0-O Final score England v Mexico. Dowell didn’t make much of an impact, a few neat turns and layoffs but not a lot. Connolly was sound , without being spectacular , made his headers and his tackles, played right side of midfield ahead of Kenny, with initially Dowell either alongside him on the right or slightly ahead of him.
Kenny was our best player of the three, playing the right-sided back in a back three. Can’t think he did much wrong all game. I am only really interested in Everton players and what they are doing on the pitch, so for me it was good experience for Jonjoe playing this role. He was very disciplined in his play , sticking with his attacker, playing simple balls to GK or long balls upfield , but rarely venturing too far forward, which is what you’d expect of him in this role . He won a surprising amount of headers , something we’ve seen of him throughout the England age levels.
The Charlton CB , Konsa, was playing the other side of the back three, he looked comfortable too and is someone we were vaguely interested in around January time. Too good for our U23s though and probably too young to put into a first team squad. A decent player .
Indeed, he looked Mexico’s best player, tricky 17 year old who likes to run at and beat defenders, referred to as “ the Mexican Messi”;
, certainly can only shoot with his left foot. Will probably appear at City and be loaned out.