Newcastle qualify for Champions League after draw with Leicester

The Magpies supporters were certainly hoping for a better copy of their team against Leicester (0-0), the first relegated, but the essential is there: 21 years after its last participation in the group stage of the Champions League, Newcastle will be back in C1 next season.

In a padlocked match, Newcastle failed to break the lock on Leicester, who above all tried hard to defend in their own half and only shot once on goal. The Magpies have come up against the Foxes’ posts three times. Callum Wilson (41st), Miguel Almiron (43rd) then the former Lyonnais Bruno Guimaraes (71st) failed in turn on the opposing uprights. Bought last season by the Sovereign Fund of Saudi ArabiaNewcastle will therefore experience the first great European thrill of its new era.

Leicester close to relegation

With this draw, the Foxes, champions of England in 2016, failed to extricate themselves from the relegation zone. First relegated, they will play their survival on the last day against West Ham on Sunday (5:30 p.m.) and will also have to count on a misstep from Everton against Bournemouth at the same time to stay in the Premier League.