The UEFA Europa League's "desperate Group F" has come to a shocking end! English powerhouse Newcastle beat French giants Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) in the early hours of Thursday morning (5) in an emphatic home win, thrashing the Ligue 1 champions 4-1 to earn their first European victory in 20 years, with PSG star Kylian Mbappe leaving the game after an emotional outburst following a mediocre performance.
Newcastle's first away match against AC Milan ended in a draw, but today, back at home, they showed a strong aura and were undaunted in front of a crowd of hundreds of millions of PSG. In the 17th minute, Mikiel Almiron scored the first goal for his team through a successful interception in front of the goal to make the score 1-0. In the 39th minute, Newcastle's consecutive attacks messed up PSG's backline, and Daniel Barnes' header increased the score to 2-0. In the 50th minute, Sonnen Rondaf scored with a high-speed shot to make the score 3-0. In the 56th minute, Lucas Dias broke the deadlock for the visiting team. Diaz broke the deadlock for the visitors, but Newcastle scored a brace in stoppage time from Fabian Shoha to make it 4-1.
Newcastle fans have waited 7,525 days since the 2003 Leverkusen win to see their team win in the UEFA Europa League. The goals scored by Daniel Barnes and Thorn Randolph were the first time since Bannis and Pias in 1997 that the Magpies have had two homegrown players score at the same time in the UEFA Europa League.In the other match in Group F, Borussia Dortmund and AC Milan drew 0-0, leaving Newcastle with four points in the "Group of Death". Newcastle is at the top of the "Group of Death".
