Rangers star Leon Balogun headed home the crucial third goal in last night’s stunning 3-0 win over Red Star in the Europa League – and the Nigerian international was ecstatic after a goal with great personal importance to him.
Balogun returned to the side after being on the bench against Aberdeen at the weekend as he put in a colossal display at the back alongside Connor Goldson to ‘keep the zero.’
While Rangers fans are no doubt thinking about the Gers’ possible spot in the Europa League quarter-finals, it is the quarter-finals of the Scottish Cup that the Super Eagles star is now turning his attention to ahead of facing Dundee on Sunday.
“It’s amazing,” Balogun said [Rangers TV]. “To score in front of our own fans in this fantastic stadium is for me personally historical. I think it was an important goal as well so I’m really happy about that.
“Red Star were never really out of the game. I think we were struggling at times in the first half but after going 2-0 up at half-time we said that we had to reset and that the game is far from done.
“We’ve been in positions like that before so it was about trying to get another goal and to get the best possible result for next week. I’m happy we got that done.
“I think the penalty [save from Allan McGregor] was a really big moment for us and it got everybody to waken up, because I don’t think we were as good as were in the second half. But the crowd has again been amazing today and I think it was a really strong team performance over the full 90 minutes.
“It sets us up for next week but we need to park that for a little bit because there is a very important cup fixture at the weekend coming up and we want to make sure we get past that as well.”
Balogun ecstatic after netting in ‘amazing’ 3-0 Europa League win
