Newcastle United Serve PSG Dose Of Champions League Reality In Battle Of State-Backed Clubs | Football News
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Newcastle had been waiting 20 years for a night like this and it was worth the wait for 50,000 Geordies as the Magpies blew away Paris Saint-Germain 4-1 to announce their arrival as a Champions League threat. The first ever meeting between the clubs pitted the sporting interests of Saudi Arabia up against Qatar. Saudi emerged victorious and in some style as Newcastle's rapid rise less than two years since the Gulf Kingdom's sovereign wealth fund took control of the club shows no signs of stopping.Not since PSG's collapse to lose a 4-0 first leg lead in a 6-1 defeat at Barcelona in 2017 have the French champions suffered such a humbling on the Champions League stage.That embarrassment triggered the club's Qatari owners to break the world's transfer record twice in a matter of month...