Newcastle manager Alan Pardew believes his side are fully
capable of turning
their Europa League quarter- final clash against Benfica on its head in Thursday's second leg. The Magpies will require at least
two goals to progress having
suffered a 3-1 defeat in Portugal
last week, but will be backed by a
partisan crowd at St James' Park. And Pardew is confident the
Tyneside outfit can pull it off
should they keep themselves in
the tie until the final 20 minutes. He told ThePress Association: "We
just need to get ourselves in a
good position. If we can get a goal
with 20 minutes to go, we can do
it - that's the agenda for me. "Our fans need to understand on
Thursday, in the quarter-final of
the Europa League, that if we go
gung-ho looking for two quick
goals, we are just going to get
killed. "They [Benfica] have got real
quality on the break. We have got
to be very intelligent and we
have got to be patient."
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