BARNSLEY 1 (Souza 45)
CHENGDU BLADES 0

BARNSLEY started brightly but had to wait until the last kick of the half before finding a way through Chinese side Chengdu Blades in the summer sun at Oakwell.

Reds boss Simon Davey turned his attentions to the opening Championship encounter with Queens Park Rangers as he went with probably eight or nine of the side likely to start at Loftus Road next weekend. Luke Steele returned between the sticks behind a back four of Stephen Foster, Dennis Souza, Darren Moore and Marciano Van Homoet. Rob Kozluk was on the bench.

Mounir El Haimour and Martin Devaney filled the wide berths while Jon Macken and Iain Hume looked to grab a little pre-season confidence against the Chinese touring side.

The only question marks were in the middle of the park and, while Jamal Campbell-Ryce and Bobby Hassell started today, the imminent return of Brian Howard, Diego Leon and Hugo Colace meant that competition for the midfield roles in the next seven days will be fierce.

Barnsley could have been in front with less than two minutes on the clock when Campbell-Ryce rose unmarked at the back post to meet Hume's fine cross from the left but Chengdu keeper Fu Bing threw himself across goal to make a smart save.

Bing was in fine form again on seven minutes to tip El Haimour's low drive around the post after the Frenchman had ran at the heart of the Chinese defence.

Two minutes later the keeper was called into action again as Macken managed to get in behind Chengdu and got a shot away but again Bing managed to parry away his shot. The Chengdu number one was forced into another stop on ten minutes when he turned Devaney's rocket over the bar.

Devaney was next to try his luck after combining well with Macken on the edge of the area on 22 minutes but his low drive fizzed past the far post with Bing scrambling.

Barnsley were in front in stoppage time when Devaney's corner caused all sorts of problems in the heart of the Chengdu defence. The ball eventually dropped to Souza, who prodded home from close range.

BARNSLEY: Steele, Foster, Moore, Souza, Van Homoet, Campbell-Ryce, Hassell, El Haimour, Devaney, Macken, Hume.
Subs: Letheren, Butterfield, Odejayi, Mostto, Atkinson, Kozluk, Togwell.

CHENGDU BLADES: Bing, Stewart, Ming Yi, Tie, Qi, You Gen, Chao Song, Qi Xi, Xiao Gang, Song, Danielson.
Subs: Jian Bing, Oeng, Zezhi, Yi, Qing, Wang Yong, Xiin Li, Xiang, Chao, Jun.

Barnsley Football Club would like to apologise for the lack of online commentary from Oakwell this afternoon. This is due to circumstances beyond the control of Barnsley Football Club.