Some Everton fans react to Davies and Godfrey being ruled out of U21 game with injury

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Everton duo Ben Godfrey and Tom Davies missed the final game of England’s Under 21 European Championship campaign last night.

The Young Lions left themselves a mountain to climb, needing to win by two goals against Croatia.

They also needed Portugal to beat Switzerland, which they duly did.

Goals from Ebere Eze and Curtis Jones had England on the brink of going through, before their hearts were broken by a screamer in the 91st minute.

That means that Aidy Boothroyd’s squad won’t be returning in the summer for the knockout stages, with Croatia going through to play Spain.

Everton fans won’t be too bothered about all that though, they just want Godfrey and Davies to be fit with the Echo reporting they both failed late fitness tests yesterday.

The Toffees are back in action on Monday night, when they face Crystal Palace at Goodison Park.

Here’s how the injury news went down with some fans on Twitter:

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Sam Preston

Sam Preston is an NCTJ gold standard news and sports journalist who studied with the Press Association. He also has a 2:1 law with French law degree from the University of Birmingham, which included a year studying at Bordeaux Montaigne University. He is an FA Level 1 football coach who appeared on the BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire show in 2018 and has also written digital football content and match-day programme pieces for Colchester United, Mansfield Town and Stockport County.