by Who was going to tell the Newcastle after the 4-1 defeat to PSG in October that they would be eliminated from the Champions League and Europe, being the last in the group. The team of Eddie Howe They have not been able to keep up with the pace of the maximum competition, and they have been left out of everything. Yesterday was a hard blow. Nobody expected Milan’s comeback at St. Jame’s Park, but Paris will always remain in their memory. Newcastle will remember the frustration of the stoppage-time penalty at the Parc des Princes two weeks ago.
Death in the drift of European greatness
The perception is that Newcastle have had a bad time in the great stages of the group of death. The magpies were strangely tasteless in Milan and Dortmunda form problem away from home that extends to the first division, where they had not won for 5 games in English competition.
But the elimination remains the fundamental point: the Milan. They had to beat Pioli’s team at home to have a chance of qualifying (and they would have qualified with a victory if PSG couldn’t win in Dortmund), but despite being better in the greater part of the match, and taking initiative, They ended up losing the match.
“We gave everything for the game. I can’t ask for anything more (in terms of) commitment, effort, physical effort. Unfortunately for us it wasn’t like that.”
Lack of experience?
There are questions to ask Eddie Howe and his side. It will be talked aboutand lack of European experience and having to learn the nature of the competition, of being fourth classified and of the draw difficultyall of which has some merit.
he Newcastle he needed a deeper team if he wants to compete in Champions. All resources of Saudi Arabia They cannot change that, nor can they change the fact that, in football, all teams are always at the mercy of coincidences, of the referees or of the European experience.
Collapse and favor to PSG
It was surprising how dominant Newcastle were before the break and how poor Milan looked. Pioli’s men had only won 2 of their previous 14 away games in European competitions and the lack of confidence was evident. But Newcastle’s control was lost in the second half.
Newcastle got better and better in a first half where Pioli’s approach was totally wrong. In a match where only winning gave them the chance to get into the round of 16, the Italian team opted for an overly defensive approach and the Magpies had a good time. Eddie Howe’s men were being better, until Milan promoted the team.
‘The Magpies’In fact, they started better and took the lead on the scoreboard. San Jaime Park vibrated with Joelington’s initial goal. A perfectly orchestrated counterattack by Gordon ended in a wonderful back pass from Miley who saw in the rearview mirror the arrival of the Brazilian who he took his soul out of ‘9’ and after a light touch he discharged a missile that destroyed the squad. In that 33rd minute, with PSG’s goalless draw in Dortmund, Newcastle were a team in the round of 16.
It was very early and football has new scripts every few minutes. he Milan, who seemed very affected at the end of the first half, came out with a completely different face in the second. Much more offensive and after a couple of warnings and A few rebounds in between Pulisic tied the game.
There was half an hour of heart attack left in St. James’ Park, and the former Villarreal playerwho was just playing, came in to unleash ‘the Newcastle catastrophe’ and, in this way, PSG classification.
Three consecutive defeats
The week of the’magpies‘It hasn’t exactly been the best of the season. After beating Manchester United 1-0 on December 2, it seemed like a more than nice start to the Christmas season.
But things have gone wrong. Newcastle is currently in a small crisis at a sporting level. Suman three consecutive defeats, two of them in Prime Minister with very painful defeats: 3-0 against Everton and 4-1 against Tottenham.
Now they will only have the league and cup, where son seventh in Premier and they will dream of returning to dream touching the sky arriving in Europe next season.
