The A-League Men’s All-Stars have sent Newcastle United back home with their tails between their legs after embarrassing the English Premier League club 8-0 at Marvel Stadium on Friday night.
Newcastle coach Eddie Howe expressed his lack of enthusiasm during the week about making the long trip down to Australia so soon after the end of the EPL season.
And, just five days after playing their final Premier League game, his Magpies played like a team that couldn’t wait to head back home.
Newcastle fielded a much more inexperienced team than the one that beat Tottenham Hotspur on penalties at the MCG on Wednesday night. Excluding fourth-choice goalkeeper Mark Gillespie, the average age of their starting line-up was 19.5.
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