SCORING a double in Rangers’ emphatic cinch Premiership win over Hibernian at Ibrox on Saturday and taking his haul of goals to seven in as many games, pleased Abdallah Sima greatly.
The Senegalese striker, though, was just as satisfied to see his fellow forward Cyriel Dessers end a disappointing four match run without netting late on in the 4-0 league triumph.
Dessers, a £4.5m signing from Italian club Cremonese back in July, has struggled to justify his sizeable fee at times this term and has come in for criticism from supporters in recent weeks as a consequence.
So Sima was, along with all of his Rangers team mates, delighted when the Nigerian internationalist slotted beyond Hibs goalkeeper David Marshall with a composed finish at the weekend.
The Brighton loanee is as determined to supply the 28-year-old with opportunities up front as he is to add to his own tally – and he has now been on target nine times in all competitions in the 2023/24 campaign – in the weeks ahead.
It’s always special to score goals,” he said. “So seven goals in seven games is really special for me.
“As a striker, it is very important for me to score goals and if I am scoring in almost every game it is helpful for my confidence. I feel it is getting higher all the time and I am hoping to score goals in every game. I have to keep going.
But it’s not just about Abdallah Sima scoring. I am happy when any of the strikers, or anyone else in the team, scores goals. The important thing is that the team won the game.
“But Cyriel was very happy to score and we were very happy for him also. For a striker, it is important to score. For him, it has been hard because he had not managed to score for a few games. So we are all happy that he has scored again.
