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41 min: Miley wins a nook down the suitable. Trippier takes. Giroud heads clear. Leao tries to get forward of Almiron to begin a counter, and crops the purpose of his elbow on the Newcastle participant’s lug. Ooyah oof. That’ll good. Leao goes into the e-book.

39 min: Miley takes a silky contact down the suitable and attracts a foul from Musah. Miley is 17. A free kick to the facet of the field. Danger for Milan … however it involves nothing. Milan break upfield by means of Leao, however he can’t beat Livramento in a footrace. Livramento is 21. The future’s brilliant for Newcastle.

37 min: As issues stand, the Toon are going by means of.

35 min: Milan try and hit again instantly by humping a free kick into the mixer. There’s a short sport of head tennis. Miley places a cease to it by clearing Newcastle’s strains. This place is bouncing.

WHAT A GOAL! Newcastle 1-0 Milan (Joelinton 33)

32 min: Bruno Guimarães waves his arms round to get the gang going. It’s not as if St James’ Park had fallen silent, however the followers discover a solution to go as much as 11.

30 min: Newcastle are practically undone by a easy lengthy punt down the center. Musah threatens to bustle clear, however Lascelles stands agency to finally shut the door.

29 min: Miley and Guimarães practically execute a defence-opening one-two down the suitable, however Florenzi fights to get again into place and usher the ball out for a aim kick. Fine play all spherical.

27 min: Reijnders slides and flips Livramento into the air like a fried egg. It might simply have been a reserving however the referee appears to be in a laissez-faire temper tonight.

25 min: Joelinton whips in a cross from the suitable. Almiron guides a header in direction of the highest proper however it’s too near Maignan, who claims with out fuss. Meanwhile it’s nonetheless goalless within the different sport. Michael Butler has the most recent.

24 min: Now it’s Milan’s flip to move up an enormous likelihood. Musah bursts into house down the center and slips Leao into the field down the left channel. Leao opens up his physique with solely Dubravka to beat … however curls an effort meant for the top-right nook miles broad.

22 min: Eddie Howe holds his head in his arms. He is aware of what an enormous likelihood that was. Why did Almiron not simply instantly ram that house? Take nothing away from Tomori’s intervention, thoughts. What regarded a sure aim denied.

20 min: Joelinton drives into the Milan field from the suitable. He attracts Maignan and rolls throughout for Almiron, who prepares to faucet house from a few yards. But he waits to go along with his left moderately than his proper, and Tomori is ready to stick out a boot and sensationally block. The ball squirts out for a nook, from which nothing comes. That’s as sensible by Tomori as his earlier slice was comedic.

19 min: Milan aren’t doing a lot in assault. Leao crosses from the left however the ball’s simply cleared by Livramento. “I just went back and watched the video again,” writes Dida obsessive Chris Paraskevas. “They got the stretcher out for him! The Dark Arts ain’t what they used to be.”

18 min: Space for Schar, in a pocket 30 yards out. He opens his physique and makes an attempt to steer into the top-right nook. Always heading over.

16 min: Gordon tries to one-two with Livramento down the inside-left channel however Calabria is having none of it and intercepts on the sting of the Milan field. That’s high quality defending that places paid to a promising assault.

14 min: Some pinball within the Milan field. Joelinton nearly types his toes out to get a shot away. It bobbles by means of to Maignan. This is quick and frantic, however not significantly finessed.

13 min: Joelinton romps in direction of the Milan field solely to be dispossessed brilliantly by Loftus-Cheek. Milan counter by means of Leao, who slips the ball broad proper for Pulisic. He enters the field earlier than slicing a shot-cum-cross out for a aim kick. With Leao within the centre, he ought to have executed higher.

12 min: Almiron intercepts within the centre circle and sends Gordon away down the left. The ball’s shuttled infield to Joelinton, who takes the primary shot in anger tonight from 30 yards. It deflects broad proper, and Maignan races throughout to cease the ball going out for a nook.

11 min: Newcastle faff round on the again and Dubravka finally shanks a move out of play. Then Florenzi crashes into Almiron and earns a taking-to from the referee. It’s a bit scrappy now.

9 min: Lascelles challenges Giroud from behind on the midway line. He pops his elbow on the again of the striker’s head. Giroud goes over holding it, and rolling round rather a lot. The referee tells them each to get a grip. Then Musah skittles Miley. Suddenly a little bit of edge to the sport. So a lot on the road for either side, in spite of everything.

7 min: It’s a quick begin by Newcastle. Milan are struggling to string something collectively.

5 min: Gordon cuts infield and is hauled down by Pulisic. A free kick, 30 yards out. Trippier, who has been out of types currently, takes it and practically crops it into the highest left. Just broad, simply over. That ought to make him really feel higher after these dodgy outings in opposition to Everton and Spurs.

3 min: Almiron curls in a cross from the suitable. Tomori flashes a leg on the ball to clear, solely to slice it horribly over his personal head and ship it looping in direction of the highest left. Maignan will get again to say, however solely simply. Discombobulated, he clatters into Wilson and falls over. Nothing as preposterous as Dida v Wee Ned (2007), Chris Paraskevas will likely be happy to listen to.

2 min: One hell of an environment at St James’ Park tonight. Like that’s information value flashing. The house followers have fun a Gordon block-tackle like a aim. Gordon responds with a COME ON! The place is buzzing.

Milan get the ball rolling. They’re kicking in direction of the Gallowgate on this first half.

The groups are out! Newcastle are of their well-known black and white stripes, whereas Milan sport a wild pink, purple and blue quantity that “celebrates the culture of inclusivity and diversity that has been at the heart of AC Milan since day one”, which appears honest sufficient. We’ll be howay in a minute.

Pre-match postbag. “Pulisic, Loftus-Cheek, Giroud… so AC is short for After Chelsea now and Milan is where the Pensioners get pensioned off to?” – Justin Kavanagh

“ACM: Alumni of Chelsea in Milan” – Peter Oh

“I can still remember the great Milan players of old: Nesta, Maldini, Inzaghi, Pirlo, Gattuso, Kaka, Shevchenko. That lineup for the UCL final against Liverpool is still insane. But for me the endearing image of the club in the 21st Century is Dida going down against Celtic. Simulation is one thing: but the way Dida crumpled in a heap that night at Parkhead was high art. I haven’t seen such blind commitment to a performance since Sylvester Stallone in Escape To Victory. Having said that, it still has nothing on the Bowyer-Dyer fight: Newcastle do public meltdowns so much better (hopefully we avoid another one tonight)” – Chris Paraskevas

Do you keep in mind the nineteenth night time of September? Here’s how the reverse fixture at San Siro panned out as Newcastle returned to the Champions League after a 20-year hiatus and instantly began chasin’ the clouds away (ba-de-ya).

Eddie Howe talks to TNT Sports. “Excited about today … what an arena … the atmosphere will be rocking … we’re delighted to get Callum Wilson back, and Dan Burn and Sean Longstaff … it gives everyone confidence, not just the playing ability but the leadership skills they bring in the changing room … you’re stronger together and we’ve got a bit back … when you look at Tino Livramento and Lewis Miley and how they’ve responded, we’ve almost gained two extra players to our squad that we can depend on … Lewis starts again and deserves to, he’s been magnificent … when we play here the start of the game is crucial … we have to give the fans something early on to get into … we want to keep our European campaign going … I won’t want to know about [the other scoreline in the group] until I need to know about it … tunnel vision.”

The state of play. Here’s how Group F appears earlier than tonight’s closing matches.

Newcastle make only one change to their beginning XI within the wake of the 4-1 defeat at Tottenham Hotspur. Callum Wilson replaces the out-of-sorts Alexander Isak, who drops to the bench. Martin Dúbravka has recovered from his reported again and shoulder issues so there’s been no have to name up Loris Karius. Dan Burn in the meantime returns from harm although he doesn’t dislodge his spectacular stand-in Tino Livramento; he’s named as a sub.

The groups

Preamble