[BrianCappellieri]

Newcastle United 0 - 3 Barcelona
28' Kluivert
35' Saviola
49' Luis Enrique
Bramble tangled by Barcelona

Last Wednesday they were beaten 3-1 at Nottingham Forest; last night they shipped three goals to rather better opposition. But next Wednesday night, when they play a Champions League qualifier worth around £15m, Newcastle United cannot afford to be so generous...
The Guardian

Magpies Taught Lesson By Barca

Newcastle were handed a wake-up call as Spanish giants Barcelona showed them just what lies in wait for them in the Champions League this season...
The Guardian

Barcelona thrash Newcastle

Patrick Kluivert, Javier Saviola and Luis Enrique all scored as Barcelona easily overcame Newcastle in a pre-season friendly at St James' Park...
BBC

Sir Bobby Not Too Upset By Defeat

MAGPIES chief Sir Bobby Robson was "despondent but not too disappointed" after tonight's 3-0 defeat by Barcelona...
Official NUFC

Barca give Magpies wake-up call

Sir Bobby Robson's Champions League wannabes were handed a wake-up call as Spanish giants Barcelona showed them just what lies in wait...[
SoccerNet

[CrewToon]

A wake-up call? This was more like a smack upside the head!

[greenie]

Listening to the radio broadcast, my biggest concern right now is in the defense. Sounded like Barnard and Bramble were often scrambling back into position, and the phrase
"Dabizas was wrong-footed" was mentioned far too often.

The Toon certainly generated enough chances, if Bellamy were in there we'd have a different game. Hopefully Lua Lua gets his scoring confidence sooner rather than later, we really need to hit the ground running if we're to be a competitive side in Europe this year.

[CrewToon]

I just hope this means we are not seeing Dabizas return to his poor form of a couple of years.