wrapped up the three points when he got another in the second half.”
Its 4/10 rating for his performance: “At fault for Lyon’s second goal by playing a blind pass to his team-mate. Ran around a lot without actually achieving anything. Booked on 52 minutes following a late lunge on Corentin Tolisso. Then turned inside out by Malick Fofana for Lyon’s fourth. A bit of a learning curve for the Scotland-U21 international at this level.”
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“Barron shocker
Connor Barron has been one of Rangers’ most consistent performers during what has been a turbulent campaign. The former Aberdeen midfielder has impressed fans with his energy and maturity. He obviously, though, has work to do to convince Scotland manager Steve Clarke he can contribute at international level.
The 22-year-old was called into the national set-up for the Nations League matches against Poland and Portugal last month. However, he was an unused substitute in those two Group A1 outings and was not included in the squad for the forthcoming encounters with Croatia and Portugal.
The perfect way for him to respond would have been to have a stormer in the Europa League and show that he can go toe-to-toe with somebody like former Chelsea and Manchester United man Nemanja Matic and hold his own. Unfortunately for him, though, he gifted Lyon their second.
His loose cross-field pass was easily intercepted by Fofana. The scorer of the opener charged upfield and turned supplier when he squared to Lacazette. Perhaps Clarke, who called up Andy Irving of West Ham, has a point about Barron. He has aspects of his game he can improve.
When Lacazette, the former Arsenal forward, lashed into the top right corner from the edge of the area in added-on time at the end of the first half it left Rangers facing an uphill task. Fofana wrapped up the three points when he got another in the second half.”
Its 4/10 rating for his performance: “At fault for Lyon’s second goal by playing a blind pass to his team-mate. Ran around a lot without actually achieving anything. Booked on 52 minutes following a late lunge on Corentin Tolisso. Then turned inside out by Malick Fofana for Lyon’s fourth. A bit of a learning curve for the Scotland-U21 international at this level.”
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