Newcastle players can already consider themselves participants in this season’s round of 16 of the Champions League after they defeated Qarabag 6-1 in Baku in the first match of the play-off.
English composition is furious played the first half against the Azerbaijani champion and gained a five-goal lead after the first 45 minutes.
It sounds amazing that it is those 5-0 was a good result by Qarabag after everything seen on the field, the best home player was undoubtedly the goalkeeper Kochalski, who prevented at least two or three more safe goals from the visitors.
Already in the third minute Newcastle took the lead with a goal Anthony Gordonthe best player in the duel, who scored three more goals in the rest of the first half and thus reached a total of ten goals this season in the Champions League. Only Kylian Mbappe is better than him with 13 goals.
Already in the eighth minute it was 2-0 for Newcastle when he headed in accurately Thiaw. This was followed by numerous chances for the guests, but also great interventions by the home goalkeeper.
In the 32nd minute there was no help for Qarabag. A penalty kick was awarded, which Gordon converted to make it 3-0, while only a minute later, Gordon capitalized on a mistake by Andrade to make it 4-0.
In the stoppage time of the first part, a new penalty kick was awarded for Newcastle, and Gordon was the scorer for 5-0.
In the continuation of the match, Newcastle slowed down its attacks and routinely brought the match to an end, and each team scored a goal in the second part of the match. For Qarabag, the scorer was Cafargulijev in the 55th minute, while in the 72nd Jacob Murphy made the final 6-1 for Newcastle.
The return match is on February 24 at St James’ Park, where Newcastle will celebrate their passage to the round of 16 in front of their fans.
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