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Eddie Howe speaks to TNT Sports. “A tough way to go out … really strange to try and sum that up … the first half we were excellent … albeit we didn’t defend the key moments well enough … a few individual errors … in the second half we were nowhere near as good as we were in the first … they deserved to go through … psychologically [the penalty] was a tough one for the lads, right on half time … very similar to what happened at the end of the game in the first leg … then they scored quite quickly after half time and psychologically we didn’t seem to recover from that one … the second half was tough … it was a great representation of how we play in that first period … the first goal two players slipped … the second was a set play … so amongst all that good play, we’ve given them two goals, really … they’re the key moments in the game … we have a massive game on Sunday [against Sunderland] … a huge game for our supporters and the football club … for the whole city, and we need to focus on that.”
He also reports that Sandro Tonali has a groin problem.
… and there will be no post-match celebratory porcine treat for poor Chris Paraskevas, who writes: “This Champions League campaign has been a lot of fun and a welcome distraction from our domestic woes ... until the second half of this match, where the ongoing structural issues in defence and midfield have been ruthlessly exposed. This isn’t quite the ‘million miles away’ gap that Kevin Keegan famously quipped about years ago but it is nonetheless a huge reality check.
“The post-season review should come with caveats and asterisks: It was a tumultuous pre-season. Instability at corporate level. An inflated and unforgiving transfer market. They didn’t get a chance to play the A-League All Stars. However, shipping seven goals at the Napster Camp Nou is never a good look, beyond platitudes about ‘Playing our part’ and ‘Giving it a red hot go.’ The ambition of the club is surely greater ... but will they get to this stage under Eddie Howe again?
“PS. There are no eggs in the fridge. BAER delayed. Missed the small details. Unforgiving at this level.”
Post-match postbag. “A chastening week for the Premier League but I for one say screw these fancy-dan foreign show ponies. Give me a carefully rehearsed set-piece routine any day of the week!” – Tim Woods
“These Premier League defences seem to be broken because Premier League offences can only do corners and long throws” – Drew Lundgren
“I reject the claim that it’s cruel on Newcastle. They’ve got what they deserved for that incredibly daring high press. Had up to seven players in Barcelona’s half pushing without restraint. You’ve got to play with heart but not so recklessly” – Bede Ehiogu
“One would have to wonder if Eddie Howe has reached the end of the line at Newcastle - not just this result, but in general - and if so, what next for him? Newcastle could be as good as it gets” – Matthew Lysaght
“Your half-time correspondents were far too kind, Scott. You need past glories when this is what the current lot are up to” – Simon McMahon
The referee didn’t bother with any additional time, this tie having long been decided. Newcastle’s misery complete. You couldn’t blame Eddie Howe’s men for traipsing straight down the tunnel, but they go over to applaud the fans who have been behind them every step of the way. Once the pain subsides, they’ll take some heart from their performance tonight, because the final outcome doesn’t tell the whole story: Newcastle went toe to toe with European royalty in the first half, and gave them a proper shock. But in the end, Raphinha, Fermín López, Robert Lewandowski and Lamine Yamal were just too damn good. Barcelona deservedly progress to the quarters, where they’ll pose a huge threat to either Atletico Madrid or Tottenham Hotspur. Speaking of which …
FULL TIME: Barcelona 7-2 Newcastle United (agg 8-3)
It was a contest over one-and-a-half legs. For three halves of football. But in the end, it was one half too many for Newcastle. Barcelona breeze into the quarter-finals.
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90 min: Hall pings a shot straight at Szczęsny. As the keeper gathers, Osula momentarily threatens to put the head on Cubarsi, for not a great deal by the looks of it. He thinks better of it and is easily ushered away.
89 min: The ball had gone out for a corner, which is whipped in from the left and flashed wide by the head of Barnes.
88 min: Newcastle spend a little bit of time in the Barcelona final third. The first in a long while. Ramsey takes a whack from the edge of the area and catches Araujo flush on the lug. That’ll hurt, and he goes down accordingly.
86 min: Yamal, just inside the Newcastle box on the right, aims for the top left. Ramsdale catches, albeit at the second attempt, after an impromptu juggle.
84 min: Barnes is fouled on the left in midfield, and Osula thinks about taking a quick free kick! Probably best to slow things down, which he eventually does.
82 min: Before Barca can change their keeper, Osula comes on for Gordon. Then Joan Garcia makes way for Wojciech Szczęsny.
81 min: Joan García has pulled something while gathering a weak speculative shot from Barnes. He’s not going to be able to continue.
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80 min: Pedri sends a cute pass down the inside-right channel to Yamal, who jinks into the box and scoops a shot towards the bottom right. Ramsdale sticks an arm out to save another goal. “This could have turned really ugly if Trippier had been shown a red card,” writes Andrew Goudie, dipping into his Big Book of Small Mercies.
78 min: Torres latches onto a long ball down the right. He’s clear, but can’t round Ramsdale. Then the flag goes up for offside anyway. However, if the replay is anything to go by, had Torres scored, VAR might have got the old rulers out. I think Torres was on. So some good and necessary work there from Ramsdale.
76 min: To Newcastle’s relief, Barca take it down a notch.
74 min: This is a fine second-half performance from Barcelona, who have put their foot to the floor. Newcastle have been their own worst enemies since the restart, though.
GOAL! Barcelona 7-2 Newcastle (Raphinha 72); agg 8-3
… but not that much closer. Ramsey, in the left-back position and facing backwards, plays a careless blind pass across the face of his own box. Raphinha intercepts it on the edge of the area, and dispatches it into the bottom right. Oh dear.
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71 min: Raphinha dinks a cross in from the left. Burn does well to chest down on the penalty spot and cushion a pass under pressure to Thiaw on his right. Newcastle clear their lines. The sweet mercy of the finishing line gets a little closer.
69 min: Pedri nearly finds Olmo with a speculative pass down the middle. Then Olmo flicks Torres into the box down the inside-right channel. Torres shoots, but it’s blocked. Newcastle are holding on for dear life, hopeful of this not turning really ugly.
67 min: Barcelona make a triple change. João Cancelo, Fermín López and Lewandowski are replaced by Ferran Torres, Xavi Espart and Olmo.
66 min: Lopez skedaddles down the left. He’s got Yamal and Raphinha in the middle. Fortunately for Newcastle, his low cross is blocked by Livramento. Because number seven looked on the cards there.
64 min: Eddie Howe senses that danger, and hooks Joelinton. He makes way, along with Elanga, for Botman and Murphy. It’s damage limitation from here on in.
63 min: This is cruel on Newcastle, who have contributed so much. But they don’t want to lose their heads. Joelinton catches Lewandowski late, and is lucky not to be shown a second yellow.
GOAL! Barcelona 6-2 Newcastle (Lewandowski 61); agg 7-3
Yep, Lewandowski wanted in on this all right. Yamal spins away from Burn in the centre circle before advancing down the inside-left channel and slipping infield for the big striker. Lewandowski glides into the box, left to right, suddenly breaking up his run to unsettle Ramsdale before lashing into the bottom left.
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60 min: Pedri performs a liquid dragback to see off Willock, who tugs him back and earns a booking. He’ll miss his next Champions League match. “That’s the end of our season,” double-sighs Matthew Guite. “That penalty was the killer. Both of them. We were in touch first half but not now.”
58 min: Hall and Gordon combine down the left at speed, and nearly make their way into the box, but the final pass doesn’t come off. Barca clear their lines. “Fair play to Toon, they gave it a right good go,” sighs Mark Turner.
GOAL! Barcelona 5-2 Newcastle (Lewandowski 56); agg 6-3
Lewandowski wasn’t going to go without a goal, was he? The corner’s whipped in long from the right. Lewandowski rises above Livramento, on the left-hand corner of the six-yard box, and heads past a flailing Ramsdale and in. Tie over, and Camp Nou is bouncing.
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55 min: Willock comes on for Tonali, who limps off sadly. And from the corner …
53 min: Barcelona scent blood, and now Lopez spins down the right and wins a corner off Tonali, who doesn’t get up immediately, having stretched to put the ball out. On comes the physio.
GOAL! Barcelona 4-2 Newcastle (Lopez 51); agg 5-3
Newcastle are cut open in the simple style. Martin, from the left-back position, rolls towards Raphinia on the centre spot. He flicks an instant pass around the corner for Lopez, who tears clear down the middle, opens his body, and sidefoots across Ramsdale and into the bottom right. A sickener for Newcastle, but another fine Barca goal.
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50 min: Raphinha has a dig from a tight angle on the right. Ramsdale parries. Yamal dribbles down the right and stands one up for Raphinha, who can’t win a header at the far stick. Finally Lewandowski cuts one back from the left, and Raphinha scuffs his shot from ten yards. A big few minutes for Newcastle coming up, you feel.
48 min: Hall slaloms down the left and nearly releases Gordon down the middle. He’s stopped from doing so by Cubarsi, who swings a slightly panicked leg to belt the ball back to his keeper. There wasn’t a whole lot of control in that intervention; the ball might have gone anywhere. But Barca clear their lines.
47 min: Barca are on the front foot immediately. Things open up in front of Raphinha but he hesitates when he really should be passing forward to Yamal. Then Lopez swings a cross in from the left but Joelinton heads clear.
Barcelona get the second half underway. No changes for the home side. Don’t ever change. (According to TNT Sports, Barcelona have become the first team in the Champions League era to take the lead on three separate occasions in the first half.) But Newcastle have hooked Trippier and sent on Livramento.
Our half-time postbag runneth over. “What a cracking game this is and what a wonderful footballer Lewis Hall is: not one of his best nights defensively but he has literally driven Newcastle forward in attack. On the other flank Elanga has got his rewards for recent improved showings. If we can just take this to extra time I’ll have more of a chance to digest yesterday’s dinner (crisps and soft drink) before my BAE roll” – Chris Paraskevas
“Can I nominate Simon McMahon for a special Football Daily prize letter of the year?” – Richard Hirst
“I really enjoyed watching the video Simon McMahon shared. Will Newcastle match Dundee’s done deed? Possible answers range from ‘Are you high on weed?’ to ‘Indeed!’” – Peter Oh
“There have already been 50 goals in the last-16 round. With three games yet to start. And Tottenham being one of those” – Andy Gordon
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Half-time postbag. “This isn’t a basketball game. It’s a tennis match” – James May
“It seems to me that Newcastle were at their best when they were seeking an equalizer. They surely won’t look at it that way, but going into the 2nd half needing to chase the game might suit them better” – Kári Tulinius
“Goalkeepers might disagree with me, but I think 3-2 is the perfect football match score. Kudos to these two storied clubs for achieving it by halftime!” – Peter Oh
“I guess beating Barcelona in the Nou Camp on 18 March isn’t for everybody” – Simon McMahon
HALF TIME: Barcelona 3-2 Newcastle (agg 4-3)
Five goals. And there could have been more. Many more. It’s been a ride. More, please!
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45 min +8: In fact, Ramsdale got the very tip of one finger to that penalty. No wonder he’s beside himself with despair. A brave attempt, sir.
GOAL! Barcelona 3-2 Newcastle (Lamal 45+7 pen); agg 4-3
Lamal whips the penalty into the bottom right. Just enough power to beat Ramsdale, who had guessed the right way, and got close enough to look pained at his failure to stop it.
45 min +6: Yamal, who has just missed a sitter from six yards, will take the penalty.
Penalty for Barcelona
45 min +5: … and now he books Trippier, because he’s giving the penalty. Trippier, having made no attempt to play the ball, has got away with one there. He survives.
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45 min +4: VAR sends the ref over to the screen. Before he makes his decision, he books Jason Tindall, who was yapping away in his ear.
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45 min +3: Yamal plays a delightful curling pass down the right for Lopez, who fires a low cross into the middle. Raphinha races in, preparing to score from six yards. Trippier has a yank of his arm, and Raphinha goes over. The referee doesn’t award a penalty, but he surely should. VAR is going to get involved.
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45 min +1: In the first of three additional first-half minutes, Yamal jinks his way down the right and cuts infield. The ball’s slipped left to Raphinha, who shoots low towards the bottom right. Ramsdale parries, but the ball sits up, six yards out. It’s behind Lewandowski, but Yamal arrives and must surely … ah. He leans back and clears the bar, by some distance as well. How on earth did he miss that? Well, by leaning back, but you get the general point.
45 min: Just before that incident, Fermin Lopez went over by the left-hand edge of the Toon D, claiming to have been clipped by Tonali. Even the replays aren’t conclusive, so you can forgive the referee for not blowing up. That doesn’t stop Lopez fuming, which he does at some length when play stops.
44 min: Barnes prepares to be sent down the left wing by Gordon’s cute flick. But he’s cynically blocked by Cubarsi, who goes into the book.
43 min: Barnes slips Hall into the Barca box down the inside-left channel. He reaches the byline but can only loop his cross into the arms of Joan Garcia, minding the near post. This is such good fun.
42 min: Lewandowski has another dig, this time from the edge of the D. It’s straight at Ramsdale. There will be goals. Many more goals.
41 min: … and nothing comes of the resulting corner. Burn may have been at fault for Barcelona’s second goal, but he’s made up for it there.
40 min: Thiaw chunks a backpass on the halfway line, and suddenly Fermin Lopez is racing away. He’s got Lewandowski free to his left, and finds him. Lewandowski shoots … but doesn’t score, because Burn arrives from nowhere, telescopes one of those already long legs, and somehow deflects over the bar! That’s an astonishing last-ditch block!
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38 min: Elanga chases after another long ball down the right. He goes over on the edge of the box, claiming to have been half-clipped, half-tugged by João Cancelo. He’s not getting his penalty, though, and to be fair there was hardly anything in it.
37 min: Trippier creams a pass for Elanga down the right. He hooks into the box for Gordon, who is preparing to sidefoot home when Cubarsi intervenes at the very last second. His clearance nearly falls to Barnes, but not quite. Plenty of concerned muttering around Camp Nou; the home fans don’t like the look of a lot of this. Newcastle look dangerous every time they fly forward!
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35 min: From the resulting free kick, Barnes swings a dangerous free kick into the mixer. Joan Garcia does very well to claim under pressure from Burn and Joelinton.
34 min: Newcastle are playing with obvious confidence. Hall, Elanga and Gordon combine smoothly down the left and nearly open Barcelona up. Barca half clear, but they’re panicking, and Fermin Lopez sticks both arms around Joelinton from behind and wrestles him to the ground. It’s surely a yellow card, but the French referee François Letexier is in a laissez-faire mood tonight.
32 min: … and now Elanga is free again down the right! He rolls across to Gordon, who can’t force the ball past Joan Garcia. A huge chance missed! But ah, the flag goes up for offside, and replays show both Elanga and Gordon were a country mile off. Flick’s high line working smoothly there. But it’s risky.
31 min: Hansi Flick moans quite a lot at the referee about letting play go on there. It was the correct decision, though, and that seems like a bit of displacement, because his team have been all over the show at the back.
29 min: Pedri claims to have been elbowed by Joelinton, but there’s no contact and that’s pretty embarrassing to be honest. Newcastle keep going, because the referee hasn’t bought it. Elanga scampers into space down the right and crosses to Gordon at the near stick. Gordon tries to dink the ball over Joan Garcia but sends the effort wide right. So close to the quickest of quick-fire turnarounds!
GOAL! Barcelona 2-2 Newcastle (Elanga 28); agg 3-3
This is outrageous! Newcastle have equalised again! Yamal tries a backheel out of defence. Not the best idea. Hall snaffles the ball, gives it to Barnes on the left. Barnes rolls a low cross into the centre. Hall misses it at the near post. At the far post, Elanga is all on his own, and can’t miss. He walks the ball home! Camp Nou stunned!
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27 min: Trippier tries to take a quick free kick, and has the ball kicked out of his hands from behind by João Cancelo. The Barca defender pleads ignorance, and does so well, because he doesn’t get booked.
25 min: It’s been all Araújo in the four minutes since he’s come on. Now he clatters into his own man Cubarsi, and play stops awhile as the pair get checked out by the physio. Play eventually restarts.
23 min: Just before the substitution, Barcelona won a corner, Burn having been caught faffing around on the edge of his own box, facing his own goal, swarmed by Barca’s high press. The first corner leads to a second, which leads to a third, and from that one, Araujo nearly flashes a header home at the near post. Inches wide. Goal kick. Burn needs to settle down sharpish, because that was another careless mistake, and it was nearly as costly.
21 min: Eric Garcia’s comeback from injury hasn’t lasted too long. He’s replaced by Ronald Araújo, and this is now the Barcelona XI that started the first leg.
20 min: Three minutes and 41 seconds passed between the equaliser and Barca’s second.
GOAL! Barcelona 2-1 Newcastle (Bernal 18); agg 3-2
Raphinha wedges a diagonal free kick towards Martin on the left-hand corner of the six-yard box. Martin heads down, across the face of goal, and Bernal can’t miss from five yards, steering a shot across Ramsdale and into the bottom left. Burn playing everyone onside.
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17 min: Yamal dribbles hard down the middle of the park. Joelinton clips him from behind, and he’ll be on a booking for a long time now. He’ll also miss the first leg of the quarters should Newcastle get through.
16 min: That was a hell of a burst down the flank by Hall, who is pushing for a start at left-back for England in the World Cup.
GOAL! Barcelona 1-1 Newcastle (Elanga 15); agg 2-2
Newcastle are level, and it’s another lovely goal! Hall one-twos at speed with Barnes on the left touchline. He’s suddenly in a bit of space, and Elanga is clear in the middle. Hall crosses low, the ball rolling across the penalty spot. Does the cross push Elanga too far wide to shoot? Nearly, but no! Elanga holds his nerve while drifting right, and gently swivels to sweep a shot across Joan Garcia and into the middle of the net!
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14 min: Lopez drops deep and tries to release Raphinha with a defence-splitter down the middle. Trippier reads the danger well to intercept.
12 min: Tonali’s delivery of this free kick is even poorer than the first one. Easily cleared. But that’s the first response from Newcastle to their early setback. Small acorns.
11 min: Barnes snaffles possession and drives down the left. He hurdles the sliding Bernal, who hooks him down as he hovers. That could have been a booking as well. Just a free kick, and a replay of the one Newcastle had early doors.
10 min: Now it’s all Barca in terms of possession. Is it completely ridiculous to point out that the first three minutes seem an awfully long time ago? Yes.
8 min: That’s such a shame for Newcastle after such a fine start. And they’ll need to clear their heads, because now Tonali air-kicks when trying to deal with a long Martin pass. Lopez is clear! But Ramsdale comes out of his box and blocks, legally, without use of an arm, as Lopez tries to round him. Big intervention.
GOAL! Barcelona 1-0 Newcastle (Raphinha 6); agg 2-1
… and the modern Barca are indeed lovers, not fighters. Raphinha wins a corner down the left. Ramsdale claims and clears, but Barca come straight back at them. Yamal dribbles down the middle, then rolls a pass wide right to Raphinha. He miscontrols, but Hall slips, and Lopez picks up possession on the overlap. Lopez cuts back to Raphinha, who is able to steady himself with Hall out of the picture. He passes gracefully across Ramsdale and into the bottom left. Lovely sweeping move, albeit aided by Hall’s misfortune.
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4 min: Barcelona go long down the middle, looking for Lewandowski. No good. Let’s hope that’s the only way in which they go back to the 1980s.
3 min: … Burn swivels on the edge of the D and whips a shot straight at keeper Joan Garcia. Newcastle have started marvellously. Gauntlet down!
2 min: Tonali’s delivery isn’t all that. It’s half cleared. Elanga loops the ball harmlessly into Joan Garcia’s hands. But Newcastle come again, once more through Gordon, whose deep cross wins the first corner of the match. And from that …
1 min: Gordon dribbles down the left and spins Eric Garcia, who is fortunate not to get booked for a pull of the shirt. But it is a free kick in a dangerous position, just to the left of the Barca box. Tonali to take.
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Newcastle United get the ball rolling. Whistles as they pass it about the back.
The teams are out! Barcelona in their storied blaugrana; Newcastle in their famous black and white stripes. Zadok the Priest (Version) sounds extra special in this cathedral. A fine atmosphere, and we’ll be off in a minute or two!
Pre-match postbag. “Camp Nou is surely the Sagrada Familia of football. It must be the tallest, biggest stadium in the world now, and obviously judging by the cranes in the photo, like Gaudi’s edifice, it ain’t finished yet”- Jeremy Boyce
“Could something that’s happened just four times in 34 years occur twice in 26 hours? Well, the day after Liverpool famously overturned that 0-3 loss to Barcelona, Spurs overturned an 0-3 aggregate deficit to Ajax (0-1 in the first game in London and then 0-2 at half-time in Amsterdam). In some ways it was even more impressive” – Gideon Avrahami
“Nice work on your early footnote hat-trick and the invocation of Craig Bellamy’s name and fighting qualities in the preview. Some huge calls made by Eddie Howe: it looks like a very positive and mobile front three with Barnes, Gordon and Elanga, so I don’t think we’ll die wondering on the 18th hole. Speaking of dying wondering: I just checked the expiry date on my haul of bacon and we are good for an early morning, home-made, UCL-mornings Bacon and Egg Roll” – Chris Paraskevas (with one for the MBM heads there. And I thought my footnote was self-indulgent.)
Eddie Howe talks to TNT Sports. “We performed well a week ago … we need a similar-type performance … need to be good again … take a couple more of the chances we got … [Barcelona] could tweak things … but it’s interesting that both teams have been quite consistent in their selection … we’re looking forward to the game … the size of the [Camp Nou] pitch won’t deviate too much from the one we play on at St James’ Park … it’ll be how they use the ball and how good they are in tight situations … we know what to expect … we need to be at our absolute very best to qualify … that’s what we’re trying to deliver.”
Dan Burn is asked by TNT Sports for his opinion of Camp Nou, and quips: “It’s amazing. It’ll be even better when it’s finished!” A stellar career in the music hall stretches out ahead.
The winner of this tie will play either Tottenham Hotspur or Atletico Madrid† in the quarter finals in April. Both teams have four players who will miss the first leg of that tie should they pick up a booking tonight. Lamine Yamal, Fermín López, Gerard Martín and Marc Casadó are the four Barca players on the disciplinary tightrope; Joelinton, Sandro Tonali, Dan Burn and Joe Willock are the Toon quartet who need to take extra care.
† I did think about employing the hoary old strikethrough gag for “either Tottenham Hotspur or” up there. But last night Sporting Club became only the fifth team in Champions League history to come back from a first-leg deficit of three goals or more, joining Deportivo La Coruña, Roma, Liverpool, and Barcelona in the pantheon, so why not Spurs? Could something that’s happened just four times in 34 years occur twice in 26 hours? Thanks to the efforts of the current Spurs team? Let’s rule nothing out! Maybe there’s something in the air. But this is a matter for tonight’s Clockwatch, I’ve gone well off piste here.††
†† Footnotes longer than the entry they annotate are kinda fun.†††
††† Self-indulgent, but fun.
Both teams make just one change to their starting line-up from the first leg at St James’ Park. Eric Garcia comes into the Barcelona defence at the expense of Ronald Araújo, while up front for Newcastle, Anthony Gordon replaces Will Osula. Araújo and Osula both drop to the bench.
The teams
Barcelona: Joan Garcia, Eric Garcia, Cubarsi, Gerard, Joao Cancelo, Bernal, Gonzalez, Yamal, Lopez, Raphinha, Lewandowski.
Subs: Szczesny, Kochen, Araujo, Gavi, Torres, Rashford, Casado, Olmo, Cortes, Espart, Marques, Bardghji.
Newcastle United: Ramsdale, Trippier, Thiaw, Burn, Hall, Ramsey, Tonali, Joelinton, Elanga, Gordon, Barnes.
Subs: Pope, Ruddy, Harris, Botman, Wissa, Osula, Livramento, Jacob Murphy, Woltemade, Willock, Alex Murphy, Neave.
Referee: Francois Letexier (France).
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Preamble
How costly will Lamine Yamal’s late, late, late equaliser in last week’s first leg prove to be? Because the thing is, Barcelona have only lost two of their 37 home matches against English clubs and are unbeaten against them in 14, ever since Craig Bellamy rocked up to play a little golf back in 2007. History isn’t Newcastle United’s friend here.
Or is it?! And that’s because Newcastle have lost only one of their last ten Champions League matches; have lost the second leg in only one of their last ten European ties, winning seven; and have won two of the three European ties in which they drew the first leg at home. Throw in Barca’s habit this season of suffering some really big off-days – beaten 4-1 by Sevilla, 3-0 by Chelsea, 4-0 by Atletico Madrid – plus Newcastle having the personnel to bother Hansi Flick’s gung-ho high line, and Eddie Howe’s men won’t be going to Camp Nou without hope. Kick-off is at 5.45pm GMT. It’s on!
