Newcastle United won their first game at the Sela Cup following a 2-0 win over Italian side Fiorentina.
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00:00 So it's finished Newcastle United 2, Florentina 0. Yeah, it's St. James Park.
00:04 Newcastle United top the Senna Cup group after the first game or the first day shall I say.
00:10 Goals from Miguel Almarón and Alexandra Izak. So Newcastle United get three points for the win and
00:16 one point each for the goal. So they do top the group after the early draw
00:21 against Nice and Villarreal that finished 1-1. But yeah, a good performance from Newcastle.
00:27 I'd say a few good individual performances.
00:30 The standout for me was Alex Murphy in central defence.
00:34 Thought he was absolutely excellent. Slotted in that centre-back role alongside Sven Bottling. Seamlessly looked really cool, calm
00:42 as he has in all the preseason. So for all the talk of Lewis Mimey who again was excellent today,
00:48 I think Alex Murphy deserves a real shout out. I asked Eddie Howe after Alex Murphy
00:53 and he did confirm that he would be in and around the first team this season.
00:56 So maybe with all the competitions that Newcastle play in this season, we may see a little bit more of Alex Murphy.
01:01 He's certainly shown in preseason that he can be trusted.
01:04 But yeah, in terms of all the performances, as I mentioned, Lewis Mimey again didn't look out of place.
01:09 Played in the middlefield role and helped control the midfield.
01:15 Alongside Sandro Ternali, who made his first St. James Park start today.
01:21 Started off really brightly and I thought he was quiet when he went about his business in the centre of the park.
01:29 So yeah, maybe not the standout performance from the Italian that Newcastle fans want to see from the £55m man,
01:39 but certainly a steady performance and he will benefit from his first experience here.
01:43 In the front three as well, which I think will be the front three at the start of the season,
01:47 Anthony Gordon on the left wing, Alex Andreesac as the striker and Miguel Almaron on the right.
01:51 All quite lively. Anthony Gordon was certainly very lively, looked sharp again,
01:56 but just wouldn't quite fall from him in the final 30 today.
01:59 But I think we should be encouraged by what we've seen from Anthony Gordon in preseason
02:04 and I fully expect him to start next week.
02:06 Alex Andreesac obviously getting his goal there, dropped deep in a lot of points in this game.
02:11 That means he was best at doing that and Miguel Almaron as well.
02:14 Although he was quite wasteful in the final third and missed a couple of one-on-ones,
02:18 still got his goal.