Rangers manager Pedro Caixinha has expressed his delight with the work done by his young back four in a friendly against Morton on Saturday.
Andy Dallas, Kyle McLelland, Lewis Mayo and Scott Gray from the academy were given the chance to impress Caixinha during the last period of the match, which ended with a 3-3 scoreline.
The youngsters, aged 18, 15, 17 and 17 respectively, conceded once and that also from a direct free-kick – and the manager insists that given their age and inexperience it was more than satisfactory.
Providing his assessment of the youngsters Caixinha told his club's official channel: “They played the last period. We had Andy at right-back, Kyle who is 15, was one of the centre-halves, Lewis, who is 17, was the other one, and Scott, who is also 17, was the left-back.
"So they did very well, and in that period of time, we only conceded the one goal from a direct free-kick."
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Caixinha fielded three different groups in the game and was delighted with each and every group's performance, responding well to the formation changes made by him from time to time.
“I liked overall the three groups.
"They were three different groups, with a different formation in each of the periods.
"It was also a moment for us to try something and also for us to give minutes to the players who have not being playing.”
The Glasgow giants will resume their domestic campaign this week when they take on St Johnstone in a match on Friday.
