It was precisely 27 years in the past at this time, 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 good European soccer beneath the floodlights.
It seemed as if it might take a miracle to defeat Figo, De La Pena, Sonny Anderson, Sergi, Miguel, Enrique, Rivaldo and the remainder.
Effectively it wasn’t fairly a miracle however he was referred to as Tino Asprilla, a hat-trick hero who together with Keith Gillespie, put in his finest ever efficiency for Newcastle United.
Solely 4 months after this hat-trick, Kenny Dalglish bought Tino Asprilla.
This was a terrific soccer night time 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 night time, Tino Asprilla talks us by 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 night time 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 nice factor now, is that now we have real looking aspirations as soon as once more, of getting again into the Champions League, that final season’s CL marketing campaign beneath Eddie Howe wasn’t a one-off.