Everton U21s come back for narrow win over PSG
Everton U21s 2 - 1 Paris Saint-Germain U21s
If there is any appetite for more football this week, Everton U21s take on their illustrious counterparts from Paris Saint-Germain at Walton Hall Park tonight in the Premier League International Cup, kicking off at 7 pm GMT.
It's an opportunity to see more of the young players that didn't really get much of a chance last night at Bournemouth, and a new move perhaps to bring second-string football back a little closer to the club's roots in North Liverpool, with tickets available from the club website.
There is usually plenty of fanfare when these games are also streamed live, but that doesn't seem to be the case for this evening's Clash of the Titans, with Everton riding high at the top of Group C after two impressive wins over SC Braga (5-0) and Hertha BSC (4-1).
In September, joint leaders Crystal Palace beat PSG 7-3, so no pressure on the young Blues tonight!
It was the visitors that opened the scoring but Everton equalized after the half-hour through Tom Cannon after being set up by Stan Mills. The pair combined again just before half-time, Mills fouled for a penalty that Cannon converted.
And it stayed that way in the second half for Everton to secure a third win and top Group C.
Everton U21s: Leban, Dixon, I Samuels-Smith (75' Campbell), Welch, Anderson, Quirk, Mills (62' Okoronkwo), Price, Cannon (62' Kouyate), Whitaker, Hunt (79' Heath).
Subs not Used: Barrett, Djankpata, Barker.
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2 Posted 09/11/2022 at 19:43:27
3 Posted 09/11/2022 at 19:49:47
Penalty after Mills was brought down in the box.
Half-time: 2-1.
4 Posted 09/11/2022 at 19:55:13
5 Posted 09/11/2022 at 19:56:15
Maybe the answer is not with PSG but with us at U21s putting out a decent bunch of youngsters who fight for the jersey, unlike a lot of that overpaid bunch who started last night! 🤷â€â™‚ï¸
6 Posted 09/11/2022 at 20:19:46
7 Posted 09/11/2022 at 20:25:43
Just got in, been out for a bevy, feel like kicking myself. Mind you, if I was like our players recently, I'd miss!!
8 Posted 09/11/2022 at 20:55:32
9 Posted 09/11/2022 at 20:56:18
A double from Tom Cannon makes it three wins from three for Paul Tait's side in the Premier League International Cup. The forward has had a 24 hours to remember.
10 Posted 09/11/2022 at 21:01:29
Or, like Warren Zaire-Emery (at age 16 one of the youngest), they're actually members of the PSG first-team squad (he has played three games for the full side so far this season).
But they have this squad assembled for this competition. Point being, these lot should be a pretty good side with some having the experience of playing "hardened pros" in the lower league and others training with Messi and Neymar every day.
So beating them is definitely encouraging.
11 Posted 09/11/2022 at 21:14:39
You heard it here first. I hope Frank hears it or he's a goner.
12 Posted 09/11/2022 at 21:31:13
I don't know a lot about this PSG team, but their U19s also play in the UEFA Champions League U19 competition where the groups are the same as the men's Champions League groups and they topped their group. So their U19s must be pretty decent.
Of our squad tonight, only Anderson, Quirk, Hunt and Barrett on the bench wouldn't make an Under-19 team, so that's very encouraging for this team of youngsters.
13 Posted 09/11/2022 at 22:00:37
Nice to see players expressing themselves and playing as a team. Everton kept calm and never flinched and the tempo and belief was great to see.
There's some good potential, and some good players to come, if they maintain this focus.
Now for the first-team to turn up on Saturday.
14 Posted 09/11/2022 at 22:08:37
A great learning curve adding some valuable experience for the kid though, but he must be gutted right now.
15 Posted 09/11/2022 at 22:08:37
16 Posted 09/11/2022 at 23:00:35
They play good football and Paul Tait takes some credit, but also this Under-21 squad as a whole.
17 Posted 11/11/2022 at 00:19:28
Watching Everton U21s put PSG U21s away in good style, last night was the tonic of the season in seeing the fight and belief in the team. Those who went can confirm. A great Everton performance!
All in, a great midweek break, and as I said to many on the way out after the game, it's better than watching the first team. Make your own view.
But hope eternal, and this Saturday, home again at Walton Hall Park for the U21s vs Southampton at noon.
But the real game is at Bournemouth.
Everton will win this game.
UTFTs!
19 Posted 11/11/2022 at 17:59:50
Always lots of skill and thought to his game, together with bundles of fight and effort.
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1 Posted 09/11/2022 at 19:41:01
"GOAL! U21s are level as Tom Cannon converts a Stanley Mills cross. It has been quite the 24 hours for the forward." — Echo feed.