Sorensen won't be overawed by Wembley

11 April 2011 15:30
Thomas Sorensen will use his position as one of the most experienced players in the Stoke side to make sure his team-mates do not let the occasion of a Wembley visit affect them when they meet Bolton in Sunday's FA Cup semi-final. The Danish goalkeeper has never previously played at the national stadium but he can draw on two trips to World Cup finals as well as plenty of big games in his 13 years in England. Sunday's clash will be Stoke's first FA Cup semi-final for 39 years and, having moved closer to securing Barclays Premier League safety in the four weeks since beating West Ham in the last eight, Sorensen is determined the story will not end this weekend. Manager Tony Pulis took his players down to Wembley last Monday to give them a taste of what it will be like, and Sorensen said: "The semi-final for me is only a step towards the final. That has to be the emphasis this week. "A lot is made of it, going to Wembley and all that, but at the end of the day the winners on Sunday don't get a trophy so that should be in our minds. "It shouldn't be a day out. I'm going to do my best to be an experienced player and try to pass that on because it's not the end."

Source: PA