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UEFA Cup Round of 32 - 2nd
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Season 2006-2007 |
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NEWCASTLE UNITED |
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S.V.
ZULTE WAREGEM |
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Date: |
Friday
23rd February 2007 |
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Venue: |
St James' Park |
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Kick Off: |
6:45am (AEST) |
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Australian
Live TV:
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None (Please Note:
For all
you boys back home in blighty, Channel 5 will provide live TV
coverage) |
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Internet Live TV Coverage:
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Check
http://www.football4less.com |
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Weather Forecast: |
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5c |
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Squad: |
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Not announced yet |
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Team News: |
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Brought to you in
association with |
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- Michael Owen (knee) is in the final stage of his rehabilitation
and is back in training.
- Shola Ameobi (hip) is probably out for the season after his hip
operation.
- Tim Krul (knee) currently has no return date.
- Craig Moore (hamstring) is back in training.
- Peter Ramage (hamstring) is out for a couple more weeks.
- Shay Given (groin) is out for a couple more weeks.
- Stephen Carr (thigh) is out for a few more weeks. (Hopefully)
- Charles N'Zogbia (knee) is back in training.
- Emre (groin) is back in training.
- Olivier Bernard (hip) made his comeback for the reserves but doesn’t
seem 100% fit.
- Oguchi Onyewu is ineligible to play in the UEFA
Cup |
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Philippe Albert’s pre-game comments: |
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"I was at St James's Park for the games
against Liverpool and Manchester United and I see them a lot on
television," said Albert, now a TV pundit in his homeland. "They were
two great games and great results for Newcastle. They've had lots of
injuries and suspensions this season but they've coped really well."
"They're not far from the top six (in the Premiership) and could go a
long way in Europe this season, so who knows what could happen in the
next few months? The defensive set-up provides the main source of
Albert's optimism. Karel D'Haene's strike in Ghent last week was only
the fourth United have conceded in 11 games in this season's Uefa and
Intertoto Cups. And the Belgian argued: "They'll go very far in Europe
this season because they have a good team and seem to be playing really
well away from home especially. With the fans behind them at home they
will be really hard to beat. I've been very impressed with their
defence. When you don't concede many goals away you always have a good
chance." |
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My thoughts: |
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’Forgone
conclusion’, ‘walk in the park’ or ‘piece of piss’, most peoples
thoughts on how this game will go and well to be quite frank, you’ve had
to be Johnny Pessimistic to think otherwise wouldn’t you?
The Belgium part-timers didn’t really cause our defence too many
problems in the 1st leg and it looked like Titus may have
found his level but in saying all that, we still didn’t manage to keep a
clean sheet. Some things never change sadly.
Being 3-1 up, this game represents a good opportunity for Roeder to
perhaps rest a couple of players ahead of Sunday’s trip to Wigan. Kieron
Dyer and
Obafemi
Martins would seem to be obvious candidates, as they are crucial to our
attacking fortunes and an injury to either of them doesn’t bare thinking
about. So all you trainspotters out there get your anoraks on and
pencils out, as you might be in luck, that rarely seen locomotive Albert
Luque may be coming to town. No guarantees obviously.
Presuming we don’t inherit the same Birmingham style imploding
complacency, it should be last 16 here we come, where
Fenerbahce or AZ
Alkmaar wait for us. The real competition starts from there on in.
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HOWAY THE LADS!!! |
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Did you know?
- We haven’t lost a UEFA Cup game at St James’ Park since
1997, when Monaco beat us 1-0, meaning we’ve gone nineteen games
unbeaten at home. |
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