Sampdoria (h) Friendly
| Date:
Sunday 5th August 2007, 3pm Live on Setanta Venue: St.James' Park Conditions: Balmy Admission: £15 Programme: £2 |
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Newcastle |
Sampdoria |
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1 - 0 |
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| Half time: | 0 - 0 | |
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| Score Sheet: | ||
 Smith (59)
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Teams |
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Given Carr N'Zogbia Rozehnal Taylor Butt Geremi Solano Viduka Smith Milner |
Mirante Campagnaro Lucchini Bastrini Maggio Sammarco Franceschini Ziegler Foti Delvecchio Montella |
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| Substitutes: | ||
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(38) Harper for Given (46) Martins for Solano (46) Ameobi for Viduka (69) Ramage for Milner |
Bellucci for Delvecchio
(58) Caracciolo for Montella (75) |
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| Subs not used: | ||
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Pattison Luque Edgar Huntington Troisi Carroll Forster Cacapa |
Castellazzi Volpi Accardi Poli Sala Palombo Koman Zenoni Fiorillo |
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| Bookings: | ||
| None | None | |
| Dismissals: | ||
| None |
None |
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Referee: Andre Marriner |
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| Attendance: 23,078
including 100 travelling fans who were corralled in the middle tier of
the Leazes End towards the North West corner and made a racket for the whole afternoon.
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Goals |
Half time: Newcastle 0 Sampdoria 0
56 mins Alan Smith headed home Geremi's corner at the Gallowgate End 1-0
Full time: Newcastle 1 Sampdoria 0
We Said |
Sam said:
"Jose Enrique I think will join us by tomorrow morning or afternoon by
putting pen to paper. And with Claudio
(Cacapa) and Alan
(Smith) before him, we have added a lot
of quality and potential.
The Newcastle boss also spoke about Michael Owen and seemed to indicate that
the striker wouldn't be seen in senior club action until at
least our third game - against the Smoggies:
"...but not fit enough to play first-team football without a couple of
games behind closed doors, or Reserves.
"45 minutes at Hartlepool is all he has had. Now it's a question of
playing as many 90 minute football matches as he possible can, and to start with
that won't be in the first team.
"Perhaps if he gets involved for us, and gets an extra game with England
under his belt, it might be what we need."
They Said |
Walter Mazzarri commented:
"Newcastle is a very, very strong side. But I'm very happy with the way my
team played against them today.
"Not all of my players are fit, and I had new players, so I am quite happy with what they did against a strong side like Newcastle."
Stats |
Newcastle gained revenge for a 1-3 pre-season defeat at the hands of Sampdoria back in August 1994, during a four team tournament played at Ibrox Park in Glasgow. Pre-season pitch time (in minutes): N'Zogbia 78+90+45+90+71+90=464 Carr 74+83+90+66+0+90=403 Ramage 87+83+45+90+65+21=391 Geremi 0+28+90+45+54+90=377 Huntington 90+28+45+90+90+0=343 Martins 45+75+65+45+54+45=329 +1 goal Rozehnal 45+62+70+45+0+90=312 Solano 45+90+45+66+0+45=291 +1 goal Carroll 45+90+45+31+78+0=289 +1 goal Harper 45+83+10+0+90+52=280 Butt 45+62+80+0+0+90=277 Given 45+0+90+90+0+38=263 Pattison 27+0+45+45+90+0=207 Milner 0+0+90+45+0+69=204 +1 goal Troisi 45+15+25+45+65+0=195 Dyer 63+75+0+45+0+0=183 Edgar 0+0+20+45+90+0=155 Lough 16+22+0+24+90+0=152 Barton 74+68+0+0+0+0=142 Taylor 0+0+45+0+0+90=135 Ameobi 45+0+0+0+0+45=90 +2 goals Smith 0+0+0+0+0+90=90 +1 goal Luque 0+0+45+31+0+0=76 +3 goals LuaLua 16+15+0+0+36+0=67 Owen 45+0+0+0+0+0=45 +1 goal Viduka 0+0+0+0+0+45=45 Bertram 12+7+0+0+19+0=38 Godsmark 0+0+0+0+36+0=36 Francis 3+7+0+0+25+0=35 Doninger 0+0+0+0+25+0=25 Barnett 0+0+0+24+0+0=24 Danquah 0+0+0+0+12+0=12 Krul 0+7+0+0+0+0=7 Cacapa 0+0+0+0+0+0=0 Ferguson 0+0+0+0+0+0=0 Forster 0+0+0+0+0+0=0 Marwood 0+0+0+0+0+0=0 Morris 0+0+0+0+0+0=0 Patterson 0+0+0+0+0+0=0 |
Waffle |
New boy Alan Smith marked the start of his
third United career with a goal on his debut, as Sam Allardyce's side ended their
pre-season on a high note.
However on a day when Newcastle welcomed back Shola Ameobi, Steven Taylor and
Nicky Butt following their fitness issues, there was more bother in the fitness department.
With goalkeeper Tim Krul having only departed for Falkirk 48 hours previously, Shay Given was
forced to leave the field in the first half with a recurrence of his groin
problem.
A scan will dictate the extent of his injury but Steve Harper looks like being
between the posts when we open up our Premiership campaign at the Reebok next
Saturday - and with Krul apparently not-recallable, the untried Fraser Forster
could find himself on the bench.
After a bright opening from the Italians which saw Given pull off a noteworthy
save in the opening stages, debut duo Mark Viduka and Smith both came close to
breaking the deadlock.
For the visitors meanwhile, former Fulham striker Montella rattled the top of
Harper's crossbar.
The second period saw Smith remain on the field while his former Leeds
colleagues Milner and Viduka were replaced.
A debatable linesman's flag halted celebrations in the 51st minute after Smith
netted from close range - but there was no disputing his
firm header eight minutes later from Geremi's corner.
Genuine goal chances were lacking after that point, but Harper tipped over a
late effort while Martins was spared the embarrassment of a point-blank miss by
another linesman's flag.
Aside from the players used against Samp, new boy Cacapa was spotted warming up
on the field at the interval, while impending signing Jose Enrique watched
the game from the Directors Box.
Injured duo Emre and Damien Duff were also seen at SJP on Sunday - the
former having returned to England after treatment on his ankle injury in
Germany.
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