The Scottish press, ecstatic about Ianis Hagi's performance. "Without his quick thinking, the match would have been 0-0 written all over him"

The Scottish press, ecstatic about Ianis Hagi’s performance. “Without his quick thinking, the match would have been 0-0 written all over him”

The performance of Ianis Hagi in the St. Johnstone – Rangers 0-1 delighted the Scottish journalists, although the Romanian had many moments in which he seemed out of the game, but in the team’s note. But the center invented by the Romanian international at the goal of his formation delighted the Scottish journalists.

Ianis Hagi, a bet won by Clement in Rangers’ last game. Profimedia photo

Rangers News rated Hagi with 8, naming him man of the match. “The Romanian playmaker stood out as the best player on the pitch at McDiarmid Park. He acted as a creative pivot in the first half and provided calmness against a team that was on the rise.

He found space and found his teammates time and time again and always looked for the decisive pass, even if he didn’t always get it. It was no surprise that he was instrumental in the decisive goal. He’s still not 100% fit and it shows, but he’s going in the right direction”they wrote.

Ianis Hagi, essential role in the goal phase

And those from Rangers Review are convinced that Philippe Clement’s team would have made another wrong step if they didn’t have Ianis Hagi in the field. “The Romanian international got off to a good start, tying up an often unwieldy build and combining well with Nico Raskin and Connor Barron. Clement’s team is sometimes too direct when coming out of defence, but Hagi’s ability to keep the ball under pressure, even if not always flawlessly, offered solutions to unlock the hosts’ structure.

He made up for the occasional heavy passing touches that got the team up the lines. It was no surprise that he later played a key role in the goal phase, lobbing the ball at the far post for Tavernier. Played the ball fast enough to have space and not hit the opponent. Clement certainly needs to reflect on the need for a creative profile in the team in every league game if he wants his side to dominate. Without Hagi’s quick thinking, this match would have been written 0-0″.

Ianis Hagi was the first starter this season for Rangers, and even played the entire game for the Scottish team.

Adrian Stoica

Adrian Stoica

Adrian is the founder and the visionary behind Cluj Napoca, a media platform committed to capturing and sharing the vibrant stories of Cluj-Napoca and Romania with an international audience. A graduate in international journalism from the University of Bucharest and holder of a Master’s in Cultural Studies from Babes-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca, Adrian has a robust educational background that equips him to understand and analyze the complexities of his native region's culture and history.