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1¹ A useful ball from RABIOT on the left bobbled toward GRIEZMANN who mishit his effort just beyond the far post. 4¹ SANCET beat two Newcastle United players and stroked a great chance inches over. 6¹ A cross from BLAS left ASPRILLA in lots of space but he scuffed his shot. 8¹ OPENDA shot wide. 15¹ GRIEZMANN ran onto a wonderful ball from BARCOLA but fumbled his shot wide of the righthand post. 19¹ SCHADE was put clear by HWANG and he dummied the 'keeper but rammed his shot over. 23¹ A header by GRIEZMANN at the near post was comfortably collected by the 'keeper. 26¹ GOAL!! A delightful drive from BARCOLA was punched clear by the 'keeper only as far as GRIEZMANN who placed the ball past the stranded 'keeper. (1-0 Macclesfield FC) 27¹ GRIEZMANN beat COOK and blasted the ball to OPENDA who dragged his shot wide. 30¹ A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the oncoming 'keeper. 33¹ A free-kick from GRIEZMANN went over the bar. 42¹ GOAL!! COOK tried to play the ball out of the Newcastle United penalty area but was tackled by BARCOLA who headed the ball to GRIEZMANN for a simple tap in. (2-0 Macclesfield FC) 45¹ An exceptional effort from HWANG scraped the outside of the lefthand post. 46¹ GOAL!! A long clearance by the Macclesfield FC 'keeper beat the Newcastle United defence and ROMERO blasted the ball beyond the advancing Newcastle United 'keeper. (3-0 Macclesfield FC) 4² An outswinging corner was nodded into the arms of MAIGNAN by SEMENYO. 5² A weak shot from RABIOT bounced agonisingly wide. 12² Uncertainty in the Macclesfield FC defence enabled SEMENYO to volley an effort just beyond the far post. 13² A penalty box scramble resulted in OPENDA driving the ball wide. 16² The Newcastle United 'keeper parried a lovely shot from GRIEZMANN. 28² OPENDA waltzed round ASPRILLA and stroked a tame shot over. 34² A drive from SÜLE seemed a certain goal but BUTLAND managed to parry the ball away. 35² COOK made space on the left and pulled the ball to SCHADE who rasped the ball over. 39² SCHADE rifled an easy chance past the near post. 46² SCHADE kicked the ball wide of the lefthand post from just outside the area.

Newcastle United   League position: 1 Home league form: XWWX Overall league form: XLOWWLXW Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups (c)Jack BUTLAND 5  1 5½ Mike MAIGNAN Jesús CORONA 7½ 2 7½ Alexander BAH Mathías OLIVERA 6½ 3 7½ ALEX GRIMALDO Ludovic BLAS 7  4 7½ Adrien RABIOT(c) PAU Francisco TORRES 6½ 5 7  Cristian ROMERO Jan BEDNAREK 6  6 6½ Niklas SÜLE Yáser ASPRILLA 6  7 7  Ángel DI MARÍA Antoine SEMENYO 6  8 7  Bradley BARCOLA (p)HWANG Hee-chan 6½ 9 7  Loïs OPENDA (f)Lewis COOK 7  10 7½ Oihan SANCET Kevin SCHADE 6½ 11 7½ Antoine GRIEZMANN(p,f) Manager Jim MCGOWAN James JUSTIN    12    Boubacar KAMARA Jack PORTER    13    Anthony LOPES Jordan BEYER    14    ÁLEX BERENGUER Pablo SARABIA 6½ 15    Vincenzo GRIFO ANSU FATI    16    SON Heung-min

Macclesfield FC   League position: 15 Away league form: LWLL Overall league form: WLLWLLWL Formation: 4-1-3-2

Macclesfield FC go through to the next round

Statistics

Newcastle United 0 Macclesfield FC 3 (Half-time: 0-3, Attendance: 54,063, Stadium: St.James' Park, Referee: Gylfi Orrason 7½)   Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Griezmann 26¹, Griezmann 42¹, Romero 46¹ BlasóSarabia 23²           6 10 5 12 5 17 2 6 7 9 9 15 2 3 45% 55% ¶ Man of the match: Adrien Rabiot ¶