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Flight delay adds more misery to Everton's pre-season to forget
EVERTON'S flight home following another pre-season defeat had to be aborted seconds before take-off leaving them grounded in Germany for almost 24-hours.
Roberto Martinez's squad were stranded following Saturday's 3-1 reverse to newly-promoted Bundesliga side SC Paderborn when a fault with their charter flight meant they could not fly back to Merseyside immediately after the game.
A miserable pre-season continued when the pilot of the plane pulled out of a take-off after they had sped down the runway and left Everton's players spending an extra night in Germany before finally returning yesterday afternoon.
The loss leaves Martinez's side without a win in five warm-up games, the first time Everton have failed to win a pre-season game since 1979-80.
Despite that and concerns about the fitness of the players ahead of the opening weekend of the Premier League season, Martinez said: "It's going to be a really good week now getting ready for Leicester, which is another challenge again. We're looking forward to it and getting back to playing league football."
Flight delay adds more misery to Everton's pre-season to forget
EVERTON'S flight home following another pre-season defeat had to be aborted seconds before take-off leaving them grounded in Germany for almost 24-hours.
Roberto Martinez's squad were stranded following Saturday's 3-1 reverse to newly-promoted Bundesliga side SC Paderborn when a fault with their charter flight meant they could not fly back to Merseyside immediately after the game.
A miserable pre-season continued when the pilot of the plane pulled out of a take-off after they had sped down the runway and left Everton's players spending an extra night in Germany before finally returning yesterday afternoon.
The loss leaves Martinez's side without a win in five warm-up games, the first time Everton have failed to win a pre-season game since 1979-80.
Despite that and concerns about the fitness of the players ahead of the opening weekend of the Premier League season, Martinez said: "It's going to be a really good week now getting ready for Leicester, which is another challenge again. We're looking forward to it and getting back to playing league football."
