Everton to give fans free tickets for Europa League trip to Lille

Everton manager Roberto Martinez has revealed that every supporter who travelled to Russia for last night's Europa League match against FC Krasnodar will be given a free ticket for their next away match.

The Merseyside outfit, who salvaged a 1-1 draw with Krasnodar on Thursday night, will travel to France to take on Lille on October 23.

Martinez believes that the fans deserve to be rewarded due to the journeys they took to support their team in Russia.

"The club is going to give every fan that went to Krasnodar the opportunity to claim a free ticket for the next Europa League away game at Lille," Martinez told reporters.

"It's a way of thanking those fans for the effort they made to get there. They had some incredible journeys, worthy of some Hollywood scripts.

"One fan, it took him nine hours on two flights and then he had to take a train around the Black Sea before turning up at the wrong hotel."

Everton have taken four points from their first two group matches in the European competition.