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None of the five newcomers on both teams’ rosters distinguished themselves with effective action, and the fate of the fight was decided by the “proven” Calvert-Lewin (1: 0).
September 13, 2020, 8:23 PM
Tottenham London’s Portuguese manager, José Mourinho, announced the start of a new campaign for the English Premier League trophy. And already in the first round of the new national championship, the calendar prepared the “spurs” of an extremely unpleasant opponent. Everton spent a lot during the short offseason, which only said one thing: Carlo Ancelotti wouldn’t mind participating in the race at the top of the standings either.
The especially urgent problem of missing even on the eve of the European Cup zone became for the “toffee” in the last draw. Ancelotti’s team made a good exit from the quarantine of a derby draw with Liverpool and wins over Norwich and Leicester, but then began to regularly drop points, slowly sinking into the middle of the standings. At the same time, Tottenham limited itself to a cautious look towards the Champions League zone, but at the same time it almost fell out of European competition in the race with Wolverhampton.
In addition, Mourinho’s players looked cautiously towards the rival goal at the start of the briefing. The hosts’ lack of courage in the transition to attack was quickly punished by a counterattack by opponents, but Richarlison, rather than hitting an empty goal, decided to create a season-long fumble, having previously escaped from Alderweireld and Lloris. . The signal to the “spurs” arrived and was accepted for processing. Similarly, Tottenham did not begin to bring defenders face to face with fast rivals until the end of the first half.
Ancelotti’s certain hopes in this match were pinned on the creative genius of James Rodríguez, who made his debut for Everton. And yes, the Colombian’s ball possession is honed to the limit, but the team’s overall speed is clearly waning in the context of their far from top physical condition. This played a cruel joke on Everton at the end of time, when the initiative in control of the ball was lost. Tottenham had two succulent attacks involving Doherty and Allie, but Pickford has proven to be at the highest level in both episodes, definitely the best player in the duel for both teams before retiring.
The second half weren’t particularly pleased with the speeds on both sides, but early on, Everton made a decisive breakthrough. Control of the ball from the side of the guests resulted in the penalty area on the left wing, from which Din managed to feed the zone between Dyer and Alderweireld, exactly in the head of Calvert-Lewin. As the subsequent course of the confrontation will show, this maneuver was sufficient.
“Toffee” did not close, putting pressure on the opponent at the center line. Tottenham could not do anything about it for a long time, and only at the end of the match did they start to go through the side of the hosts serving on the wings. In the end, Kane and Son were not very successful, so the “spurs” never got their head. Instead, Mourinho’s team risked getting a forceful counterattack in their own goal, at the end of which Richarlison played every time, but something went wrong with the Brazilian with one goal in the briefing. Ancelotti starts with a victory!
On the next matchday, London’s Tottenham will face Southampton at home, as part of the march in qualifying for the UEFA Europa League to the Bulgarian Lokomotiv in Plovdiv. Everton, meanwhile, will start their way into the English League Cup with a home game against Salford, and then West Bromwich will host at Goodison Park, already in the Premier League.
Tottenham – Everton 0: 1
Objective: Calvert-Lewin, 55
Tottenham: Loris – Doerty (Ndombele, 76), Alderweireld, Dyer, B. Davis – Hoibierg, Winks (Bergwein, 60) – Moore, Ally (Sissoko, 46), Son – Kane.
Everton: Pickford – Coleman, Michael Keane, Mina, Dean – Dukure, Allan – Richardson, Gomes (Sigurdsson, 68), Rodríguez (T. Davis, 90 + 2) – Calvert-Lewin (Moise Keane, 89).
Warnings: Hoybjerg.
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