MASSIVE achievement to reach Champions League knockouts! | Eddie Howe | Newcastle 3-2 Qarabag

Football

Year2026

Duration11m

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Eddie Howe admits Nick Woltemade didn’t enjoy his best game after he was deployed in an unfamiliar midfield role in the 3-2 victory over Qarabag in the Champions League. Timestamps 0:00 Intro 0:01 Job done? A massive achievement from us to get to the last 16. Nothing was given to us at the start of this run. I love the new format. Coming to the pressure game the double header we’ve navigated that really well. We’ve come through really well and today we’re able to rotate our squad with mixed success. I don’t think it was a great performance. There’s a positive feeling whoever we get will be an amazing tie. We can raise our game. 1:20 How difficult is it to motivate your players for a game like that? The players were really motivated. We did a lot of work to prepare the game. The problem we had was going 2-0 too early. We have to give Qarabag credit. We didn’t show the urgency we needed to get more goals. The most important thing is we won’t the game 2:25 Woltemade thoughts? He was really limited in space. I don’t think the team functioned  well after going 2-0 up. We have to believe in ourselves! We’ve been able to rise to whatever challenges which has come in front of us. We have to build consistency in PL. We have some big games now. 3:40 Joelinton came off, he wanted to stay on? He always plays with that passion that makes him the player he is. I’m trying to protect him. He’s such an important player we need to keep him fit. Same as Botman. I love the fact he doesn’t want to come off. 4:30 Joelinton and Burn to start. String team selection. Why? I had to play some players! I had to put 11 players out on the pitch. I wanted to give Hall a rest over anyone else. We’ve got a really fragile squad at the moment. The lads who’ve committed have been terrific for us 5:30 What do you learn from a game with no tension? Only a lack of tension because of how we played in the first leg. That wasn’t an easy tie. There’s no easy games in any competition we play. 6:10 does the UCL bring out the best in players? Can y