Newcastle United v AC Milan early team news
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00:00 Well, good evening everyone and welcome back to St. Jane's Park.
00:03 Big night ahead, Newcastle United in Champions League action against AC Milan.
00:07 A must win for Newcastle if they are to qualify here tonight.
00:11 Obviously, permutations. Newcastle win, PSG draw points,
00:16 then Borussia Dortmund and Newcastle go through.
00:18 Newcastle avoid defeat here overall and it doesn't matter what PSG do.
00:22 Newcastle will qualify for the Europa League.
00:25 So, lots of play for Milan.
00:27 Also, within a shout of qualifying for both the Champions League knockout stages
00:31 and the Europa League knockout stages, they need a win here tonight
00:34 and hope PSG lose in Dortmund.
00:36 So, a quick run of the permutations there.
00:40 Been stood here five or ten minutes.
00:43 Got some early team news.
00:46 Dan Byrne, he's back here at night, arrived with Sean Longstaff.
00:50 Sean Longstaff was an injury doubt, if you like.
00:54 Well, there was concern around Longstaff because he wasn't pitched out in training yesterday.
00:58 But he's here, so he arrived alongside Dan Byrne,
01:01 who has been out for around six weeks with a back injury.
01:04 But as reported by Newcastle World yesterday, he will be back on the bench tonight.
01:10 The big one in goal, Martin Dabravka,
01:13 suggests that he has been dealing with illness in the build-up of the game.
01:18 Martin Dabravka is here at night. He's just arrived, just after Loris Karius.
01:23 I think that probably suggests that Martin Dabravka will retain his place in between the sticks
01:28 and start his third consecutive game, obviously since Nick Pope got injured.
01:32 So, I think probably the team picks itself tonight.
01:35 There's a couple of options there for Eddie Howe now.
01:37 Does he go with Callum Wilson, who has just arrived?
01:40 Does he go with Callum Wilson up front over Alexandre Isak?
01:43 Does he go with both of them?
01:44 Or does he go with Sean Longstaff in that midfield, potentially in place of Lewis Miley?
01:50 For the first time in a while, Eddie Howe has got a few selection calls to make.
01:55 He'll be finding out the team news at quarter to seven.
02:00 So, please check out Newcastle World for all the latest team news
02:04 and of course, all the match reaction, where hopefully, Newcastle United can record a win here
02:09 and get a fair far from Bruce Yard-Dortmund and by the end of the night,
02:12 find themselves in the last 16 of the Champions League.
02:14 But if not, we hope a league would still be an outstanding achievement.