It was precisely 26 years in the past at the moment, the ultimate scoreline studying Newcastle 3 Barcelona 2.
A Newcastle eleven confirmed simply what might be accomplished by pulling collectively – an evening of close to excellent European soccer below the floodlights.
It regarded as if it will take a miracle to defeat Figo, De La Pena, Sonny Anderson, Sergi, Miguel, Enrique, Rivaldo and the remaining.
Properly it wasn’t fairly a miracle however he was known as Tino Asprilla, a hat-trick hero who together with Keith Gillespie, put in his greatest ever efficiency for Newcastle United.
Solely 4 months after this hat-trick, Kenny Dalglish bought Tino Asprilla.
This was an ideal soccer evening by no means to be forgotten.
Newcastle lined up;
Shay Given
Warren Barton
Philippe Albert
Steve Watson
John Beresford
Keith Gillespie
Robert Lee
David Batty
John Barnes (Temuri Ketsbaia 81 minutes)
Jon Dahl Tomasson (Darren Peacock 78 minutes)
Tino Asprilla
Interviewed by UEFA about that evening, Tino Asprilla talks us by means of the match. Additionally, watch the highlights under (First video is match highlights and under is the Tino Asprilla interview).
We chatted to the #NUFC cult hero about that well-known evening 21 years in the past…@NUFC @TinoasprillaH #UCL pic.twitter.com/WkpZchlVpT
— UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) September 17, 2018
Watching this provokes many feelings /recollections and the good factor now, is that we have now reasonable aspirations as soon as once more, of someday sooner or later seeing one other Newcastle 3 Barcelona 2 (or comparable) sport at St James Park… probably VERY quickly!
