Suffering from draws
For Newcastle, it will take them 20 years to return to the most prestigious playground in Europe. The St. Petersburg team. James' Park once led the death table, with PSG, Dortmund and AC Milan appearing. However, after losing 2 matches to Dortmund, Newcastle's competition has not been maintained even though they had previously drew with Milan at San Siro and crushed PSG at home.
The most painful thing for Newcastle was the penalty kick in the extra minute in the away match against PSG. It was a referee's mistake that forced UEFA to issue an apology. The ball hit Livramento in the chest before landing on the defender but Newcastle still had to accept a penalty at Parc des Princes. In the end, Kylian Mbappe's successful penalty kick submerged Newcastle in the bottom position of Group F.
Newcastle have one chance to get through the group stage, which is to beat Milan in the final round and hope PSG will lose to Dortmund. This is a very difficult scenario because Milan is also in a dead end position, they also have to beat Newcastle to hope for a ticket. In addition, expecting PSG to lose in the context of Dortmund having a ticket is almost unimaginable.
With the same mindset, there is only one scenario left to qualify for the Champions League group stage such as Newcastle, Man United and fans of this team are preparing to be eliminated early from the European Cup arena this season, not just the UEFA Champions League.
Last night, after Man United drew 3-3 with Galatasaray, Bayern Munich surprisingly did not beat Copenhagen. Newcastle are currently second to last in Group F while Man United are still holding the book in Group A. Bayern's only draw with Copenhagen has given the Danish team 1 more point and is in a position to play in the 1/8 round of the Champions League.
Man United had to beat Bayern in the final home match, then hoped the match between Copenhagen and Galatasaray would end in a draw. That is the only door for Erik ten Hag's team to pass the group stage. Man United's mission is more difficult than Newcastle's because they have to beat Bayern. In addition, The Red Devils must hope that in the remaining match, Copenhagen and Galatasaray will share points, something both teams do not want.
If Man United cannot beat Bayern at Old Trafford, they will be blown away from the European Cup this season and no longer have the hope of dreaming of a ticket to the Europa League play-off like last season.
Speaking of the pain on the pitch, if Newcastle were robbed of a win by PSG, Man United would suffer too much for individual mistakes. It is difficult to explain to anyone that there were 3 matches where Man United scored 3 goals but all of them were not awarded. However, looking back at the mistakes of the defense, especially goalkeeper Andre Onana, the Manchester team suffered this bitter end.
Man United is the first team in Champions League history to have conceded 14 goals in just 5 matches. Of these, Onana was determined to have made 7 mistakes leading to a goal. After the match, Ten Hag calmed down the media when he did not want to blame his students. However, if Onana continues to do so badly, right in this weekend's match against Newcastle, the "Red Devils" may continue to have to pay the price away.
Suffering from injuries
After Antony and Rasmus Hojlund returned to the starting lineup against Galatasaray, there are still 7 factors in the list of injured players of Man United, notably Casemiro, Lisandro Martinez, Christian Eriksen, ... In the match against Luton Town, Ten Hag only had 9 substitutes.
Newcastle's injury situation got worse when they had to play two young players, Livramento and Miley, in the match against PSG. If Man United have 7 players from the first team on the injured list, this number for Newcastle is 11. In the match against PSG, Eddie Howe had only 7 players on the bench and among them there were 2 goalscorers.
