Rangers finished comfortable winners in the first leg of their Champions League qualifying round with a 3-0 win on the Czech side Viktoria Plzen.
The new signing of Djeidi Gassama continued to raise himself to Ibrox’s faithful with his third and fourth goal in three consecutive European games.
The 21-year-old scored on either side of striker Cyriel Dessers as Russell’s side Martin gave themselves one foot in the competition playoffs before a trip to the Doosan Arena next week.
Martin, who took his place in the Scottish Giants in June, blasted his players after the 1-1 pull in Motherwell on Saturday and made some big phone calls before this conflict, dropped Captain James Tavernier and Nico Raskin on the bench.
But the decision seemed to pay as Rangers largely controlled the procedures and emerged victorious at night.
A new signar impresses in Ibrox
Gassama, who joined the Scottish side from Sheffield Wednesday in the summer, gave Martin’s men the perfect start when he received a desire for dessers after neat expulsion after a quarter of an hour.
The winger took one contact before the past ended by Florian Wiegele to give his new employer.
Other new surfaces of Rangers, Oliver Antman, was then denied a goal of debut as his low level was blocked on the line by Vaclav.
The young Finnish player may not have jumped on the score but played a big role in the second goal of Rangers, the 23rd year is held in the Plzen box before being reduced by MateEJ Vydra.
Dessers confidently sent the post-kick that resulted in doubling the advantage of the hosts as Martin’s team entered the break in a commanding position.
It was much of the same after the restart, with guards in total parity control.
Mohamed Diomane’s endeavor dismissed the lead before Gassama deserved the house of Antman’s Pin-Point Cross for his second evening.
From there, Plzen offered little by fight. The Rangers saw the game and take strong advantage to the Czech Republic on Tuesday.
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