The 'luxury' Aberdeen have that Rangers DON'T as Kenny Dalglish names 4 massive Hampden men
dailyrecord.co.ukKenny Dalglish reckons Aberdeen are going into the Viaplay Cup final well-rested and in a position of strength compared to rivals Rangers.
It's a final for the ages at Hampden with both teams high on confidence and in good nick. Something has to give and Philippe Clement's team are understandably the favourites but this Aberdeen side live for the big occasions and their counter-attacking style has posed problems for Rangers in the very recent past - they were within minutes of beating them at Pittodrie in November before James Tavernier's late penalty salvaged a point.They're good at mixing it with the heavyweights and beat Eintracht Frankfurt during the week, with a heavily rotated side to boot.
Key men like Leighton Clarkson and Graeme Shinnie were rested while Bojan Miovski missed out due to injury - though Robson is optimistic he can start at Hampden.
Rangers conversely are depleted with injuries and had to start all of their available big guns in Spain on Thursday night in an energy-sapping victory over Real Betis.
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