Friendlies round-up

// A bit of a hack but it works// The article snippet is wrapped onto a second line, even when #article-sub is emptyif( $("div#article-sub").children().length == 0 ) {$("div#article-sub").remove();} Aston Villa beat Porto 2-1 in their latest pre-season match, while there were also wins for Bolton and Ipswich. Emile Heskey broke the deadlock for Villa with a close-range effort on 14 minutes before Steve Sidwell slotted home a second shortly before the interval.Hulk reduced Porto's arrears in the 90th minute but it was too little too late as Villa held on for victory.They will face either Real Madrid or Juventus in Sunday's final of the Peace Cup.Ipswich claimed an impressive 3-1 victory over Primera Division side Real Valladolid at Portman Road.A minute's silence was impeccably respected before kick-off as everyone in the stadium remembered Sir Bobby Robson, who died on Friday morning.Ipswich fell behind but hit back through Pim Balkestein and Connor Wickham, before an own goal sealed their success.Bolton continued their preparations for the new season with a 2-2 draw against FC Eindhoven.Gary Megson's men twice took the lead as Kevin Davies and Tamir Cohen struck, but they were pegged back each time and had to settle for a hard-fought draw.Paul Gallagher hit a hat-trick as a Blackburn XI beat Accrington 3-0 at the Crown Ground.A young Derby side lost 3-0 at Alfreton, while West Brom suffered a 2-1 defeat against Cheltenham.Macclesfield cruised to a 3-0 victory over Northwich, but Southend lost 2-1 to Stevenage.Notts County, who have installed former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson as their director of football, held a Liverpool XI to a 2-2 draw at Meadow Lane.

Source: SKY_Sports