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David Moyes has hailed Steve Round for the rousing half-time team talk that helped transform Everton's Cup quarter-final against Middlesbrough and secure a first trip to the new Wembley for the Toffees.
Second half goals from Marouane Fellaini and substitute Louis Saha earned a 2-1 win for the Blues, who had trailed at the interval to a David Wheater headed strike.
The Goodison chief has revealed it was assistant boss Round who led the half-time talk - and helped inspire the Blues after their low-key first half performance.
"We're through to the semi-final," Moyes said. "It's further than we've been, but it's not the final and it's not winning it - that's what I'd really like to do.
"I was wondering after the first half what I was going to do, because we know it wasn't the Everton that we have seen in recent times. They needed to be told and were told in no uncertain terms at half time the standards that I have set.
"Steve Round did a great job at half-time, we got them right and got them ready for the second half."
The introduction of Louis Saha in the second half proved to be a key turning point in the game - and Moyes was overjoyed by the impact the French striker made.
"We dropped Tim Cahill deeper in the second. He's been doing so well upfront we've been loathed to move him from there because his goalscoring has been vital.
"At this present time we don't have that many goal scorers in the team. To step him back was a big decision, bringing on Louis wasn't.
"But I didn't want to bring him on too early because of fitness. Today he got 45 minutes and so hopefully he's a lot closer to starting games now."
Interesting.
Second half goals from Marouane Fellaini and substitute Louis Saha earned a 2-1 win for the Blues, who had trailed at the interval to a David Wheater headed strike.
The Goodison chief has revealed it was assistant boss Round who led the half-time talk - and helped inspire the Blues after their low-key first half performance.
"We're through to the semi-final," Moyes said. "It's further than we've been, but it's not the final and it's not winning it - that's what I'd really like to do.
"I was wondering after the first half what I was going to do, because we know it wasn't the Everton that we have seen in recent times. They needed to be told and were told in no uncertain terms at half time the standards that I have set.
"Steve Round did a great job at half-time, we got them right and got them ready for the second half."
The introduction of Louis Saha in the second half proved to be a key turning point in the game - and Moyes was overjoyed by the impact the French striker made.
"We dropped Tim Cahill deeper in the second. He's been doing so well upfront we've been loathed to move him from there because his goalscoring has been vital.
"At this present time we don't have that many goal scorers in the team. To step him back was a big decision, bringing on Louis wasn't.
"But I didn't want to bring him on too early because of fitness. Today he got 45 minutes and so hopefully he's a lot closer to starting games now."
Interesting.
