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Everton boss Martinez not panicking after Paderborn defeat

Everton boss Roberto Martinez refuses to panic after their friendly defeat to Paderborn.

The Blues went ahead in their final pre-season outing at the Benteler Arena but goals from Marvin Duksch and Daniel Bruckner added to a Moritz Stoppelkamp penalty to earn the hosts victory.

Everton travel to Leicester City for their first league outing of 2014/15 next Saturday and Martinez told evertontv: "Apart from the result, it was exactly what we wanted as a test.

"We wanted to have a trial of what we will experience when we go away in Europe and it was exactly that.

"But we came to a new environment and we started to get frustrated with the game, which started very well, but we lost concentration and we were a little bit soft in that respect.

"But the game served it's purpose and we know exactly what to expect now. We need to be strong and not give soft goals away.

"It's going to be a really good week now getting ready for Leicester, which is another challenge again.

"We're looking forward to it and getting back to playing league football."

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