Fortuna Dusseldorf

I think I've read somewhere that the friendly today against Fortuna Dusseldorf is being streamed live on YouTube today. Does anybody know if this is true and how to go about getting access?

 

I went to Dusseldorf when I was a kid, shortly before the Berlin wall came down. True story.

 

First half team announced...

Bachmann
Navarro, Kabasele, Prodl, Masina:
Hughes, Capoue (C), Hoban, Pereyra;
Success, Gray

Formation taken from the way it's been tweeted by WFC official twitter people.

 

Does Gracia think Hoban is a potential midfielder then? Or is it just a case of making up the numbers?

 

Hobang needs gaymes

 

Looking to Prodl & Kabs to score the goals then.

 

I think that, like the Koln match on YouTube, it will be geoblocked - I watched that match on Sport 1 (German TV) on my firestick, but don't know if they are showing this one yet.

Failing that, am pinning my hopes on https://www.laola1.tv/en-int/livestream/fortuna-dusseldorf-fc-watford-len?checkLogin=1 - can't find it on Cricfree or HES

 

A team sheet including substitutes has been tweeted by @thewatfordway.

No Richarlison, obviously.
No Chalobah.
No Doucoure.
No Okaka.
Yes Rodwell.

 

Stiff test, if the 'subs' are the second half team, for Rodwell as he has the centre midfield all to himself.

 

Still no Deulofeu or Chalobah.

 

That's ok. It's Doucoure's absence that is a little worrying.

 

Why should his absence be any different from the others?!

No Penaranda is disappointing.

 

Capoue's shorts are quite enormous. It's a bold signal about a season that's already on a knife edge.

 

They both continue to rehab from long term injuries. Doucoure is our most prized asset and nothing would make him seem more committed to this season than actually turning out for us.

 

Nice to see Vydra up front for Dusseldorf

 

Doucoure doesn't need preseason training as he never gives the ball away anyway

 

I thought that. Can’t be though, this one has a left foot.

 

Reassuring that Gray finally seems to have established himself ahead of Deeney.

Hopefully though this is just Prodl having a last chance to impress.

Success has spent the first 10 minutes falling over and giving the ball away - a like for like, ready-made Richie replacement if ever I saw one!

 

A quality Everton are bound to appreciate.

 

Er, that will be 16/17 Player of the Season Sebastian Prodl with the ‘last chance’?

 

Success staking his claim to the Richarlison 'fall over at every oppprtunity' role before Sema has a go.

 

You didn't see him play the last season?!

 

A Success-ful assist by Gray for the goal.

 

1-0. Success tried to get it over the bar, but was too close. Gray assist.

 

And yet has just used that very same methodology to tumble the ball and himself into the net. You Horns! 1-0.

 

He went in the back of the net as well as the ball!

 

Success - absolute dog-turd for 20 minutes, then scores a tap-in.
Good work by Gray.
Pretty much a mirror copy of our goal vs K*ln, except Gray making a similar run as Richie, and Success stealing in at the back post instead of Gray.

Gray demonstrating again how he offers so much more now than Deeney.

 

And his face was fantastic when he did.

 

He missed more than half of the games. A bit early to write him off.

 

He has his headphones on - obviously playing along to 'Slip sliding away'...

 

No different from normal he always looks cross!

 

1-1. Great goal for them.

 

1-1 good reply

 

Brilliant goal by Vydra for Dusseldorf.

Music for the goal. Not very fair.

Can't defend for ****. Lol.

 

Great goal by Dusseldorf. Fair play. How come they get 7 nation army?