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Newcastle United 2 Metz 0
Tie: UEFA Cup 3rd Round 2nd leg
Date: Tuesday 3 December 1996
Venue: St James' Park
The first leg had finished 1-1, and with the game at St. James' Park still at 0-0, with 10 minutes to go, tensions were running high.
Then Asprilla woke up. A close range header put Newcastle 1-0 up after 80 minutes and just two minutes had elapsed when Asprilla got his second.
Holding off one defender, he then ran past the last man as if he was not there, before lifting the ball over the onrushing keeper. It was slick, and it was cool. Poetry in motion.
And the celebrations summed up the mood. Running to the corner flag, Asprilla removed his shirt and hoisted it up on the corner flag in a victorious salute. The action got him booked, and minutes later Asprilla was stretchered off injured.