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Shearer thinks Chelsea may deny Newcastle Champions League place

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Former Newcastle United player, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alan-c4244 Shearer admitted that he will be thoroughly disappointment if the Magpies were able to finish in the top four of the Premier League, and still fail to qualify for the Champions League competition next season.
The Toon, who are currently riding on a good run of form, will be denied an entry into the coveted European competition even if they finish in the top four, given that Chelsea go on to win the final of the Champions League against Bayern Munich.
The governing body of football in Europe, Uefa has set a quota of four teams from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/England-c749 to appear in the tournament. According to the rules, the winner of the Champions League merits an automatic qualification in the next season’s event.
A win for the Blues against the German side will mean that Alan Pardew’s side will have to contend on playing Europa League next season, if they fail to replace http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Arsenal-c38429 in the third spot.
However, the Newcastle legend heaped praise on the Magpies for putting up a phenomenal show in the league, and believed that his former club will be a victim of bad luck, if they fail to make it into the Champions League. He also lauded http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roberto-c31294 Di Matteo’s
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 for reinvigorating their difficult season, and backed them to win the tournament.
Shearer told the reporters, “I obviously want Newcastle to finish fourth, but I would also like Chelsea to go on and win the Champions League after the season they have had - not if it's at Newcastle's expense of qualifying for the Champions League though.”
Chelsea will play the final against Munich on the 19th of May at the Allianz Arena.
The former England skipper, who has also coached the Magpies in 2009, is arguably the most decorated player amongst the club’s fans. He played for Newcastle from 1996 to 2006 and scored 148 goals during this period.
The 41-year old was also all praise for the Newcastle duo of Papiss Cisse and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Demba-Ba-c10812, and believed that both the Senegalese players have played a major role in the Magpies uplift this season. He highlighted the fact that the strikers had formed a good
partnership up-front and that Ba will soon end his goal drought.
“Demba Ba has stopped scoring goals and done an incredible http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Job-c18684 for the team, so Cisse has come in and started to score the goals. He has taken that on from where Ba left off.” He added.
“I hope Newcastle can finish the season off in style with Cisse scoring goals and getting them up to fourth.”

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