The night Newcastle and Faustino Asprilla beat Barcelona: ‘I swear I’ve never heard noise like that’
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“Eddie Howe said it will be ‘magical’, ‘special’ and ‘the type of game you’re desperate to be part of’. Newcastle United versus Barcelona in the Champions League is an occasion dressed up as a football match, at least on Tyneside, at least until kick-off. Thursday’s match at St James’ Park is a fixture that instantly transports those of a certain generation back to September 1997 and the night Faustino Asprilla rose as high as the decibel count to register a Newcastle hat-trick that sent visitors Barcelona home, bemused and defeated. …”
NY Times/The Athletic (Video)