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Dresden Cup – Everton vs Real Betis: Preview, Start time, TV info and How To Watch via Royal Blue Mersey

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Third game of preseason schedule for Toffees

Everton showed plenty of rust yesterday as they fell to an uninspiring 2-1 defeat against hosts SG Dynamo Dresden. Gerard Deulofeu played the sole striker role and had a hatful of chances, but only converted one off a wonderful freekick for the Blues’ sole score. The midfield and defence’s performances will have been especially concerning to manager Ronald Koeman as the second division German side ran the Toffees ragged for large parts of the game.

Today we will have the chance to a quite different starting XI for Everton as Koeman will get to use the remainder of his 25-man side that traveled for the Bundeswehr Karriere Cup. Lineups will be updated closer to game time.

Opponents Real Betis got off to a better start than the Blues, winning 1-0 against Werder Bremen. With all four teams playing twice in two days, the Spaniards will also field a very different side from yesterday’s.

Everton vs Real Betis

Match Details


Date and time: Saturday, July 29 at 1:30 p.m. CET / 7:30 a.m. EST / 4:30 a.m. PST

Stadium: Stadion Dresden, Dresden, Germany

Capacity: 32,085

How to Watch/Listen


TV: LiveSoccerTV

Radio: N/A

Live stream: evertontv (subscription required), La Liga TV app.

Lineups: TBA

Everton starting XI – TBD

Everton subs – TBD

Betis starting XI – TBD

Betis subs – TBD


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Gana Win the Lot via Everton Arent We

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Earlier this week, reports surfaced that Everton had activated the release clause of Aston Villa midfielder Idrissa Gana Gueye. Following confirmation from his manager Roberto di Matteo (and bizarrely the Everton Former Players Foundation) and a nice bit of fume from Villa’s chairman on Twitter, it seems like only a matter of time before the Senegalese star puts pen to paper at Finch Farm. Here’s my verdict on the first outfield signing of the Koeman era.

First of all, let’s just address the elephant in the room. He did happen to feature in one of the worst Premier League sides of all time, and that may taint his CV for the rest of his career. Aston Villa fans don’t seem to rate him too highly, accusing him of being a player who runs around a lot and not much else (Everton certainly don’t need any more of those – ahem, James McCarthy). Coupled with a rather low price tag, this may get alarm bells ringing in the ears of Evertonians who have developed trust issues with football scouts after Everton paid 13.5 million real actual pounds for Oumar Niasse. But Blues, fear not. Gueye is going to be a boss little signing – here’s why.


Stats via @EFC_Statto

Most Evertonians will have seen a graphic from Sky Sports circulating around, showing that in tackles, interceptions, and distance covered, in the whole league Gueye came second to only N’Golo Kante, who was by far and away the best midfielder in the league last season. Gueye also completed more passes with a better pass accuracy than Kante, showing he can play the ball as well as win it back. The stats certainly seem to suggest that Gueye is the real deal. Steve Walsh, Everton’s new Director of Football, has been a long-time admirer of the 26 year old – even lining him up as the heir to Kante while he was at Leicester. Incidentally, our manager Ronald Koeman tried to sign Gueye as Southampton manager before he plumped for Aston Villa (fairly poor decision in retrospect). It is clear that the big boys at Everton are all in consensus that Gueye would be a good addition to an Everton midfield that is in serious need of purpose and energy.

Gueye is going to fit in brilliantly with the system Koeman is employing. In the games against Barnsley and MK Dons, when without the ball, we saw signs of a high press being used to regain possession, a method Koeman used at Southampton. Gueye’s energy, tackling ability and eye for interceptions means he suits a high press perfectly. The hierarchy at Goodison haven’t simply seen a cheap player with good stats – they have thoroughly scouted this man and identified him to be a tailor-made fit to the system Koeman will be using in the Everton team. If he starts, Gueye will be the man doing the midfield chasing and harassing, allowing the more creative players to focus on attacking and making chances. In terms of coming off the bench, Gueye would be a perfect man to bring on to solidify a midfield and close a game out, and as we know Everton are in desperate need of help in seeing out results. Overall, Gueye appears to tick all the boxes for what Everton need, and for such a small fee, the move comes with little risk. I’m not saying he is going to set the league on fire, but I fully expect our new man to prove his doubters wrong next season, and be part of a much more defensively sound and energetic Everton side.

For more Everton talk, you can follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/_joejones99

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Dresden Cup – Everton at Dynamo: Preview, Start time, TV info and How To Watch via Royal Blue Mersey

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Third game of preseason schedule for Toffees

Everton take on hosts Dynamo Dresden as they continue their preseason schedule in the four-team Dresden Cup. Werder Bremen and Real Betis will face off in the other game on Friday. The Blues then take on the La Liga side on Saturday.

All four teams will play two games in less than 24-hours, a challenging scheduling quirk that will force the managers to field almost two different sides for each game. The quirky nature of the tournament doesn’t end there either, as the winners of the first game will receive three points, but a point will be awarded for each goal scored as well.

There will also be no draws in the competition, with the matches headed to a penalty shootout immediately after 90 minutes if the scores are tied. Goals in the shootout will not count towards the final points tally, and after each team has played two matches, the side with the most points will be crowned the winners.

If two teams finish level on points, then their goal difference will be used to determine the champions. In the situation where the goal difference is the same, the next separating factor will be goals scored.

There are 25 players in the Everton squad that made the flight to Germany –

Goalkeepers – Stekelenburg, Joel, Hewelt.

Defenders – Pennington, Stones, Funes Mori, Oviedo, Baines, Galloway, Holgate, Coleman.

Midfielders – Davies, Cleverley, Dowell, Bešić, McCarthy, Gibson, Barkley, Barry.

Forwards – Lukaku, Kone, Grant, Mirallas, Deulofeu, Lennon.

Oumar Niasse is reportedly close to a loan deal to Galatasaray and did not travel with the squad. Defender John Stones has been linked with a move away from the club but is in the traveling party.

Club captain Phil Jagielka is still recovering from a hamstring ailment and did not make the trip. Gareth Barry and Arouna Kone however have recovered from their knocks and traveled, as did striker Romelu Lukaku who reported back to training on Monday after an extended break.

Everton’s opponents Dresden won the third tier of the German Bundesliga, gaining promotion to the second level this season, which starts in barely eight days.

Everton at Dynamo Dresden

Match Details


Date and time: Friday, July 29 at 8:30 p.m. CET / 2:30 p.m. EST / 11:30 a.m. PST

Stadium: Stadion Dresden, Dresden, Germany

Capacity: 32,085

How to Watch/Listen


TV: LiveSoccerTV

Radio: N/A

Live stream: evertontv (subscription required).

Lineups:

Everton starting XI – Stekelenburg, Coleman, Baines (c), Stones, Funes Mori, Davies, Gibson, Lennon, Barkley, Mirallas, Deulofeu.

Everton subs – Joel, Hewelt, Holgate, Galloway, Oviedo, Barry, McCarthy, Besic, Cleverley, Dowell, Kone, Lukaku.

Dresden starting XI – Wiegers – Wachs, Ballas, J. Müller, Teixeira – Hauptmann, Hartmann, Lambertz – Berko, Väyrynen, Hilßner.

Dresden subs – TBD


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Real Betis 1-1 Everton (4-3 on pens): Romelu Lukaku plays as Blues lose shootout in Dresden Cup via Daily Mail

JACK GAUGHAN IN DRESDEN: Romelu Lukaku’s return for Everton – and first game under Ronald Koeman – lasted an hour as they ended the trip to Germany with a penalty shootout defeat.
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Erwin Koeman: Dresden experience good for fitness via NSNO

Everton assistant boss Erwin Koeman says that the games in Germany's Dresden Cup came too close together to present a good footballing spectacle, but says it has helped the fitness of the squad.
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