I Guess This Means No Champions League Football in Newcastle After All. Damn.
By: Martha | February 12th, 2007
Well, hell. Just a few hours after the lovely people at Newcastle United offered St. James’ Park up as a possible venue for Milan’s home Champions League match against Celtic March 7, Adriano Galliani goes and gets all cocky about having the San Siro ready for 70,000 fans in a couple of weeks. Damn him for ruining my dreams of Champions League football (sort of) returning to the Toon!
According to press reports, despite Newcastle’s relatively proximity to Glasgow and the resulting likelihood that the game would almost be a second home match for Rangers Celtic, Milan were actually considering playing the game either there or in Geneva, an obvious choice whenever neutrality is called for. Now, though, UEFA seem quite optimistic about the possibility that the San Siro will be open for both Milan’s and Inter’s home matches in the knockout stages: New UEFA king Michel Platini (who, you may recall, thought the closing of the grounds was overreacting in the first place) has met with the Intalian football federation, and is downright sanguine about the games — starting with Inter-Valencia on February 21 — being played at home.
Next up: Deciding if Bari is up to handling Italy’s Euro 2008 qualifier against Scotland, scheduled for March 28.
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According to press reports, despite Newcastle’s relatively proximity to Glasgow and the resulting likelihood that the game would almost be a second home match for Rangers…
Martha, as you said in the first paragraph, it’s Celtic, not Rangers. I’m not usually nitpicky, but their fans kind of are.
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YIKES! Please, you’re not being picky, Louise — that’s a hideous error. Thanks for pointing it out.
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This would have been the best news Newcastle’s had all year.
That and besting Liverpool, 2-1, this last weekend. But yep, best news this side of St. James.
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