Isimo eGoodison Park besingeke sibe sibi kakhulu kulandela ukuhamba kukaRafael Benitez. Bekucaca zisuka nje ukuthi lo mqeqeshi wakudala weLiverpool uzobhekana nengwadla. Ukusebenza kahle enkundleni kanye nokulwela indawo yaseYurophu bekuyokwanela ukuthi umSpain aguqule isimo, kodwa ibhola elibi nemiphumela emibi yaqeda ukubusa kwakhe.
Isikhathi sokuxoshwa kukaBenitez sasingajwayelekile uma kubhekwa ukuthi uMarcel Brands uxoshwe njengomqondisi webhola le-Everton enyangeni nje edlule. Kubukeka sengathi uBenitez uyinqobile impi yeqembu ngemuva kwenkundla yokulawula ukushintshwa kwabadlali, kodwa njengoba uFarhad Moshiri eqeda ukubusa kwakhe, i-Everton isiphinde yaba semkhathini wabaphathi abasha.
Kube nomzuzu oxakile lapho uVitor Pereira eveza ukuthi unikezwe indima ngaphambi kokuthi ikilabhu inqume ukuyidlulisela kuFrank Lampard. Lo mdlali wasesiswini wase-England wenze kahle kuDerby County kodwa wehluleka ukudlalela iChelsea ngaphambi kokuthi uThomas Tuchel anqobe iChampions League neqembu elifanayo. Kuzoba nokungabaza okungokwemvelo ngekhono likaLampard lokulungisa umkhumbi eGoodison Park.
Uma kubhekwa isimo amaToffees asazithola ekuso esigabeni esiphezulu, ukubheja ebholeni lanamuhla, uma uzizwa ungosomathuba, kungaba ukubheja i-Everton, eqale ukugawulwa yizembe kuPremier League. Izinxushunxushu kwenye indawo etafuleni zisho ukuthi i-Everton kufanele iphephe ekugwebeni, kodwa amaToffees ngeke akwazi ukuthatha noma yini kalula kulesi sigaba, ikakhulukazi ngokulimala kwabadlali ababalulekile abanqwabelene phakathi nomkhankaso. Noma ikilabhu isala kuPremier League, izingqinamba ezizungeze abadlali ababalulekile eGoodison Park zingaqhubeka ihlobo lonke.
Phezu kokuqokwa kukaLampard, kubonakala zingekho izimpendulo ezicacile ngesitayela noma uhlelo lwekusasa, obekungumbono kaMoshiri wesikhashana ebhodini. I-Everton ayizange ibe nenqubekela phambili kusukela ngo-2017/2018 ngesikhathi u-Sam Allardyce elethwa ukuzovala isikhala sikaRonald Koeman. U-Lampard ubengakaze aziwe ngokuqonda kwakhe izikhundla zakhe, nakuba kungaphikiswana ngokuthi unenkundla ephelele yokushintsha lowo mbono.
Izinkinga ze-Everton zivela ekuboneni kwayo impumelelo futhi akuyona yodwa kulokhu. U-Big Sam uthathe ikilabhu endaweni yesishiyagalombili etafuleni ngokugijima okuqinile engxenyeni yesibili yesizini, nakuba ibhola elidlalwayo lanele ukushiya u-Pep Guardiola ekwi-coma. Kusukela lapho, akekho umphathi oye wathuthuka kulowo mphumela, ngisho noCarlo Ancelotti wayengenawo amandla okuqondisa amaToffees endaweni ye-12 neye-10 ezinyangeni ezingu-18 zokuphatha.
Ngenxa yokwanda kwenani labaphathi, iqembu le-Everton manje selifana nengxube yemibono yabakhi bezakhiwo. U-Cenk Tosun usalokhu ekhona eqenjini selokhu kwaphatha u-Allardyce, yize uMarco Silva, u-Ancelotti kanye noBenitez bembiza njengomuntu odakiwe. U-Tosun ufingqa indlela enhle ye-Everton emakethe yokuhwebelana, okuholele ekusetshenzisweni kwe-£ 550m eqenjini elingenalo isakhiwo esicacile noma ubunikazi bendlela yokubhekana nesikhathi sayo sePremier League.
Yingakho isimo siyingozi kokubili esikhathini esifushane nangesikhathi esizayo. U-Lampard ngeke abe nesikhala esiningi emakethe yokudlulisa ehlobo futhi ngaphandle uma isimo sakhe siba ngcono kakhulu, ama-Toffees ngeke akwazi ukungena e-Europe ngaphandle uma efinyelela kowamanqamu we-FA Cup. Abadlali ababalulekile abafana no-Dominic Calvert-Lewin kanye no-Richarlison bafuna bathathe isinyathelo esilandelayo emisebenzini yabo futhi baxhunyaniswe nokusuka eGoodison Park. Okuseqhulwini kuLampard wukuqinisekisa ukuthi laba badlali bahlala eqenjini isikhathi eside, kodwa uma behluleka ukuzuza ukukhuphuka kwetafula, lokho kungase kuphume ezandleni zakhe.
Kungenzeka uMoshiri wabhula amalangabi ngokuqokwa kukaLampard, kodwa umsuka wezinkinga ze-Everton usalokhu ubhebhetheka. Umqeqeshi webhola omncane uma kuqhathaniswa unomsebenzi omningi phambi kwakhe.
