00:00are
00:02well good day to you wherever you are you join us on a day where the weather just may have an impact
00:13on a football match that has been much anticipated it's dry at the moment
00:18but the forecast is that it will be wet perhaps very wet by the time the game is underway and
00:26certainly by the time of the second half.
00:28The crowd, though, are here, and they are in good form.
00:31There's a right old cacophony going on.
00:33The atmosphere's terrific, and kick-off is moments away.
00:40It is a venue, this, which simply adds to the spectacle of the game it stages.
00:45One of the most impressive arenas in this part of the world.
00:50According to what we've been told, this is how it looks.
00:52It's 4-3-3.
00:54Yeah, and the two wide players up front can make the system pretty much succeed or fail.
01:00They'll be quite flexible in their creative movement.
01:03They like to drift in.
01:05At times, they'll mix their game up and keep their width.
01:08And, of course, they're also expected to track any runs from opposition full-backs.
01:12So they've got quite hard-working jobs.
01:15But if they can gain a one-on-one advantage, they can dictate.
01:20Just joining us, we are already on the way.
01:24And, of course, they're always going to be the keepers.
01:32Al-Ahmadi.
01:35Tries to get it forward quickly.
01:36Al-Ahmadi.
01:48Great strength.
01:49Too strong for his opponent.
01:52Hoists it forward.
01:53And it's played forward.
02:00Questions were asked.
02:02And he's given the answers.
02:13Al-Ahmadi.
02:15Forward it goes.
02:16Looks to dink one in.
02:23That's gone a long way up and away.
02:36Al-Ahmadi.
02:36And the weighted pass.
02:40Goes for the cross.
02:45Forward tracking back like that.
02:46Always appreciated by the crowd.
02:48But I think it's great to see that kind of application and desire from a forward who wants to help out his defence.
02:54I think, you know, any good team, really, your striker should be the first line of that defence.
02:58And he's delivering.
02:59And it's got through.
03:17Everton get it back again.
03:20Gomez.
03:22Well, neither team has yet managed to impose any authority.
03:25And as a consequence, this game's just drifted.
03:29Gretchen Czaka.
03:33Schick.
03:35Has a pop!
03:37That has certainly tested the keeper.
03:40Schick sparked a tremendous stop there.
03:43And I think it's fair to add, he just wasn't expecting it.
03:55Gretchen Czaka.
03:58Gomez.
03:59Gretchen Czaka.
04:05Gretchen Czaka.
04:08Stéphane Devry.
04:08Schick
04:16And the counter is on
04:22Al-Ahmadi
04:24Looks to thread it through
04:26It's been intercepted
04:28And that will come to nothing
04:29A little side that time
04:38He's got options out wide
04:55He's got a
04:57It's in
05:00And that really is so so impressive
05:08Oh look it's always great to see a solo effort with a goal
05:11It's the ideal combination of pace and control
05:38Now that's Italiano
05:49Take the lead
05:51And that ought to be the trigger for a really exciting and entertaining game from here on
05:56Schick showed plenty of zest in getting to the ball
06:01But couldn't quite sort it out
06:03Schick
06:08Just brushed off the ball there
06:17Well positioned to make that interception
06:22Hoist it forward
06:24Al-Ahmadi
06:36Hit long and direct
06:38Neuer can get it clear
06:41Trout
06:53He's had a shot
06:55Oh taken with style
06:58Simplicity itself
07:04Yeah and I think we may have had too many defenders ball watching them
07:08Because they just lost sight of the real danger
07:10I think we need to start
07:18Yeah and I think we may have had too many vuhrs
07:19That's why I've had too many defenders
07:20We're gonna do so
07:21That's why I'm going to have too many defenders
07:22Oh my gosh
07:23So
07:24I think we're going to be right
07:24Into the middle of the game
07:26And I think that's why
07:27You're going to have to be ready
07:28You're going to have too many defenders
07:29So
07:30I think that's why
07:31I think I'm going to have too many defenders
07:33and that has added a whole new complexion to the game
07:54yeah it's always a dangerous time when you've just scored
07:58you can easily lose focus and then bang you're pegged back again
08:03we sit high defending of the desperate variety
08:13Schick the ball needed to be better there that's a wasted chance
08:18pinged one through here
08:23has gone out
08:34that's nice
08:46Gomez
08:48it's Schick
08:52a retrieve
08:55albeit perhaps momentary
08:56Gomez
09:05Schick
09:08Schick
09:09it's there
09:11they've done it
09:13it was coming
09:15they have their reward
09:16finishing doesn't come simpler than that
09:20bang in front of goal
09:22yeah I really can't say enough as to how good the final ball was
09:26it took the defence out of the equation for that split moment
09:30and the damage was all done
09:32Everton take the lead
09:49well unsurprisingly Peter the opposition look completely stunned
09:53I'm not sure they can gather themselves
09:55right battles to win it back
10:03right battles to win it back
10:03right battles to win it back
10:07and the referee brings the first half to a close
10:12Everton come roaring back
10:14in quite some style
10:15we've got a very different game now
10:17the midway point of the game
10:20well give me a moment to get my breath back
10:22what a super half of football
10:24incident pack
10:25goals
10:26comebacks
10:27and the match being turned on its head
10:29which way it's going to go from here
10:30it's anyone's guess
10:32Everton
10:34head into the half-time break
10:35with a narrow lead
10:36two goals to one
10:38the action has already resumed here
10:42Gomez
10:45Schick
10:48oh good take in a good area
10:51away from immediate danger
10:54and it's been taken straight back
10:57Schick
11:03El Ahmadi
11:07has he found his man
11:18very well to intervene
11:20Granit Xhaka
11:23and it's played forward
11:25El Ahmadi
11:32Schick
11:36and he's made sure that that won't get through
11:39pass needed to be better than that
11:52and he knows it
11:53Gomez
11:59is now the subject of some adhesive marking
12:02look stopping him
12:04is imperative
12:04it may not
12:06it's Schick
12:07it's broken loose
12:08and oh
12:11oh the keeper's gone ever so well
12:14well as Tesco beat it
12:16the keeper
12:16has just received
12:17an A plus grade
12:18Gomez
12:22good ball
12:29it's found its target
12:30Gomez
12:49this is promising
12:53oh Red
12:54he sorted that out
12:55and here's the chance to counter
12:58with a delicate ball
13:00and the finish
13:05Odak's Italiano
13:08are definitely going about this
13:10the right way
13:10Jim there's not too much
13:12subtlety or sophistication
13:14about this
13:14it really is a question of
13:16needs must
13:17just has to be done
13:19just has to be done
13:19get a throw in
13:29both sides then
13:32taking this chance
13:33to turn to their benches
13:34Jaco
13:42does have an assist
13:43to his name
13:43he has an out wide
13:48now
13:48greatly
13:50he has done it
13:53a two goal cushion
13:57and it's looking safe
13:59no space
14:02no problem
14:04you just cannot stop him
14:06I think that defence there
14:07thought they were in
14:08good position
14:08and they had him
14:09where they wanted
14:10yet somehow
14:10he's won the scoring position
14:12when it didn't seem on
14:13it's really crafty business
14:15that
14:15well that has changed
14:33the dynamics somewhat
14:34that has the feeling
14:36of a breath
14:37of fresh air
14:37Peter
14:38and now they can
14:38fill their lungs
14:39and just blow them away
14:41oh good interception
14:44up towards the front line
14:52Pedro Neto
14:57Dinks one in
15:01it is a corner
15:03the changes then
15:08in quick succession
15:09a warm ovation
15:10on his way off
15:11and that is the least
15:12he deserves
15:13I think he's put in
15:14a good shift
15:14and their fans
15:15appreciate that
15:16I think he can feel
15:17pretty happy with the
15:18contribution he's made
15:20and he's straight
15:24offside
15:24tries to get it
15:41forward quickly
15:41he's had a shot
15:45that's a real chance
15:48missed
15:48well that's a real shame
15:50because it could have
15:51led to
15:51a real momentum shift
15:53well played
16:17he saw that coming
16:18that's not going to make it
16:20now a chance to break
16:24Peter we can only
16:25applaud that quality
16:26of tackle
16:27in the circumstances
16:28it was probably
16:29goal saving
16:30and they've got it
16:34back as soon
16:35as they gave it away
16:36hoist it forward
16:39well they could break
16:43here
16:43oh well intercepted
16:45really alert
16:46to the danger
16:46and the defence
16:49can get it clear
16:50and it's played
16:57forward
16:58cuts it out
16:59forward it goes
17:06fingers on the back
17:17foot
17:17here it comes
17:20well positioned to make
17:23that interception
17:23well he acknowledges
17:26that he should have come up
17:27with something better there
17:28yeah the idea was right
17:29the delivery wasn't
17:31they can revisit that further on
17:33and he's going long
17:38he's had a goal
17:40oh what a wonderful stop
17:43well that was high class goalkeeping
17:45there to back up his
17:46his high class wage
17:47so now we're going to get those changes
18:00we have been expecting
18:02it's anyone's ball
18:08turns and goes back
18:10he's lifting it over
18:27now that's italian
18:29now for free kick
18:30it's a loose ball
18:48gets it back
18:50and that will be the final act
18:54Everton
18:55yeah
18:56I'm not sure
18:56I'm not sure
18:58I'm not sure
18:59you are going to be going to have you
19:00I'm not sure
19:01I'm not sure
19:01but I'm not sure
19:02it was going to be the final act
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