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The Eagles lead Alan Pardew's team 3-1 on aggregate ahead of Thursday's second leg, but the Portuguese boss is expecting a difficult test for his side at St James' Park

Benfica head coach Jorge Jesus has urged his players to avoid complacency during their Europa League quarter-final second-leg meeting with Newcastle United.

The Portuguese side go into the game at St James' Park on Thursday 3-1 up on aggregate following a comfortable victory at the Estadio da Luz last week.


Jesus told reporters: "We did enough - we scored three goals and Newcastle scored one.

"But everything is still open, of course, and they [Newcastle] still believe they can go through as well so everything will be decided tomorrow."

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He continued: "Yes, of course they have a better team than is shown by the table. They have great players and they are a very strong team.





He said: "We know all the British teams have very supportive fans but we are used to that, so the players are quite relaxed about it.


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