The match officials have now been revealed for Newcastle vs Qarabag.
The game an 8pm kick-off on Tuesday night at St James’ Park,
United of course leading 6-1 from the first leg in Baku.
A place in the last 16 of the Champions League awaits, if Newcastle United successfully navigate this open goal that they have earned.
Match officials from Italy and Germany have been appointed for the second leg.
UEFA announcing that the match will be refereed by Italian Davide Massa. His compatriots Filippo Meli and Stefano Alassio will be the assistant referees. Luca Pairetto will act as the fourth official. VAR referees will be Daniele Kiffi and Christian Dingert.
I want you to cast your mind back to less than four weeks ago, 28 January 2026 to be exact.
I can’t believe this is less than a month ago, Newcastle United having so many matches that you lose track of time.
There are only four Champions League matches on Tuesday night, yet we have been given this clown once again.
Only 26 days ago in Paris, we saw an arguably even worse penalty awarded to PSG than the one two seasons earlier.
It was Tino Livramento at the very end of the match back in 2023, this time Lewis Miley.
The Newcastle United teenager running with Bradley Barcola, the ball deflected by the PSG player’s arm and into the path of Miley’s hand as he was running.
The idiot VAR directing the referee Slavko Vincic to the pitchside monitor to award a penalty at the very start of that key Champions League game.
We the saw the referee and VAR refuse to give Newcastle United a number of key decisions. Despite that, United very unlucky to only draw.
The VAR that night was Christian Dingert.
The same Christian Dingert now given the Assistant VAR job at St James’ Park.
Surely even he can’t prevent Newcastle United progressing…