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Match report
English Footie
UEFA Cup: Round 4 (setup 1, season 31)
Newcastle United
v.
Sporting Braga
Formation:
3-4-3
Overall form:
Home form:
Steve MANDANDA71Pawel KIESZEK
Formation:
4-3-3
Juan Francisco Torres Belén, JUANFRAN2Ilson Pereira Dias Junior, ILSINHO
Cesar AZPILICUETA Tanco837Nuno Miguel Ribeiro Cruz Jerónimo SEQUEIRA
FERNANDO Francisco Reges47Nikola VUKCEVIC
Shkodran MUSTAFI56Lazar ROSIC
José María CALLEJÓN Bueno67Alberto Junior RODRÍGUEZ Valdelomar
André SCHÜRRLE77Jurgen MATTHEIJ
Daniel Ceballos Fernández, DANI CEBALLOS78Luther SINGH
Gonzalo Gerardo HIGUAÍN89José Luís Mendes Andrade, ZÉ LUÍS
Dries MERTENS106Pedro Miguel Amorim Pereira Silva, PEDRO TIBA
PHILIPPE COUTINHO Correia116Juan Manuel MARTÍNEZ
Charlie PullingManager
JAUME Vicent Costa Jordá12Miguel Ângelo da Silva Rocha, XEKA
Simone SCUFFET13MARIO José Quintas FELGUEIRAS
Gonzalo Javier RODRÍGUEZ Prado14João Pedro Costa GAMBOA
Kingsley COMAN156ARTUR JORGE Marques Amorim
XABIER PRIETO Argarate16BRUNO Ricardo Valdez WILSON

Newcastle United 3 Sporting Braga 0
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 70,736, Stadium: St.James' Park, Referee: Zbigniew PRZESMYCKI 5½, TV: highlights)
13 Higuaín, 49 Schürrle, 80 AzpilicuetaScorers
Substitutions84 Rodríguez <=> Artur Jorge
Sendings off
15 Dani CeballosBookings
15Corners6
2Fouls4
3Offsides2
7Shots on4
8Shots off6
15Total shots10
4Shots saved4
57%Possession43%
Man of the match: Juan Francisco Torres Belén, JUANFRAN
3A tame strike from MERTENS rolled agonisingly wide.
7A strike from HIGUAÍN held little difficulty for the Sporting Braga 'keeper.
13GOAL!! The Sporting Braga 'keeper got into trouble with a backpass from ILSINHO and HIGUAÍN managed to roll the ball into the back of the net. (1-0 Newcastle United)
15A poor foul gets DANI CEBALLOS a yellow card.
17A free-kick from ZÉ LUÍS flew just wide.
21A shot from HIGUAÍN was smothered by the Sporting Braga 'keeper.
27A pin-point pass found ZÉ LUÍS and his left foot shot went narrowly over.
31MERTENS headed wide.
42A shot from RODRÍGUEZ was headed off the line by AZPILICUETA.
45+1SINGH fired a right foot shot over the bar from close range.
45+2SINGH turned AZPILICUETA but lashed the ball into the arms of the 'keeper.
 
49GOAL!! A quick free-kick allowed PHILIPPE COUTINHO to play the ball to SCHÜRRLE who flicked a deadly shot home. (2-0 Newcastle United)
51HIGUAÍN booted the ball wide from the edge of the box.
53A header by ZÉ LUÍS at the near post was comfortably collected by MANDANDA.
61PHILIPPE COUTINHO made space on the left and dragged the ball to HIGUAÍN who touched the ball over.
65MERTENS ran onto a delightful ball from CALLEJÓN but hit his effort wide of the lefthand post.
68The hapless Newcastle United 'keeper could only watch as a backpass from DANI CEBALLOS fell just wide.
71A great save prevented PEDRO TIBA from scoring an exceptional goal.
73DANI CEBALLOS beat three Sporting Braga players and blasted a golden opportunity wide.
74Uncertainty in the Sporting Braga defence enabled SCHÜRRLE to volley the ball over the bar.
80GOAL!! A two-fisted punch from the 'keeper enabled AZPILICUETA to force the ball into the empty net. (3-0 Newcastle United)
81ZÉ LUÍS was put clear by VUKCEVIC and he pulled away from the Newcastle United 'keeper but drilled his shot just beyond the near post.
83PHILIPPE COUTINHO worked the ball to SCHÜRRLE, MERTENS collected his cross and headed the ball within easy reach of KIESZEK.
83ILSINHO brought the ball away from MUSTAFI and poked a poor shot into the crowd.
86MERTENS rasped the ball through a crowd of players but the Sporting Braga 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
90+1CALLEJÓN floated the ball to SCHÜRRLE who fired it over the bar.