Uh oh. Idrissa Gueye casually gives away possession just outside the Everton area, allowing the home side to burst into the danger-zone. But the Senegal midfielder - like we saw many times last season - is sharp enough to recover.

But Ruzomberok, who finished third in the Fortuna Liga, can't make them count.

Ruzomberok are neat and tidy enough, just don't have the cutting edge to harm Everton. A cross from the left by Dalibor Takac is too high for Erik Daniel. But the ball is recycled and the hosts have a corner...

If there was a heat map available for this game, the halfway line would be hotter than Mercury.

Ruzomberok boss Norbert Hrncar looks like a smart fella. Nicely ironed black shirt, black trousers, hair groomed. Looks like he is ready for a night out in his local bar/cafe.

Opposite number Ronald Koeman is up on his feet now, prowling about, looking at the floor like an awkward teenager.

Not much animation on the Everton bench. Ronald Koeman has been pretty passive throughout. Maybe he's a bit bored too.

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The longer this goes on, the nervier Everton get. No-one wants extra-time. Well, no-one of an Everton persuasion or a neutral viewpoint.

What's Michael Keane doing up in the right channel? No idea. But the centre-back almost creates a chance for Everton. He cuts in, clips up towards Wayne Rooney, but the ball is a tad high for the leaping England skipper.

Everton need a rocket. Wonder if Ronald Koeman gave them one at half-time? Doesn't look like it.

They nearly get one from the home side, who are slowly growing in confidence. Erik Daniel whips in a cross from the right, it turns into a shot, and the ball flashes past Jordan Pickford's right-hand post.

The home fans give themselves a round of applause after a particularly enthusiastic chant. they've been the man of the match so far.

Everton's final ball has been poor. Idrissa Gueye sloppily gives the ball away in the home half as the visitors threaten to, er, threaten.

Ashley Williams times a sliding challenge perfectly in his box as Ruzomberok threaten, the Wales centre-back helping turn defence into attack quickly for Everton.

Wayne Rooney breaks down the right, delivering to the box from out wide. The hosts partially clear... shoot! Oh, it's the ref. Michael Tykgaard doesn't shoot, but Leighton Baines appears behind to do so. Blocked.

Ruzomberok make a half-time change, with the fourth official's board saying Erik Daniel has gone off.

Daniel, I can assure you, has not gone off. Because the man with some terrible tattoos on his neck has just had a pop at goal. Always rising.

Anyway... back to the big football story of the night. Everton kick off the second half in Ruzomberok.

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Aberdeen have been knocked out of the Europa League following a 2-0 loss to Apollon Limassol - a 3-2 defeat on aggregate.

For the fourth consecutive season the Scots have been dumped out in the third qualifying round.

The visitors carried a 2-1 lead into the second leg in Cyprus, but conceded a scrappy first-half goal to Andre Schembri.

The game was intermittently held up by flares released by the home fans and water breaks because of the heat.

Aberdeen never found their rhythm and lost a late second to Emilio Zelaya.

Full report here

And Barnsley have just signed Brad Potts from Blackpool...

Neymar has signed for Paris St-Germain.

Here's the story of football's £200m man

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Not a vintage performance from Everton, who are chugging along in second gear like a clapped-out Nova. Nevertheless the Toffees are going through to the Europa League play-off round as it stands...

Not the greatest half of football you'll see tonight. Or this month.

Sandro is very much in the thick of things at the end of this half, crumpling to the ground after being scythed down near the halfway line.

The fourth official appears on the touchline with an electronic board showing a '1'.

Half a chance for Everton. Sandro Ramirez wriggles into space in the left channel of the box after being found by Davy Klaassen, but the angle beats him. Even a protractor wouldn't have got that one right.

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