Fabian Schar scored the decisive penalty in a narrow victory
ST JAMES’ PARK — It is on nights like this that the reality of missing out on Europe really hits home forNot that Newcastle can be picky about progress in the cups. They have aspirations to go deep in this competition and with no midweek European assignments, the Carabao Cup is high on the black and white agenda. A 51,000 St James’ Park sell-out told its own story – there is real enthusiasm for a cup run in these parts.
The initial date having been rained off, it was somewhat appropriate that Newcastle made heavy weather of it. They got the job done –rolling a first-half penalty past Owen Goodman in added time before the break – but it was not a game to live long in the memory for anyone bar a vociferous away support.is felt all the way down the football pyramid, there was something reassuring about Wimbledon’s old-school approach.
The Dons, as you’d expect, played with courage, showing enough ambition at times to keep their noisy band of away supporters engaged. Aerially they offered a test for Newcastle, especially throwback forward Omar Bugiel. But they were undone by Joe Pigott’s clumsy foul on Almiron, which prompted linesman Andrew Fox to flag for a foul.
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