But the Scottish champions fought back to defeat an in-form Stuttgart side who were at full strength after influential defender Marcelo Bordon appeared despite pre-match fitness fears.
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The Wrexham-born defender has four full caps and 10 under-21 caps.
Winger Chris Brunt and Andrew Little were both ruled out of the game but defender Evans has played a full part in training this week.
Vowles was in outstanding form and England stand-off Danny Orr also showed his class, jinking past Trinity defender Martin Masella and sidestepping full-back Steve Prescott for a glorious opportunist try.
"This car will be our best-selling model, " he says in an interview with BBC News, predicting that it will outsell Land Rover's Freelander, Discovery and Defender models, as well as the full-size Range Rover and Range Rover Sport.
"In terms of a coach, he's very much glass half-empty rather than glass half-full, " said Mark Lawrenson, the former Liverpool defender.
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Ross caught Ian Murray late as the Hibs defender shaped to clear and the former Rangers full-back was shown his second yellow card.
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Suddenly springing to life in the 79th minute, he moved from dejected walking pace to full flight in two paces, and leapt across a defender to score a brilliant winning goal.
Lionel Messi's through ball was intended for David Villa but when the ball broke off a defender into the path of Iniesta, he took full advantage, haring into the box and coolly firing past Andriy Pyatov.
However, defender Ryan Nelsen promised his team would "make every New Zealander proud" and they were true to the Blackburn defender's word at a far-from-full Bafokeng Stadium.
In that mili-second, James, then with his back to the basket, whirled to his right to take full advantage of the subtle technical mistake of the best on-ball defender Indiana could place against him.
Although Cardiff led at the break, Jones would have been concerned that both striker Chopra and full-back Kevin McNaughton limped off in the first half - especially when defender Darcy Blake withdrew from the starting line-up after suffering an injury in the warm-up.
Sunderland recently signed 22-year-old ENPPI defender Ahmed Al-Muhyammadi on a season-long loan and Argentina international full-back Marcos Angeleri has been training with the club.
All England's players came through Saturday's Conference programme unscathed with the only change to Fairclough's original squad being Stevenage defender Barry Fuller's call-up as a replacement for injured Morecambe full-back Adam Yates.
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