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Benfica are having a fantastic season and they are top pf the Portuguese League and unbeaten in their 24 games, of which they have won a massive 20, and they have won their last five league games.  scored 15 goals in their last three games and conceded one. Krul after his last game – at Metalist Karkhiv – where [...]

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Newcastle flew off to Lisbon yesterday afternoon, and they will not return until Friday, and will take advantage of the warm weather to get some good workouts completed,  in preparation for the first leg tie against Benfica tomorrow night, as well as the game against Fulham on Sunday. Tim Krul – could return tomorrow night

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You wouldn’t have believed it if you had watched Newcastle perform in that first half on Saturday – but Moussa Sissoko has come out today and said that Newcastle are capable of beating any side – and we assume if we play at our very best on the day then that could even be true. [...]

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Benfica are one of those teams that didn’t qualify for the later stages of the Champions League, but did well enough in their group to get into the Europa League  knockout rounds, much like Chelsea did, and they are now one of the best teams left in the Europa League. Alan Pardew – done homework [...]

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Fit again Tim Krul and Davide Santon are in the squad that jetted off to Lisbon today – but a little surprisingly, Cheick Tiote and Massadio Haidara did not make the squad. Cheick Tiote – didn’t make the trip

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Papiss Cisse was the hero in the last leg of the Europa League tie against Russian side Anzhi, when he scored the only goal of the tie, three minutes into stoppage time, at St. James’ Park – and the Newcastle crowd went wild. Cisse and Steven Taylor – Papiss had just scored late winner against [...]

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If Newcastle are going to stand any chance of reaching the semi-finals of the Europa League – and also picking up enough points to avoid the drop in the Premier League, the side will have to play so much better than we did on Saturday at Manchester City – where we were simply torn to [...]

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Ryan Taylor who was injured playing against Atromitos back in August in the Europa League, and is on the plane to Lisbon today, but which other players will be on the plane today,  has not yet been released by Alan Pardew. Ryan Taylor – could be back before the end of the season

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