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NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, ENGLAND – MARCH 10: Eddie Howe, head coach of Newcastle United applauds the fans after the UEFA Champions League 2025\/26 Round of 16 First Leg match between Newcastle United FC and FC Barcelona at St James\u2019 Park on March 10, 2026 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. (Photo by Stu Forster\/Getty Images) Getty Images<\/p>\n Newcastle United team news: It\u2019s been a disappointing season for the Magpies in the league, unable to build on their fifth-place last season, though they are in a better situation in the Champions League than Chelsea after almost beating Barcelona midweek at St James\u2019 Park (Barca equalized at the death to take 1-1 into next week\u2019s second leg).<\/p>\n Having lost five of their last seven in the Premier League \u2014 a stretch of fixtures similar in terms of difficulty as to what we\u2019re going through at the moment \u2014 they are effectively out of the top-five race, and since they\u2019re out of the FA Cup as well, hopefully they are purely focused on their European adventures at the moment. Manager Eddie Howe has a job on his hand to find a way to get them to pay attention this weekend as well.<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s mental challenges for this game. A lot of the focus will be on the Barcelona game, rightly so, but this game is a very tough one. They\u2019re a dangerous team, one of the toughest away games we\u2019ll have. Big job to get the players ready.\u201d<\/p>\n -Eddie Howe; source: BBC<\/a><\/p>\n Newcastle are dealing with a couple big long-term injuries, with Bruno Guimar\u00e3es, Fabian Sch\u00e4r, and Emil Krafth all ruled out for at least the next month still and young Lewis Miley, who seems to always play well against us, ruled out for a couple more weeks.<\/p>\n Anthony Gordon, their leading scorer in all competitions, didn\u2019t start against Barcelona on account of illness; but he should be fully fit now. Nick Woltemade hasn\u2019t scored in the league since is brace against us in December, but we\u2019ve got to watch out for him as well. And there\u2019s also Harvey Barnes, who\u2019s having a career year. So plenty of danger still.<\/p>\n View from the enemy: Coming Home Newcastle<\/a><\/p>\n COBHAM, ENGLAND – MARCH 13: Enzo Fernandez of Chelsea during a training session at Chelsea Training Ground on March 13, 2026 in Cobham, England. (Photo by Darren Walsh\/Chelsea FC via Getty Images) Chelsea FC via Getty Images<\/p>\n Chelsea team news: Jamie Gittens has been passed fit, which is good news considering that Est\u00eav\u00e3o remains out with his \u201cminor\u201d hamstring injury and Pedro Neto has been suspended anew, copping an additional one-match suspension for his red card (and behavior) against Arsenal. Gittens has not done much this season following his big-money move from Borussia Dortmund in the summer, but hopefully he can finish the season stronger. Alejandro Garnacho is stuck in a similar narrative, having made most of his impact in domestic cups. This would be a great time for either to step up.<\/p>\n The big(gest) talking point after the PSG game was of course Liam Rosenior\u2019s decision to switch goalkeepers, going with Filip J\u00f6rgensen instead of Robert S\u00e1nchez, supposedly due to the former\u2019s better ability on the ball. So it was tragically ironic that it was a poor pass from J\u00f6rgensen that torpedoed the game for us. Combined with his below-par shot-stopping, and of course our below-par defending, PSG would end up scoring five times from an xG of barely one.<\/p>\n Rosenior has put on a brave face when talking about this maddening situation, but surely S\u00e1nchez will be restored.<\/p>\n \u201cI made a decision to play Filip against Aston Villa and his performance was outstanding and contributed to a very good win against a very good team. I think his performance [against PSG] for 75 minutes was magnificent. He makes a mistake and we get punished and we go on to lose a game in a manner that we definitely shouldn\u2019t have lost. Rob S\u00e1nchez is one of the best goalkeepers in the league. There\u2019s no question about those two players\u2019 quality at this level. It\u2019s more about my decision for each game and in which way I go in that position.<\/p>\n \u201cEverybody makes mistakes in life, in football. It\u2019s how you recover, it\u2019s how you respond to a setback. I\u2019ve got no issues, no lack of trust with the two goalkeepers I have. I\u2019m really, really looking forward to getting back on the pitch with what happened in the last 15 minutes on Wednesday.\u201d<\/p>\n Rosenior may say he still believes in J\u00f6rgensen, but that opinion doesn\u2019t seem to be shared by most others, including perhaps some of those actually on the team. Enzo Fern\u00e1ndez certainly showed some frustrations with the goalkeeper towards the end of Wednesday\u2019s game, and at the very least, that doesn\u2019t make for very good optics. The head coach isn\u2019t worried about that scene, and thinks we can channel it into something good. Let\u2019s hope so!<\/p>\n \u201cI want a team with a culture of accountability where we can demand from each other in the moment. Enzo loves Filip, Enzo wants the best for him, Enzo believes in him. In that moment he was frustrated with something that happened and that\u2019s normal, isn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n \u201c[\u2026] I want players to demand from each other, always with respect, but we sit down and we talk about it and we work things through together in the dressing room. In this social media climate now, any small thing can turn into the biggest thing, based on the amount of clicks that it gets. The reality is somewhere nowhere near as big as what it\u2019s made out to be.\u201d<\/p>\n -Liam Rosenior; source: Football.London<\/a><\/p>\n![\"NEWCASTLE](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/gettyimages-2265898354.jpg\"\/)
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