Stoke City suffered a double defeat on our mini-tour of Germany this weekend.
🗣️ City boss has his say on the past week as players bring the curtain down on German training camp.
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— Stoke City FC (@stokecity) July 21, 2018
We opened up the Kik-xxl Cup with an encounter with German side SV Meppen and a more youthful selection by manager Gary Rowett saw us drop to a 1-0 defeat with their goal in the 15th minute being enough to secure the win at the Hansch Arena.
We did have chances and were quick to start in the 45-minute fixture so the gaffer will have been disappointed to not see us make more of our chances on the day.
Stoke:
Haugaard, Edwards, Sweeney, Souttar, Tymon, Sorensen, Campbell, Bojan, Imbula (Cameron 20), Berahino, Crouch.
Look at the team we’ve played though, not exactly our first team is it?
— Stoke City Social (@stokecitysocial) July 21, 2018
Not necessarily,
We have a squad of players to experiment with.
— Richie Wood (@orateode) July 21, 2018
It's our C team with Haugaard in goal mate
— Ewan James (@_ewanjames) July 21, 2018
There was further disappointment as we took to the next game of the tournament, Hamburger SV took a 2-1 victory as they fought back to come from behind after Erik Pieters had opened the scoring in the 15th minute. This game was controversial though as the referee awarded the Bundesliga II side a dubious freekick as the game came to a close and they took full advantage to draw level. Minutes later he then awarded them a penalty when no foul had taken place, and they took the win.
Stoke:
Haugaard, Bauer, Shawcross, Martins Indi, Pieters, Cameron, Bojan, Allen, Etebo, Berahino (Diouf 28), Crouch (Afobe 15).
One of my favourite players of recent times. I feel the hate brewing ????
— Stuttering along, but not complacent???????????????????????????? (@stuartmitton1) July 21, 2018
Did Saido rock up with beers and his bbq shirt when he was told he was going for Hamburger?
— andrew lloyd (@lloydieman) July 21, 2018
Seems we still have the same old "who is going to actually put the ball in the net" problem.
— Frank Shaw (@frankshaw71) July 21, 2018
📹 Erik Pieters got the only City goal of the afternoon as we fell to narrow defeats against @svmeppen1912 and @HSV here in Germany.
The Dutchman found the net against Hamburger SV, see it for yourself!
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— Stoke City FC (@stokecity) July 21, 2018
