It’s 20 years since St James’ Park hosted a Champions League game but the visiting manager, Luis Enrique, has experienced it
It is safe to say that Eddie Howe and exaggeration are strangers, so when Newcastle’s manager describes Paris Saint-Germain’s impending visit as “an extreme test” he means it.
The first Champions League game to be staged at St James’ Park for 20 years has triggered a host of contrasting emotions on Tyneside where excitement, fear, pride and nostalgia swirl in the autumn breeze.
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