Newcastle vs Milan
New castel United:
Newcastel United, based in Newcastel upon Tyne, England, is a storied football club with a rich history dating back to 1892. The Magpies, as they are affectionately known, havea a passionate fan base and a legacy that includes four top flight English League titles. In recent years, they have faced both triumphs and challenges, with a focus and rebuilding and solidifying their position in the premier League.
Milan;
Ac Milan, a football powerhouse hailing from Milan, Italy, is a synonymous with success. Established in 1899, the Rossonaeri have a remarkable record, boasting multiple serie A title and seven UEFA champions League trophies. Known for their iconic red and black striped jerseys, AC Milan has been home to legendary players and has consistently been force to be reckoned with in Italian and European football. In recent seasons, the club has sen a resurgence, blending experienced stars with promising talent to reclaim its elite status.
Naive Newcastel gamble for glory against AC Milan- Europe with nothing
New Castel (1) Milan (2)
Joeliton 33
C. Pulisic 59
S. Chukwueze 84
With 31 minutes to go, Newcastel were in the last 16 of the champions League. By the final whistle they were out of Europe completely and could have conceded three or four goals to an AC Milan side who consigned them to last place in their group. Football can be cruel. Football can change in the heartbeat. Football can be heart-breaking.
In the pursuit of glory, Newcastel went for broke, throwing central defender Fabian Schar into the attack and leaving alarming gaps in defence. They knew they could still finish ahead paris St-Germain, who were only drawing away to Borussia Dortmund, and stay in the champions League but needed to win. So they went for it. Tey risked it all and lost it all.
That is the positive spin. The negative? Newcastle could not retain control. They were guilty of some tactical naivety, some poor game managemnent, some fateful errors and some ineffective substitutions that weakened their cause. Once again they also suffered badly from fatigue especially after Milan equalised. A draw would have kept them in third and kept them in the Europe League.
After that goal, a poor goal to concede and coming amid confusion over whether PSG were in fact leading, there only looked like being one winner even if Bruno Guimaraes forced a wonderful save from goalkeeper Mike Maignan who pushed his shot onto the crossbar.
That Tiredness is an inescapeable factor for Newcastle. Injuries and the loss of snadro Tonali, expensive acquried from Milan of course, have hit hard but the way Eddie Howe wants his team to play is so demanding and is with such a high tempo it inevitably takes its toll. And if every player cannot stay the pace it proves costly.
It’s not beyond our wildest dreams because we did have wild dreams, ” read a banner spread across the Gallowgate End prior to kickoff recititng the words of Sir Bobby Robson and Newcastel certainly chased the dream but ran out of steam. Even so, only the hardest of hearts can blame them. At least they showed ambition.
After all, what were they supposed to do? They needed a second goal to make sure after Joelinton’s superb opener, and once Milan drew level they could not exactly sit back and decide well the Europe League is good enough. What would that have said about ambition? How would their fans have reacted to that? Imagine if they had done so and Dortmund had scored late on to be PSG and open up the path to second place? The outcry would have been deafening if Newcastle had cautiously drawn in those circumstances.
In the first Champions League campaign for two decades Newcastle were in a group of death But this was a tough way for it to end. It was not the limp surrender in also finishing bottom of their group that we had seen from Manchester United 24 hours earlier. But it felt deflating all the same.
In the cold light of the day both Uniteds have won just one of the six group games and that has severely harmed England’s chance of claiming that fifith Champions League for next season, by the way and Newcastle lost bot ties to Dortmund and surrendered four points to Milan. In truth that is not good enough.
Of course it might all have been different had they not suffered the injustice of the last minute penalty concession to PSG in paris which took their fate out to their hands. But now all they have to look back onis that 4-1 win over the French champions at St James park and as intoxicating as that was the effects have long worn off.
There will be those who argue that being out ot Europe might be for the best form Newcastle, given how stretched their squad is but that is nbot the view of the club’s hierarchy chief executive Darren Eales made it clear last weekend that being in Europe next spring was extremely important and it should not be How’s view either. It is not the mindset of top clubs and top players.
The mind set was admirable from the start. Miguel Almiron should have scored but stunningly denied by Fikayo Tomori. But the joelinton did as he collected a pass from Lewis Miley who, at 17 years at 226 days became the youngest ever player for an English club to claim a champions League assist, beating Theo Walcott’s record took a touch and struck a powerful shot high into the corner of the net.
His calm celebration, standing still was almost Eric Cantona – esque and how we wished that was going to be the image of the evening. The Brazilian then ran over to the touchline to hug Howe, showing how much the manager ahs transformed his career.
Newcastle felt so much in control. But the updates from Germany were not helping, providing a rollercoaster of distraction and when PSG equalised it appeared to affect Newcastle who were undone by a goal in which Milan were allowed to play through them with Olivier Grioud easily sidefooting across goal for christian Pulisic to pounce.
The air was stucked out of the stadium Newcastle appeared drained but it would all have been different had Guimaraes scored. Instead there was a sense of panic, and that was an indictment, and milan coach stefano pioli seized on that as he brought on more youth and more pace. and so 63 seconds after coming on substitute Samuel Chukwueze was left unmarked as Milan countered and he gave them the lead. Earlier Rafael Leao hit the post, after running clear following an error by Tino Livramento, before with the last kick of the game Tomori also struck the goalframe when he should have scored. Newcastle’s players were on their knees at the end.
They were down. They were out.
Newcastle United vs AC Milan : As it happened
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Fulltime
Milan comeback knocks Newcastle out of Europe
85th min (1-2)
Chukwueze puts Newcastle on the brink
59th min (1-1)
Pulisic rams in the equaliser
34th min (1-0)
Watch: Joelinton thumps in a marvellous opener
20th min (0-0)
Almiron misses a sitte
