Burton 0 Stoke (0) 1 – 25/07/23 7.45
Stoke cruised to victory at Burton in this Charity vase friendly, with newbies Chiquinho and Vidigal impressing. A Jacob Brown goal sealed it, but there could and should have been more. Here’s how the game unfolded in real time:
A friendly? Nope, this is for the Bass Charity Vase. No clue as to how these two clubs got to the final, but never mind. 4 changes for City, with newbie winger Chiquinho, defender Michael Rose and returning right back Ki-Jana Hoever….plus mystery trialist, probably midfielder Josh Osomah. That means THREE players called JOSH in the Stoke team!
8.40 Alex Neil animated after Chiquinho is tripped, but moreso when Brown’s pass to Tyrese doesn’t result in a goal.
15.25 Great back heel by Chiquinho, who is a real winger, crossing low three times already. Onomah looks, er, solid.
38.50 Ben Pearson and Jacob Brown combine to put on the most unlikely of tackles, and set up a chance to worry keeper Jamal Blackman. Pearson looks like he’s had triple expresso since Saturday’s 0-3 defeat at Derby. His long-distance shot is then tipped over. Blimey, quadruple shot?!
42.19 Ball goes over stadium roof! Corner conceded! Brewers face financial loss!
45.00 HT 0-0 zzzz
45.00 Thompson and newbie striker Andre Vidigal replace excellent Chiquinho and trialist Josh.
53.29 1-0!!! Jacob Brown finishes beautifully from a cross from Josh Tymon. They made that look so easy! Pity it’s taken so long!! Fans sing Delilah, when in fact they should sing, “You must be rubbish, we’re winning away”.
Attendance 2295
65.02 Sol Sidibe for Ben Pearson, and Connor Taylor & Lewis Macari for Rose & Hoever. Subs sponsored by Doggie Day Care (I’m boot making this up!) Macari is right back, Sidibe is in the centre.
76.45 Laurent and Rakeem Harper tussle, & Harper is about to be booked, when Josh boots the ball at him and gets a yellow too. Nathan Lowe on for Tyrese.
82.10 Nathan Lowe has a shot saved by Blackman, which is a shame. He’d love a goal at this level.
85.00 Jack Griffiths on for Jacob Brown.
86.20 Tom Edwards replaces Macari, who has picked up an injury.
89.20 Alex Neil shouting something loudly from the technical area. He’s a man built for subtitles.
90+2 Tymon tripped by Hamer, and is yellow carded.
