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Mark Walker

Rangers ace compared to Zinedine Zidane in Europa League win

Rangers star Mohamed Diomande was likened to prime Zinedine Zidane by blown-away Turkish legend and TV pundit Nihat.

And he reckons Cyriel Dessers' display will have every top club in Turkey scrambling to sign him.

Rangers romped to a famous 3-1 Europa League win in Istanbul against Jose Mourinho's Fenerbahce and now have a huge advantage for the second leg at Ibrox.

And former Real Sociedad and 69-times capped ex-Turkey ace Nihat couldn't praise the performance of Rangers highly enough.

He said: "I still can't believe what we watched. But let's be honest here - it should have been 5-1 and if Cyriel Dessers' shoulder wasn't as muscly, it would have been.

"Every top club in Turkey should be fighting to sign him. But there were plenty of others.

"Mohamed Diomande was brilliant - like the best of Zinedine Zidane - thank God they substituted him. And what a player Vaclav Cerny is.

"Honestly, the goals Rangers scored were like from a Playstation game - they were all so easy for them.


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"How can Fenerbahce - a team who restricted Galatasaray to almost no chances at goal last week - give Rangers so many opportunities?

"Jose Mourinho went all-out attack in the second half and treated a team like Rangers like they were playing Rizespor.

"It was incredible because Fenerbahce were in such good form and then produced that. It was a crazy match and the tie should be over."

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