Antonio Colak scored 14 goals by the end of October in a blistering start to his Rangers career. Yet he hasn’t added to that tally since injury and ill-fortune followed on from a dream start to life in Scotland that saw the Croat score the goal in Eindhoven that delivered Champions League football to Ibrox for the first time in 11 years.
At that point in the campaign, the former Malmo striker was looking at a dream double for club and country in the shape of the Champions League and World Cup.
The former turned into a nightmare as Rangers lost all six matches to Ajax, Liverpool and Napoli. But at least Colak got to play on that stage.
He can’t say the same about the World Cup. Despite being named in an original squad of 34 players by national coach Zlatko Dalic, the Ibrox attacker was one of eight to miss the cut and had to watch his country storm to the bronze medal in Qatar without him.The 29-year-old doesn’t try to hide the hurt.
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