Stoke City 2 Real Valladolid 2: Min-To-Min

STOKE CITY 2 (Abdoulaye Faye 2, Kitson 32 pen)
REAL VALLADOLID 2 (Borja 52, Bueno 71)
STOKE CITY
Sorensen
Wilkinson Cort Shawcross Higginbotham
Lawrence Pugh Whitehead Etherington
Delap Fuller
Substitutes: Simonsen (gk), Cort (for Abdoulaye Faye 74), Wilkinson (for Shotton 50), Pugh (for Beattie 68), Delap (for Whelan 50), Fuller (for Kitson 50).
REAL VALLADOLID
Jacobo
Barragan Prieto Nivaldo Marcos
Nauzet Lazaro Borja Sesma
Bueno Costa
Substitutes: Medunjanin (for Borja 68), Baraja (for Costa 79), Manucho (for Barragan 62), Fabricio, Anton (for Sesma 85).
OFFICIALS
Referee - Alan Wiley, Assistants - Adam Watts, Andrew Garrett, Fourth Official - Kevin Hayward.
MINUTE-TO-MINUTE
6.57pm: Welcome to stokecityfc.com for live coverage of this evening's pre-season friendly.
7.00pm: The match begins with City shooting towards the Boothen End.
2 mins - GOAL: City break the deadlock early on in the game through Abdoulaye Faye! An inswinging corner from the left side was flicked on at the near post by Ryan Shawcross with Faye powering home at the back. A well worked move from the Potters.
5 mins: Liam Lawrence tests the goalkeeper with a high free-kick to the back post that almost swings over his head to drop into the net.
16 mins: Neat interplay between the strikers sees James Beattie just fail to connect to Dave Kitson's neat lob into the area.
20 mins: Valladolid defender Nivaldo tests Thomas Sorensen with a powerful long range strike with his left foot.
28 mins: Matthew Etherington warned by referee Alan Wiley after a strong tackle on right back Antonio Barragan. Free kick to the visitors.
31 mins: Luis Prieto obstructs Dean Whitehead when the former Sunderland man attempts to run on to a neat Beattie lob into the box and a penalty is awarded! The Valladolid team protest to the referee while Dave Kitson puts the ball down on the spot.
32 mins - GOAL: Kitson smashes the ball to the keeper's right to make it 2-0 to the Potters! That's his third in pre-season.
35 mins: A superb double save by Thomas Sorensen. First he blocked Nauzet's powerful drive with his foot at the near post before reacting well to block out the rebound.
HALF-TIME. STOKE CITY 2 REAL VALLADOLID 0.
48 mins: Great work down the left by Nivaldo ends in the Brazilian whipping in a dangerous curling cross into the box. Bueno connects to the cross but it's deflected over for a corner.
50 mins: Treble substition for the Potters with Ryan Shotton being replaced by Andy Wilkinson, Dave Kitson coming off for Ricardo Fuller and Glenn Whelan withdrawn for Rory Delap.
52 mins - GOAL: Real Valladolid pull a goal back through midfielder Borja who scores with great strike that beats Sorensen and flies into the top right hand corner.
62 mins: Striker Manucho comes on for Antonio Barragan comes on for right back Antonio Barragan.
66 mins: The visitors are awarded a free kick on the edge of the box after a foul. The first strike hits the wall before the rebound goes wide of Sorensen's right hand post.
68 mins: Danny Pugh comes on for James Beattie.
70 mins: Borja is replaced by Haris Mendunjanin.
71 mins - GOAL: Real Valladolid draw the scores level through Alberto Bueno. A long ball forward was headed on by Manucho but Pugh's clearance fell to Bueno who gave Sorensen no chance from close range.
73 mins: Rory Delap gears up a long throw to get City back into the game but the keeper is out quickly to punch the ball to the edge of the area. Pugh strikes a powerful low shot at goal but it's blocked by a defender.
74 mins: City win a free kick 20 yards out from goal in the centre, with Liam Lawrence and Danny Pugh standing over the ball.
74 mins: Meanwhile, Abdoulaye Faye is replaced by Leon Cort with Danny Higginbotham taking the armband.
75 mins: Pugh runs over the ball and Lawrence strikes at goal but it deflects wide of goal with the keeper beaten.
76 mins: Fuller heads Etherington's right wing cross wide of the post.
79 mins: Diego Costa comes off for Javier Baraja.
80 mins: Fuller puts Whitehead through on goal but his attempted chip over the goalkeeper is thwarted and the ball goes out for a corner.
85 mins: Alvaro Anton comes on for Jonathan Sesma.
FULL-TIME. STOKE CITY 2 REAL VALLADOLID 2.














