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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 1 (setup 3, season 5)
Newcastle United
v.
Blackburn Rovers
Formation:
5-2-3
League position:
19
Aaron RAMSDALE16Thomas KAMINSKI
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
3
Jesús NAVAS González2Tino LIVRAMENTO
Yannick Ferreira CARRASCO83Harry PICKERING
José María GIMÉNEZ de Vargas4Kenneth TAYLOR
Manuel AKANJI75Daniel Sánchez AYALA
Ronald Federico ARAÚJO da Silva66Jake BIDWELL
Daniel PAREJO Muñoz7Billy GILMOUR
Georginio WIJNALDUM8Tyrhys DOLAN
Cristiano RONALDO dos Santos Aveiro697Ben BRERETON DÍAZ
Nicoló ZANIOLO8106Joe ROTHWELL
Ángel Fabián DI MARÍA7116Adam ARMSTRONG
Manager
Gregor KOBEL12Sam GALLAGHER
Devyne RENSCH13Aynsley PEARS
Marcus EDWARDS14Jack VALE
Alejandro GARNACHO15Lewis TRAVIS
Anssumane Fati, ANSU FATI16Corry EVANS

Newcastle United 3 Blackburn Rovers 2
(Half-time: 0-1, Attendance: 50,164, Stadium: St.James' Park, Referee: Dean WHITESTONE 7½)
54 Wijnaldum, 65 Di María, 89 RonaldoScorers25 Brereton Díaz, 63 Brereton Díaz
Substitutions68 Brereton Díaz <=> Vale
Sendings off
35 RonaldoBookings
9Corners7
5Fouls4
13Offsides0
7Shots on3
9Shots off3
16Total shots6
4Shots saved1
54%Possession46%
Man of the match: Yannick Ferreira CARRASCO
2DI MARÍA headed over.
6A mix up in the Blackburn Rovers defence enabled DI MARÍA to volley the ball over the bar.
7NAVAS dribbled round BIDWELL and rattled a poor shot over.
11TAYLOR touched the ball through a crowd of players but RAMSDALE was a match for it as he dived to his left.
19DI MARÍA ran onto a great ball from PAREJO but fumbled his shot wide.
23NAVAS fired a right foot shot inches wide from close range.
25GOAL!! A clever set-piece enabled BRERETON DÍAZ to drill the ball into the back of the net. (1-0 Blackburn Rovers)
29DI MARÍA beat LIVRAMENTO but hit the ball into the arms of KAMINSKI.
33A good ball from BRERETON DÍAZ on the left bobbled toward BIDWELL who sliced his shot wide.
35RONALDO booked.
41ARMSTRONG beat PAREJO and placed the ball to BRERETON DÍAZ who blasted his effort wide.
 
49An exceptional effort from DI MARÍA scraped the upright.
50A pin-point pass bobbled toward DI MARÍA and his looping effort floated narrowly over.
51A fine run was ended by a good save by the advancing Blackburn Rovers 'keeper.
54GOAL!! A long clearance by the Newcastle United 'keeper beat the Blackburn Rovers defence and WIJNALDUM fired the ball past the advancing Blackburn Rovers 'keeper. (1-1)
58A free-kick from DI MARÍA went wide.
59CARRASCO's shot was well held by the 'keeper.
61GILMOUR knocked the ball to ARMSTRONG who touched it wide.
63GOAL!! A deep cross from GILMOUR on the left was nodded home by BRERETON DÍAZ at the near post. (2-1 Blackburn Rovers)
65GOAL!! A Newcastle United counter-attack allowed ZANIOLO to setup DI MARÍA with a simple goal. (2-2)
70A shot from DI MARÍA was smothered by KAMINSKI.
80AKANJI beat two Blackburn Rovers players and fired a golden opportunity over.
89GOAL!! The creative GIMÉNEZ neatly headed on a cross for RONALDO to hit the ball in. (3-2 Newcastle United)