"You couldn't not watch that game. It was on terrestrial television. It was one of those legendary games. You want people in future years to be talking about this team. Tino Asprilla gets the hat-trick, a couple of them from Keith Gillespie's delivery on the right. I want our players to be talked about in the same way in 20, 30, 40 years."
"It's an opportunity to grab a moment that we may never get again. You never know what life brings tomorrow, let alone future seasons. We don't want to waste that opportunity. We don't want to kick ourselves or think, 'What if?'"
Newcastle United will face Barcelona in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie at St James' Park. Head coach Eddie Howe has challenged his players to seize this opportunity and create a memorable performance similar to Newcastle's historic 3-2 victory over Barcelona in 1997, when Tino Asprilla scored a hat-trick. Howe, who watched that legendary match as a Bournemouth player, wants the current team to be remembered in the same way for decades to come. Newcastle previously lost 2-1 to Barcelona in September's league phase meeting. Howe describes this rematch as the biggest game in the club's recent history and an opportunity to reach the quarter-finals for the first time ever.
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