A bit of rain would never stop Newcastle fans from enjoying their trip to Milan.
The Magpies make their triumphant return to the Champions League on Tuesday evening – live on talkSPORT – after 20 years of exile.
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Their ‘group of death’ campaign begins with one of football’s great away days: AC Milan at San Siro.
On Monday, the Toon army descended in the thousands on the Italian cultural center and hit the city hard. Literally.
Fans were seen belly-sliding in pouring rain during a game of human bowling with pint cups.
Like Sol Campbell’s relentless tackle for England in 2012, Geordies defied physics as they glided through the streets of Milan.
Topless fans hijacked the city’s famous fashion week and chanted: “Have you ever seen a Mackem in Milan?”
But while the Newcastle supporters arrived as early as possible, Eddie Howe’s men took a different approach.
After training in England on Monday morning, the Magpies squad arrived in Milan less than 24 hours before kick-off after their flight was delayed due to weather conditions.
Howe said: “It’s been a long day for us. An early start and a late finish. We have to be absolutely organized.
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“It’s an integral part of our job. It was a weather issue but we have been in similar situations in the past.
“We sat on the track for a while. Like I said, we’re used to it. The finish is a little later than we would have liked but that’s OK. It doesn’t matter. “Nothing out of the ordinary for us. So apologize for being late.”
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