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9¹ A cross from FRIMPONG left RAUM in lots of space but he rushed his shot. 13¹ JOELINTON worked the ball to RAUM, PALMER controlled his cross and hoofed the ball within easy reach of KELLEHER. 14¹ A good ball from ALLAN on the left bobbled toward BORRÉ who sliced his shot just beyond the near post. 17¹ A shot from BORRÉ was smothered by the 'keeper. 24¹ DIALLO floated the ball to ALLAN who touched it over. 24¹ KELLEHER managed to block a fierce shot. 32¹ GOAL!! A terrible clearance dropped to FRIMPONG who mishit a shot goalward, luckily RAUM was on hand to crack the ball into the back of the net. (1-0 Newcastle United) 38¹ JOELINTON cautioned for a poor tackle on BELTRÁN. 4² A poor strike from RAUM trickled agonisingly wide. 19² FRIMPONG beat four River Plate players and fired a great chance inches over. 19² GOAL!! An inswinging corner hoofed out by VARELA was drove into the net by RAUM. (2-0 Newcastle United) 20² GOAL!! A deep cross from VARELA on the right was nodded home by BORRÉ at the near post. (2-1 Newcastle United) 26² GOAL!! An inswinging corner was hoofed clear only for BELTRÁN to volley the ball home. (2-2) 37² FRIMPONG touched the ball through a crowd of players but the River Plate 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right. 38² ISAK made space on the right and dragged the ball to PALMER who clipped the ball over. 41² A thirty yard shot from ISAK caused the 'keeper no problem. 1ª² GORETZKA shot wide. 4ª² TAH stroked a simple chance past the far post. 4ª² A free-kick from BORRÉ went over the bar. 6ª² A accurate pass fell to MARTÍNEZ and his right foot shot raced narrowly wide. 9ª² DÍAZ dribbled past GUEHI and rattled a weak shot wide. 10ª² ALLAN ran onto a delightful ball from VARELA but blasted his shot wide.

Newcastle United   League position: 6 Home league form: WWLX Overall league form: WLXWLLXW Formation: 3-5-2

Line-ups Bart VERBRUGGEN 6½ 1 6½ Caoimhin KELLEHER Nathan AKÉ 7½ 2 6½ Joaquín GARCÍA Marc GUEHI 6½ 3 6½ David MARTÍNEZ (c)Jonathan TAH 8  4 7½ Alan VARELA Leon GORETZKA 7½ 5 7  Paulo DÍAZ(c) JOELINTON Cassio 6½ 6 6  Agustín PALAVECINO Jeremie FRIMPONG 8  7 6½ Amad DIALLO David RAUM 7  8 7  Pablo SOLARI Cole PALMER 7½ 9 6½ Rafael BORRÉ(p) Ryan GRAVENBERCH 7½ 10 6½ ALLAN Marques(f) (p,f)Alexander ISAK 6½ 11 6  Lucas BELTRÁN Charlie Pulling Manager Ben WHITE    12    Pedro DE LA VEGA Aaron RAMSDALE    13    MATHEUS CUNHA Queiroz Sandro TONALI    14 6½ Ignacio FERNÁNDEZ Morgan GIBBS-WHITE    15    Emanuel MÁS Omar MARMOUSH    16    Matías KRANEVITTER

River Plate   League position: 11 Away league form: XLXW Overall league form: LXWLWXWW Formation: 4-3-3

Newcastle United go through to the next round, 4-3 on penalties

Statistics

Newcastle United 2 River Plate 2 (Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 58,543, Stadium: St.James' Park, Referee: Jef van Vliet 5½) Raum 32¹, Raum 19² Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Borré 20², Beltrán 26²   GarcíaóFernández 12²     Joelinton 38¹   5 4 9 29 12 7 9 8 9 7 18 15 7 4 54% 46% ¶ Man of the match: Jonathan Tah ¶