MATCHES
Wayne Rooney opened the scoring on his Everton return yet it was left to one of the Premier League club's cutting edge to seal a 2-1 prevail upon Gor Mahia in Tanzania.
Rooney, who secured a move back to his childhood club after 13 embellished seasons at Manchester United, terminated in a plunging exertion from 30 yards against Everton's Kenyan Premier League adversaries.
Gor Mahia were level through Meddie Kagere before the interim yet 19-year-old midfielder Kieran Dowell penetrated in from the edge of the crate in the 82nd moment to guarantee Ronald Koeman's men delighted in a triumphant begin to pre-season.
Nearby Rooney, new marking Davy Klaassen likewise begun for Everton with Aaron Lennon – the previous England winger who is back in preparing with Koeman's first-group squad following an anxiety related ailment.
Rooney saw a seventeenth moment free-kick serenely assembled by Boniface Oluoch however the Gor Mahia goalkeeper will have been a little baffled when England's record goalscorer clinically got him off his line in 11 minutes before the interim.
Gor Mahia were quickly back on terms in the 38th moment, as Kagere fueled in a header from a corner and the striker tried Maarten Stekelenburg in the Everton objective in front of the half-time shriek.
Another newcomer, England safeguard Michael Keane, was presented among a large group of changes at the break alongside Dowell – an individual from England's triumphant Under-20 World Cup side - and Everton had for some time been in the command before he found the net.
Substitute goalkeeper Jerim Onyango exceeded expectations himself to deny Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Dowell either side of the champ, while Keane – positioned nearby Mo Besic at the core of safeguard after Phil Jagielka and Ashley Williams consolidated for the main time frame – could enable see out triumph in respect to comfort.
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