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Owen Hargreaves has hailed the ‘astonishing’ performance of Nigerian Calvin Bassey in Rangers’ Europa League final defeat to Eintracht Frankfurt on Thursday night.
After 120 minutes of football with the score tied at 1-1, a penalty shoot-out decided a tense final in Seville with Aaron Ramsey missing the decisive spot kick that handed the trophy to the Bundesliga side.
Rangers took the lead through Joe Aribo in the second-half and perhaps had the better of the chances to seal the win before the penalty shoot-out.
Frankfurt also pushed hard for a winner however with 22-year-old Bassey making a number of superb recovery challenges to thwart the opposition while being a dominant force in aerial challenges all evening.
Former Manchester United and England midfielder Hargreaves hailed the performance of the Nigeria international, insisting he is the sort of player any teammate, manager or supporter would want in their team.
“Calvin Bassey, my word, what a performance. That was astonishing, the energy and effort. Everything about his game was fantastic. Anyone watching that will be thinking: ‘That’s the kind of player I want in my team’.”
Calvin Bassey’s defensive numbers vs Frankfurt (90 minutes):
8 ball recoveries
4 ball clearances
4 ground + aerial duels won
3 interceptions
1 blocked shot
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