Newcastle can progress from a daunting looking Group F and the other Premier League sides should advance, too
If games against Bayern Munich and a Copenhagen side (albeit FC Copenhagen rather than Brondby) evoke a warm recollection for Manchester United of the group stage in 1998-99, there was also a less pleasant 90s memory in Galatasaray – “Welcome to hell”, Eric Cantona clashing with police and an away goals defeat. These days, the Turkish champions are probably awkward rather than intimidating, and have signed the very familiar faces of Wilfried Zaha, Mauro Icardi, Angeliño and Hakim Ziyech. Copenhagen fall into a similar category, having drawn all three home games in the group stage last season while failing to score at all away from home.
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