{"id":837966,"date":"2025-03-31T12:12:21","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T17:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/31\/character-rangers-manager-shuns-cyriel-dessers-critics\/"},"modified":"2025-03-31T12:12:21","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T17:12:21","slug":"character-rangers-manager-shuns-cyriel-dessers-critics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/31\/character-rangers-manager-shuns-cyriel-dessers-critics\/","title":{"rendered":"Character \u2013 Rangers manager shuns Cyriel Dessers\u2019 critics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/03\/cyriel-dessers-rangers.html\">Rangers<\/a> head coach, Barry Ferguson, has defended <a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2024\/07\/super-eagles-star-fires-blank-as-rangers-succumb-to-man-united-in-friendly.html\">Super Eagles<\/a> striker, <a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/tag\/cyriel-dessers\">Cyriel Dessers<\/a> after the Nigerian was criticized for his profligacy in front of goal, <a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/\">Soccernet.ng<\/a> reports.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 30-year-old forward, in his time at Rangers, has blown hot and cold. On some days, he plays like the best striker in the world, and on other days, he doesn\u2019t know where the goal is, showing his power to frustrate and mesmerise in equal measure. An interesting dichotomy.<\/p>\n<p>One such example was in yesterday\u2019s 4-3 win over Dundee at the Scot Foam stadium. The former Cremonese man scored the winner, but prior to that, he had shot on goal twelve times without finding the back of the net.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_155123\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-155123\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/rangers-cyriel-dessers-celebrates-scoring-983398696.webp\" alt width=\"940\" height=\"638\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-155123\">Cyriel Dessers celebrates after scoring a 91st-minute winner against Dundee. [Photo Credit\/ TSS].<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><strong>Get Our Sports News First \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VagMHLcA89MZvw0Btc21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Join Our WhatsApp Channel Now!<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/03\/nigeria-italy-juventus-leao.html\">New Leao \u2013 Highly-rated Juventus attacking youngster ditches Nigeria, dreams of Italy call-up<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/03\/yamal-williams-skales-spain.html\">Watch: Lamine Yamal and Nico Williams vibe to Skales\u2019 shakebody on duty with Spain<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/03\/nigerian-england-premier-league.html\">Nigerian players in England: Five Super Eagles Stars Who Scored Premier League Hat-Tricks<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_155128\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-155128\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/imago1060400280-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-155128\">Rangers interim manager Barry Ferguson hugs Tom Lawrence of Rangers at the end of the match. [Photo Credit\/ Imago].<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Soccer <strong>What <a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/03\/ferguson-dessers-rangers-dundee.html\">Ferguson<\/a> said<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>After the game, Ferguson chose to look at the positives of <a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/03\/rangers-artfield-dessers-supereagles.html\">Dessers<\/a> as a whole and praised the <a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2023\/08\/why-i-joined-west-bromwich-super-eagles-josh-maja-reveals.html\">Nigerian<\/a> for not always giving up when things do not go the way he wants, which seems to be a general conundrum with the ex-Feyenoord man.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cHe puts himself in brilliant positions, he can get frustrated and start feeling sorry for himself, but he keeps going. He got his reward with the winner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven before I took the job, I always said the big guy would keep going. If he got criticism from fans and the media, the big man just rolls his sleeves up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t think it would affect him, and it never affected him. He kept going. If you have that type of character, then you get your rewards in the end,\u201d the former Rangers midfielder said in quotes revealed by <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rangersnews.uk\/news\/barry-ferguson-reacts-to-cyriel-dessers-criticism-as-rangers-target-21-year-old-replacement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rangers News<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_152844\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-152844\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/imago1059576970-1024x683.jpg\" alt width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-152844\">Cyriel Dessers celebrates after scoring the first goal of his team during the UEFA Europa League match between Fenerbahce SK and Rangers FC at Ulker Sukru Saracoglu Stadium on March 6, 2025. [Photo Credit\/ Imago].<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While there\u2019s barely anything left for Rangers to salvage domestically, the fighting spirit they displayed yesterday will be crucial in their UEFA Europa League campaign.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">He\u2019s totally class, he\u2019s utterly shite, Cyriel Dessers, won\u2019t score but he might ! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gOxWyXlZoY\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/t.co\/gOxWyXlZoY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 sophie (@sophie72_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sophie72_\/status\/1906066481315512602?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 29, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\nThe Gers will play against Athletic Club in the Europa League quarter-final on the 10th of April. The first leg will be played at Hampden Park, giving the Scottish side the home advantage.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"Soccer Adefolahan Guerreiro\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/740e257566cac1cbb2887e0f85afd655?s=80&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g\"  height=\"80\" width=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\">\t\t<\/p>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/author\/guerreiro\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tAdefolahan Guerreiro\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tAdefolahan is a multilingual journalist and writer at Soccernet Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>With a track record of involvement in College sports, Adefolahan is focused on crafting engaging football content and utilising his language skills and extensive sports knowledge to enhance content accessibility for a global audience.<\/p>\n<p>He has interviewed Nigerian stars like Finidi George, Junior Lokosa, and Abraham Onahi Ogbu.\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/03\/rangers-ferguson-dessers-2.html\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a>Adefolahan Guerreiro<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer Rangers head coach, Barry Ferguson, has defended Super Eagles striker, Cyriel Dessers after the Nigerian was criticized for his profligacy in front of goal, Soccernet.ng reports. The 30-year-old forward, in his time at Rangers, has blown hot and cold. On some days, he plays like the best striker in the world, and on other [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":837967,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25558,4300,2005],"tags":[7817,6707],"class_list":{"0":"post-837966","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-character","8":"category-rangers","9":"category-soccer","10":"tag-character","11":"tag-rangers"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/837966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=837966"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/837966\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/837967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=837966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=837966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=837966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}