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HUMILIATION: Newcastle THRASHED 8-0 by A-League Allstars

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HUMILIATION: Newcastle THRASHED 8-0 by A-League Allstars
HUMILIATION: Newcastle THRASHED 8-0 by A-League AllstarsFlashscore.com
Former Leeds and Leicester City defender Kisnorbo coached the A-League Allstars as they embarrassed the Magpies on Friday night in Melbourne, Australia.

Ben Old hadt the Allstars ahead after five minutes and goals from Nicolas Milanovic and Adam Taggart made it 3-0 before half-time.

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Apostolos Stamatelopoulos scored twice after the break before Jake Hollman, Jordan Courtney-Perkins and Bozhidar Kraev closed out the victory for the hosts.

Afterwards, Newcastle boss Eddie Howe said: "That was a tough one for our young lads. You can see probably the gap between experience and youth," said Howe.

"I don't think we could have (played any of the first-team players), especially when you combine the travelling time that we've had and the quick time between games, it was too big of a risk of injuries and we couldn't afford that.

"I think just too many mistakes, forced by the All Stars playing well. A lot of our players need to reflect on that and see what they need to do to come back stronger."