;Stoke City were unable to overturn a 1-0 deficit against Valencia at Mestalla on Thursday evening, as they crashed out of the Europa League 2-0 on aggregate. Battling Stoke City crashed out of the Europa League in the round of 32 following a narrow defeat by Valencia.
Trailing 1-0 from the first leg, the Potters, who fielded a weakened team, were not disgraced in going down to another single-goal loss.
Jonas scored the only goal of the game midway through the first half, calmly converting Pablo Hernandez's cross.
But Stoke had chances of their own, with Kenwyne Jones twice being denied by Valencia goalkeeper Vicente Guaita. After 12 matches across eight months Stoke City's European odyssey has come to an end and, while it is no disgrace to be eliminated by Valencia, Tony Pulis and his players could be forgiven for wondering how different things might have been had Kenwyne Jones showed a more ruthless touch. Instead Stoke were left to rue the two wonderful chances Jones squandered in the opening 20 minutes and the goal that Jonas scored moments later to put Valencia 2-0 up on aggregate.
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