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title: "Ancelotti confirms Mina will play against West Ham"
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author: "Abdullah Mulla"
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published: "2020-01-13T13:00:00Z"
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# Ancelotti confirms Mina will play against West Ham

Everton secured a [well-deserved 1-0 victory](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50990597) over Brighton and Hove Albion on Saturday.

Richarlison’s moment of individual brilliance propelled the Toffees to victory at Goodison Park.

![Nigel Roddis/Getty Images Sport](https://media.readeverton.com/readeverton/2020/01/1198851161-1.jpg)

Yerry Mina was not included in the starting team and when quizzed about his decision to leave the centre-back on the bench, Ancelotti confirmed that it was purely to hand him a bit of a rest, as reported on the [Liverpool Echo](https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/carlo-ancelotti-everton-yerry-mina-17554517).

The manager also revealed that he could use more rotation in the coming weeks. As quoted in the report, Ancelotti said:

> It was just a rotation that I did just to keep Michael Keane involved. It was not a technical decision – Mina is going to play the next game and I am maybe going to rest Holgate.

> The three defenders all give to me the same confidence. Sometimes they will have to get used to the rotation.

> We are in a period at the moment where we play only once a week, so it is more difficult to rotate, but when we are going to play every three days then I am used to rotating players.

### READ EVERTON VERDICT

After the busy festive period, I feel this is a very sensible move from Ancelotti because it helps to keep everyone fresh and confident.

Numerous teams have suffered multiple injuries during the busy fixture schedule, as reported on [BBC Sport](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50986483). But, I feel that Ancelotti’s clever rotation of his key players has meant that they’re all performing well and giving him a high level of performance, as seen in the victory over Brighton.

Everton fans have been [really impressed with Holgate](https://twitter.com/AidyDews/status/1216633672658571269) after some fine displays recently and I feel the best defensive partnership at the moment is Mina and Holgate. Therefore, I think dropping Holgate could be met with some dissatisfaction.

The Toffees travel to the London Stadium on Saturday 18 January, with kick-off scheduled for 3 pm.