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Gor Mahia 1 – 2 Everton via GrandOldTeam

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Wayne Rooney announced his return to Everton with a simply stunning 30-yard curler barely 34 minutes into his second debut for the Blues.

Team: Stekelenburg, Connolly, Williams, Jagielka, Kenny, Schneiderlin, McCarthy, Klassen, Lennon, Rooney and Lookman.

Three days after arriving in Tanzania, Everton lined up in their new silver/light grey away strip against the local heroes, and if there were any thoughts of this being a gentle warm-up game, those thoughts were banished inside fifteen minutes as the hosts seemed very interested against a Premiership club.

Inevitably, these was some misplaced passes and rust in the Everton legs, but thanks to the hosts keenness to have a go, the first half saw a decent pace to the play.

Davy Klaassen was impressing in his busy midfield style while the prodigal son looked just a little bit isolated up front.

That is until the 34th minute when he received the ball some 35 yards out, controlled it, took a quick look up and then, unerring reminiscent of his debut goal against Arsenal back in 2002, he unleashed a devastating shot that ballooned the net without the need of the crossbar to beat the ‘keeper.

ROONEY, ROONEY


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| @WayneRooney returns with a stunning goal just 34 minutes into his second #EFC debut!
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— Everton (@everton) July 13, 2017
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To say it was a dream come true would be an immense understatement, but the healthy crowd inside the Dar-Es-Salaam National Stadium had seen something rather special.

As only Everton can do, an equaliser was somewhat gifted to the hosts barely three minutes later as a right wing corner was neatly headed home by Jacques Tuyisenge.

A competitive and lively first half saw the honours shared ahead of a mass change of Everton personnel during the break

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Team: Hewelt, Baines, Barry, Keane, Pennington, Besic, Gana Gueye, Davies, Dowell, Calvert-Lwein and Mirallas.

Everton came out at a really good tempo for the second half and it was good to see Mo Besic back in the team.

The Blues with Tom Davies straight into the game were playing confidently, knocking the ball around and giving themselves and the opposition a good work out.

Around the hour mark, the chances really began to flow and Calvert-Lewin was unlucky to see his effort wrongly ruled out for offside.

Straight afterwards, the Gor goalie parried another DCL effort and Gana Gueye was denied at thr back post by a last-ditch challenge.

It was now all Everton and Gana tried his luck from distance with a blast parried by the Gor keeper who was beginning to see a lot of action.

Just to keep Jason Hewelt on his toes, Musa tested him from nigh on 40 yards to the delight of the home crowd.

Kieran Dowell was unlucky to see a 79th minute effort cannon back off the cross bar but he wasn’t going to be denied and taking a nice pass from Davies two minutes later, he strode forward and crashed a shot from outside the box high into the Gor goal for a lead Everton thoroughly deserved.


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@kierandowell1's fine strike!
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— Everton (@everton) July 13, 2017
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Everton kept their momentum high and come the final whistle and despite a late chance gifted to the home side by a loose Hewelt pass, manager Ronald Koeman and his coaching staff will been delighted at the showing in the first outing, played in a very warm temperature.

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Every player competed and indeed had to given the enthusiasm and professionalism shown by their hosts.

So, a winning start with two terrific goals, a defensive lapse to work on, and the team leave their visit to Africa having made a lot of friends and with Wayne Rooney having shown he’s definitely not come to play in a retirement home.

Nice to see Aaron Lennon back on a football pitch too and looking in good nick.

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Game of the Day: West Ham 2-3 Everton, 2013 via Everton Arent We

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Romelu Lukaku scored a total of 87 Everton goals in his four years at the club. A number of them were matchwinners. But while the Manchester United forward’s maiden Blues goal was one, it was just one of many intriguing details in a topsy-turvy match best remembered for some Leighton Baines magic.

West Ham was far from a formidable foe for Everton. Of their last 30 meetings, the Blues had won 17 to the Hammers’ four. Sam Allardyce had not enjoyed a good start to the season, and Roberto Martinez’s side were fresh off the back of victory over Chelsea, so all signs were good for the visitors to Upton Park. Goals were expected to be at a premium for Everton’s sunny September Saturday sojourn in East London; the two sides had scored a total of five goals in the Premier League all season, having played four games apiece. The Toffees opened the season with an infuriating 2-2 draw at Norwich, but two 0-0 stalemates with West Brom and Cardiff followed, before Steven Naismith put Chelsea to the sword. West Ham’s 2-0 opening day victory over the Bluebirds was followed by three successive blanks, with two ending in a draw. It was to everyone’s surprise, then, that the two sides would double their collective tally in just 90 minutes.

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New signing Lukaku, who West Ham had pursued that summer, was left on the bench by Martinez, with the centre forward role entrusted to Nikica Jelavic. The Croatian was unable to register a single shot on Jussi Jaaskelainen’s goal in the first half, but Mirallas tested the West Ham stopper’s reflexes with a well-struck effort. Just over half an hour in, it was the home side who broke the deadlock. Matty Jarvis cut inside and found Ravel Morrison, whose weak effort struck Phil Jagielka on the chest and wrong-footed Tim Howard. The packed away end was suitably unimpressed by Everton’s profligacy, and so was Martinez. Jelavic and Naismith, who had combined to topple Chelsea, were brought off. James McCarthy, another deadline day signing, joined Lukaku on the field.

There was a blow early in the second half, as Bryan Oviedo was drafted in to replace the injured Leon Osman, but all signs looked positive for the dominant Blues, who were keeping West Ham camped in their own half. Mirallas stretched to reach a low Baines cross but couldn’t quite get there. Ross Barkley was proving a real thorn in West Ham’s side, and a bursting run was ended crudely by James Collins. Baines stepped up to the free-kick, 30 yards out, lined it up, and curled a delicious effort to Jaaskelainen’s right. It was exactly the moment of magic Everton needed. Now all they needed to build upon the equaliser was even more pressure, and the winner would come.

Naturally, it was West Ham who scored next. Substitute Mladen Petric kept the ball in play ahead of Jagielka and teed up Kevin Nolan, before Sam Allardyce’s long-term right hand man went down softly under McCarthy’s challenge. Mark Noble stepped up to take the penalty and slotted it into the bottom right-hand corner, Howard flinging himself in the opposite direction. All of a sudden, Everton needed someone to get them out of trouble.

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Noble certainly helped the cause. Minutes after scoring, the midfielder fouled Barkley and took a second yellow card. The away side had another free-kick in Baines territory. Surely, he couldn’t score again.

He could. And sorry for calling you Shirley. This time Baines went to Jaaskelainen’s left, the big Fin powerless to stop the perfectly placed free-kick sailing into the inside of the post on its way to the back of the net. Conceding one free-kick is enough, but a perplexed Allardyce watched on as Baines ensured every goal his side had conceded so far that season was via the set piece.

Luckily for him, Lukaku would then end that unusual run. The dreadlocked Belgian shrugged off a series of challenges before laying the ball off to compatriot Mirallas, who twisted and turned before sending in a blind cross. Lukaku was on hand to finish off the move with a powerful header, before the classic ‘collapse on the floor and lie perfectly still’ celebration. Or, more aptly, Lukaku was clattered by Joey O’Brien while planting the winning goal past Jaaskelainen. It was a memorable moment for everyone watching on but not for the striker, whose first words after recovering from the blow was to ask Seamus Coleman who had just scored.

Lukaku had become the first Everton player since Alan Ball in 1966 to score the winning goal in a game, but all the plaudits went to Baines’ Sheedy-esque display. “We are all well aware of the quality he has but where Leighton takes it to the next step is that he’s capable of doing it twice against a world-class keeper with experience like Jussi Jaaskelainen. That’s what makes him special. He’s unique. He just places the ball wherever he wants to” said Roberto Martinez. Yes, he did call Jaaskelainen “world-class”. Yes, we really should’ve seen what was coming.

It was just about the perfect weekend for Everton. Liverpool’s defeat at home to Southampton meant that Martinez’s Blues were the only unbeaten side left in the Premier League. That run would continue for another couple of weeks before defeat to eventual champions Manchester City, the only side able to win against Everton in the league before Christmas Day. And while Lukaku’s contribution provided plenty of cheer, it was Leighton Baines’ left foot that made the West Ham win one to remember.

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