Richarlison’s former team, Everton win and remain in the Premier League elite once again

Faced with a chaotic scenario, the traditional Everton faced Bournemouth in a vital game for the club’s intentions as the risk of relegation was imminent. However, in a day full of drive, inspiration and heart, Liverpool’s city rival managed to stay in the elite of the hottest league on the planet, the Premier League. The Merseyside blue team is the second team that has been relegated the fewest times in the history of English football and has the most appearances in the country’s top flight (120 seasons).

Even facing an opponent already “on vacation”, Everton got complicated inside the match and got scared when Lemar kicked out with some danger around five minutes. With a lot of difficulty in creating moves, the “Toffees” abused the balls raised to the visiting club’s area, which did not pose much danger in the first minutes of the game.
As the minutes went by, allied to the tension that gripped Goodison Park, which took over the game, the danger shots for the blues came from the feet of Gueye (midfielder with a spell at PSG): around the 30th minute, the Frenchman received a great ball and forced Travers to make a sensational save and three minutes later in a shot from outside the area, again the Bournemouth goalkeeper saved Gueye’s goal. The pressure continued at full speed but a moment of carelessness by defender Tarkowski almost cost him and Solanke was stopped by Yerry Mina (the same ex-Palmeiras) in the decisive hour.

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_{Pulsing determination, spirit and heart, Doucouré scored the goal that confirmed Everton’s stay in the first division. (Photo: Playback/Everton FC)}

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In the second and decisive half of the game, fear was already taking over the fans of the home team (given that one of their direct competitors, Leicester, was winning their match and pulling Everton into the relegation zone). Inside the field, the players clearly felt the silence in the stands and used this as motivation to donate even more. In the 50th minute of the game, Gray took the lead and forced another good save from the goalkeeper of the “Cherries”, that nothing could be done seven minutes later when, after a spare, defensive midfielder Doucouré kicked in an epic manner and scored a great goal that sent the stadium into almost absolute delirium.

With the goal, the match gained dramatic air due to the pressure attempt that Bournemouth tried to make while Everton abused the counterattacks without much success. The referee gave ten minutes of added time and in that time that seemed to never end, Viña almost ended the party, forcing Pickford to make a cinematic defense and calm the nervous hearts of the fans of one of the most important clubs in the history of football. .

The result made the crowd invade the Goodison Park lawn and celebrate the modest 17th place. Bournemouth in turn ended the season in 15th place.

Featured Photo: One of the few clubs never to be relegated in the “Premier League Era”, Everton secured another season in the top flight to the delight of the crowd that invaded the pitch. (Photo: Playback/Twitter)