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Match Summary A wet Tuesday night in North Wales meant a slow start for Everton as Wrexham came raring out of the starting gates at the Racecourse, determined to get at least a short head in front of Everton by the first furlong marker. David Moyes retained Yobo in the backline but Weir was rested (?) in favour of Li Wei Feng, with Gemmill and Naysmith making their first appearances of the season in midfield. Gemmill hit the bar with a great header before Hibbert was rather harshly booked for a foul after 15 mins, and it was nearer the 20-minute mark before Everton started to canter with any real purpose. And on 25 mins Super Kevin Campbell was off to the races, getting one-on-one with the goalie after a nice layoff from Li Tie and lofting his shot over Whitfield into the back of the net. GOAL! Naysmith then missed a glorious opportunity as Everton really got into their stride. More chances came and went before half-time. The second half was sloppy, scrappy and bitty before Rooney came on just after the hour mark, replacing Tomasz Radzinski. With 17 mins remaining, Duncan Ferguson joined Rooney up-front, replacing scorer Kevin Campbell. Ferguson lost possession twice in short order, the second allowing Edwards in to shoot fiercely, drawing an excellent save from Richard Wright. But later, lee Trundle hits the bar then gets himself books. Moments later, Wayne Rooney opened his account for Everton, scoring his first goal to become the youngest goalscorer ever for Everton. Then, a pitch invasion saw fans running from the Wrexham end to the Everton end. The ref stopped the game, but the police quickly removed all the fans from the field. After a few mins, the referee restarts the game to play out the last 5 mins. Wayne Rooney then strolls through to score his second goal, dancing past a defender and slotting it home with aplomb. 0-3!!! He then nearly gets his hat-trick with a header that just goes wide. Wrexham, not to be outdone, has a go from 40 yards but Rooney has another go and fires fractionally wide during the 5 mins of stoppage time following the encroachment.
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(4-4-2) Red shirts, white shirts, red socks |
Everton (4-4-2) Blue shirts, blue shirts, blue socks |
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