What a brilliant attempt by the young Newcastle United plays the leading role against Barcelona.
One of the extra benefits of United qualification for the Champions League is that the young teenagers in Newcastle United can play against some of their best European counterparts.
None of them better than this afternoon against the ruling UEFA Youth League champions – Barcelona.
The Newcastle United Teenagers (younger than 18) were in large form, with four wins and a draw this season in their five games, including a 4-3 victory over Liverpool on Saturday.
The Newcastle V Barcelona Uefa Youth League collision took place on Thursday in Whitley Park, a kick-off of 3 p.m.
The stylish visitors who took a 23rd minute and when they scored two late in half, it seemed to be a potentially morally harmful final score.
However, a brilliant second half Vechtback almost caused a shock.
Leo Shahar and Sean Neave with the goals to withdraw it to just a target margin, with then other opportunities for Newcastle after the break that could have seen them take a point or even a victory!
In the end it was not, but against such a high -quality opposition, this ability to come back to Barcelona so strongly will have given the Young United stars so much inspiration.
Newcastle United Official report On Newcastle United U19S 2 Barcelona U19S 3 – 18 September 2025:
Newcastle United Under-19S started their 2025/26 UEFA Youth League campaign on Thursday afternoon with a narrow 3-2 defeat against defending champion FC Barcelona.
The Toon Teenagers fell in the back in the first half in Whitley Park, with the close-range finish of Xavi Espart who opened the score for the Spanish outfit before Oscar Gistau’s fast-fire brace extended the lead of the visitors at the time of the break.
The impressive free kick by Leo Shahar after the restart United gave a lifeline before the great finish of Kacey Wooster set up a tense final, but despite a spicy second half display, the young magpies were eliminated in an entertaining meeting with five goals.
With former Newcastle and Barcelona striker Patrick Kluivert, Magpies goalkeeper George Mair produced the first save of the afternoon as the 15-year-old goalkeeper, who made his debut under the age of 17 earlier this month, Sama Nomoko’s Lage Drive loved the edge of the penalty area.
In the 23rd minute, however, Barça took the lead through Espart when the central midfielder on Oscar Gistau ‘Low Pass arrived in the box before pushing a low shot in the right corner.
Sean Neave, who scored four times in his opening of five level matches under 21, came close to the hosts as the Winlaton-born attacker, who made his first-team debut for his boyhood club in a pre-season friendly against Celtic FC, held on Kyle Fitzgerald’s invading, after the bean-out, after the Basigigiging, after the Basigigiging, the Beenrigiging, the Beenrigiging, the Basigiging, the Basigiging, the Basigiging, the Basigiging, the Basigiging, the Basigiging, the Basigiging, the Basigiging, the Basigiging, the Basigiging, The Basigiging, the Basigiging, the Basigiging, the Basigiging, the Basigiging, the Basigiging, the Basigiging, the Basigiging. right-hand post.
Mair produced a strong stop to deny Shane Kluivert, son of Champions League winner Patrick, from doubling the benefit of Barcelona after the teenager of the teenager had defeated the wild ride from the Dutch winger to the goal.
Anthony Munda, who was a nine -year -old at Newcastle at the Newcastle academy, could not sign United’s young people, because the midfielder born in Cowgate completed a strong run to the penalty area before he led his attempt wide from the target.
Newcastle suffered a heavy blow in the 44th minute when Gistau Barcelona’s second goal of the afternoon scored and the pass of Pedro Rodriguez on the egde of the box checked before he led an impressive strike in the top left corner.
In the third minute of Extra Time, Newcastle gave a third goal when Gistau used Mair’s attempted clearance after a weak back pass to the teenager’s keeper, before the ball lifted in the net from a distance.
Newcastle withdrew a goal in the 51st minute through the free kick of Shahar when the Magpies-Schipper, a representative of England at the age of 19, raced on the resignation of Fitzgerald before resuming a great strike past Barcelona goalkeeper Eder Aller.
Barça almost recovered their kisses of three goals after the hour that Espart collected the ball in the box before the drilled effort of the Spanish teenager hit the outside of the right post.
Seung-Sooo Park, introduced from the replacements’ bank, made almost a goals as the South Korean winger, who came to the Magpies from Suwon Bluewings in July, collected Neave’s pass after a positive run of the 18-year-old striker, but flashed the resulting efforts wide of the target.
Kacey Wooster looked at the shortage for the hosts after racing on Neave’s neat pass before he slipped the ball past, but the promising striker was not allowed after he had been supposed to have wandered into an offside position.
The 17-year-old attacker, however, set up a grandstand finish after he had received his name on the score sheet in the 81st minute. After the neat pass from Park found its way to the path of Dylan Charlton on the left, the Full-Back Wooster born in Gateshead chose, which produced an excellent touch in the box before the ball shot in the left corner.
Neave came close to completing an incredible fightback in the fourth minute of the stopping time when the international under-18-international of England connected to Charlton’s inviting cross from the left flank, but saw his header narrow wide of the left pole flying.
The youngsters of Newcastle are back in the UEFA Youth League promotion on Wednesday 1 October when they are confronted with an away game against Union Saint-Gilloise.
Newcastle United Under-19S: George Mair, Scott Bailey, Dylan Charlton, Kyle Fitzgerald (Mohamed Waddani 69), Anthony Munda (Seung-Sooo Park 69), Joe Brayson (Sam Alabi 52), Sean Nave, Shaharar (c), C), C )9, Sanahar (C), C), C), C )9, c), c), C), c), c), c), c), c), c), c), c), c), c), c), c), c), c), c), c), c), c), c), c), c), c), c), c), c), c), c), c), c), c )9, c), c )99, c )99, c )99, c )9. Johnson, Rory Finneran (Kacey Wooster 69).
Subs not used: Roman Dowell, Baran Yildiz, Oliver Goodbrand, Guy Bloomer. ‘
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