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Newcastle United kicked off their post-season trip to Australia with a penalty shootout win over Spurs after a 1-1 draw in normal time at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
In the 10:45am kick-off in front of over 78,000 at the MCG, we saw a Nick Pope error gift Spurs an early lead, Alexander Isak level the scoring and Garang Kuol come on for his first Newcastle appearance along with a host of other Toon talents.
After the 90 was up, the game went to spot-kicks, which featured a Mark Gillespie save and five perfects penalties from Eddie’s Young Mags as Kuol and Harrison Ashby scored the final two to hand us the win.
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There was plenty of excitement from the stands as the two teams entered the pitch. As a fan watching on NUFC TV, however, you had to wonder how the players felt just three days on from a long season full of injuries.
Eddie Howe named a strong side, with eight who started Sunday’s 4-2 win over Brentford remaining in his XI. Kieran Trippier returned at right-back, Emil Krafth was alongside Dan Burn at centre-back in Fabian Schar’s absence, Elliot Anderson replaced Sean Longstaff (who hasn’t traveled) in midfield and Miguel Almiron returned on the right. As expected, Aussie talent Garang Kuol was on the bench after returning from his loan spell with Dutch side Volendam.
Newcastle XI: Pope – Trippier, Krafth, Burn, Hall – Anderson, Guimaraes, Joelinton – Almiron, Isak, Barnes. (Subs: Gillespie, Wilson, J Murphy, Ashby, De Bolle, Kuol, White, Diallo, Turner-Cooke, A Murphy, Parkinson, Thompson, Charlton, Hernes.)
Spurs XI: Austin – Porro, Van de Ven, Dragusin, Royal – Bentancur, Sarr, Maddison – Kulusevski, Son, Johnson
Spurs made a decent start but we had the first effort of the match, as Alexander Isak fired just over from outside the area after he was picked out by Miguel Almiron.
We had another…
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Author : Olly Hawkins
Publish date : 2024-05-22 12:09:31
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