Yerry Mina’s default setting is a wide grin and laid-back manner; taking things in his stride.
It’s an outlook which has served him well on his journey thus far, from Bogota to Brazil and then Barcelona, and has also made him a big hit on Merseyside, where he is a popular figure in the Everton dressing room. But even Mina could have been forgiven for a frown and moment of concern on Saturday evening.
While his team recovered from a shaky start to blow 10-man West Brom away, Carlo Ancelotti was not all praise and plaudits afterwards. Everton conceded the first goal of the game and it left few in royal blue covered in glory: from James Rodriguez and Andre Gomes to Mina and Jordan Pickford. But it’s Mina who, on closer inspection, perhaps disappoints the most, backing off the rampaging Grady Diangana and allowing the West Brom man space and time to try his luck.
“Yerry had an average game, I think he could be more aggressive and do more…
