Notts County keeper carried off on stretcher after team-mate boots him in the face

Down and out: Bartosz Bialkowski receives treatment on the pitch

Pre-season friendlies are usually an opportunity for managers to try new tactics, throw in a few promising youngsters and generally get the players up to fitness.

On the odd occasion it can also boost a few ticket sales, so Notts County would have been delighted to welcome Didier Drogba and his Galatasaray team-mates to Meadow Lane.

Sadly though, the match only left County boss Chris Kiwomya with a few headaches, but none as bad the one suffered by keeper Bartosz Bialkowski.

Early end: Didier Drogba (left) looks on as Bialkowski is prepared to be taken off on a stretcher.

After the home side had taken the lead, Burak Yilmaz pounced on a mistake to level from 12 yards for the Turkish outfit.

But as Alan Sheehan attempted to kick the ball away in anger after the equaliser, the defender instead booted his own keeper straight in the face.

After a seven-minute stoppage, Bialkkowsi was forced off the field on a stretcher and County will now wait for the full extent of the injury.

That wasn't the last kick in the teeth for Kiwomya's side though as Galatasaray then snatched a winner in stoppage time through a Wesley Sneijder strike.