Source: Liverpool_Echo
Everton FC don’t need this international break - Phil Jagielka
Phil Jagielka 300[LNB]* KEEP up with all the latest EFC news by following us on Twitter here[LNB]PHIL JAGIELKA fears the international break has come at the wrong time for Everton after they finally won their first game of the season.[LNB]The defender, who hopes to be in Fabio Capello's England squad when it is announced today, is concerned the two-week break before the Goodison derby could undermine the Toffees' momentum.[LNB]Everton hauled themselves off the bottom of the table by breaking Birmingham City's year-long unbeaten record at St Andrew's on Saturday, and Jagielka wishes they could capitalise on the confidence-boosting win straight away.[LNB] He said: 'It would have been nice to get the (derby) game played before we all go off on international duty but at the same extent it's giving lads who are not quite fit that time to recover.[LNB]'But I'm happy going away to play international football with a win rather than us staring at the paper and seeing we're still bottom of the table.[LNB]'We're not getting too carried away because we're still not in the position we'd like to be in. But coming to the game today we had one thing on our mind and that was to get a victory, a much overdue one, and hopefully that will kickstart our season.'[LNB]Jagielka, who helped David Moyes' side keep their second clean sheet in a row at the weekend, was grateful Everton finally got a lucky break in front of goal for their opener.[LNB]'The lucky first goal was huge,' he said. 'We played some fantastic football yet again in patches and showed we can create chances but we're still not quite finishing teams off.[LNB]'It was a little bit nervy being 1-0 for so long but thankfully we got the second late on to make sure the victory was there.'
