Sunday, October 04, 2009

EVERTON (1) vs (1) STOKE - FULL TIME

Everton sees Saha and Rodwell back in action while Yobo is still out. Beats returns to Everton as part of the Toffees' opposition. We also welcome back Peter Reid.

Both sides trading equal punches until the 15th minute where Timmy planted a nice header towards goal but was saved by the opposing goalkeeper. Everton's midfield is not biting and there's no one to challenge the ball. It's not right that we keep seeing Saha fighting for the header when Felli should be the one doing the job.

Good shot by Ossie in the 38th minute that was palmed away by the opposing goalkeeper. So, so close. Bily has been putting in quite a few misplaced crosses and that's not too good to see.

Start of the second half but still , Bily can't seem to provide any threatening crosses. From nowhere, Everton is now trailing 1-0. Straight from a corner.

Moyes, so what do you plan to do? He may need to change his 4-5-1 to 4-4-2 by bringing in Yak but the gaffer seems to favour Jo more due to the level of fitness. Everton is shooting all from distance as Stoke starts to pack their defence.

STUNNER!!! Ossie scores a wonderful goal in the 54th minute. Ossie played a one-two with Heitinga and then put in a curler of a shot to score a wonderful goal. Everton 1-1 Stoke. Assist by Heitinga.

Everton continued to attack with Timmy planted a nice header in the 71st min, while Rodwell was given a free run in the 73rd before his long shot, finally on target. Jo and Yak replaced Bily and Ossie respectively. Everton is going for broke in this 4-3-3 formation but try as they might, they were not able to break Stoke down even though they had a larger share of possession.

Score: Everton 1-1 Stoke
Scorer: Ossie
Assist: Heitinga
Subs: Yak, Jo

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