Ziani
Match Summary
Everton's 100% pre-season record came to an end in Wolfsburg this afternoon with a 2-0 defeat and a decent run-out against the strongest side they've faced thus far. Mario Mandzukic scored a fairly soft goal early on before Tim Howard saved a penalty from Edin Dzeko as Steve McClaren's side began impressively.
A fortuitous second from Karim Ziani that sailed over Tim Howard from 40 yards doubled their advantage and though the Blues were better in a second half disrupted by constant substutions, not much worked and they failed to make a breakthrough.
Though little more can be read into the result that the six wins that preceded it, the defeat and the flat performance that accompanied it will have provided a small check on any belief that this Everton side is the finished article, with question marks lingering over the right side of the team.
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| WOLFSBURG (4-4-2) | |
| Benaglio | |
| Schafer | |
| Josue | |
| Dzeko | |
| Misimovic | |
| Hasebe | |
| Ziani | |
| Mandzukic | |
| Riether | |
| Kjaer | |
| Barzagli | |
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| EVERTON (4-5-1) | |
| Howard (Mucha) | |
| Hibbert | |
| Baines | |
| Jagielka | |
| Distin | |
| Neville | |
| Osman | |
| Arteta (Yakubu) | |
| Bilyaletdinov (Fellaini 46') | |
| Pienaar | |
| Saha (Cahill 46') | |
| Subs not used | |
| Coleman | |
| Mustafi | |
