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Newcastle United is having a great season. A very strong squad, playing very well, 3rd in the league above top teams like Liverpool or Tottenham, and full of confidence.

They will play this game seriously with many starters, because in the last friendly few days ago against Rayo Vallecano used reserves and youngsters from B team.

But Bournemouth is the main reason for this pick. Coach Gary O'Neil has admitted that he will have to make a number of last-minute selection calls for Bournemouth's Carabao Cup tie at Newcastle United after a virus swept through his squad.

Now appointed as the club's permanent head coach, O'Neil has spent the World Cup break gearing his players up for the season's restart, although their preparations were dealt a blow due to several first-teamers suffering from illness.

Just days ahead of Tuesday's long trip to St James' Park for the fourth-round clash, players have found themselves sidelined or affected by the bug, with O'Neil even conceding that "eight to 10" of his stars were not able to train.

And while the picture this week is more promising, O'Neil revealed he has still braced himself for late decisions. As he said: “We've had a tricky last 10 days. A real bad virus went through the group, so we'll have to make a few last-minute calls on a few. The boys, some of them have missed real long spells with it, so up to 10 days. Some of them have missed training. It was a nasty one”.

So guests will be without many key players due to the virus, apart of the injuries of Neto and Brooks; while surely we will see some youngsters from B team even in the starting lineup.

Seeing the situation in both sides, where Newcastle is clear favorite, this match will be like a friendly for guests. They will be very far from a decent competitive level.

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纽卡斯尔联队正在经历一个伟大的赛季。一个非常强大的阵容，踢得非常好，在联赛中排名第三，超过了像利物浦和热刺这样的顶级球队，而且充满信心。

他们会用很多首发球员认真踢这场比赛，因为在几天前对阵巴列卡诺的友谊赛中，他们使用了B队的预备队和年轻人。

但伯恩茅斯是这个选择的主要原因。主教练加里·奥尼尔承认，在伯恩茅斯对阵纽卡斯尔联队的卡拉宝杯比赛中，他将不得不在最后一刻进行多次选拔，因为一种病毒席卷了他的球队。

现在，奥尼尔被任命为俱乐部的永久主教练，他利用世界杯假期让他的球员们为赛季的重新开始做准备，尽管由于几名一线队球员生病，他们的准备工作受到了打击。

就在周二前往圣詹姆斯公园球场参加第四轮比赛的几天前，球员们发现自己或因感染病毒而缺阵，奥尼尔甚至承认他的“8到10名”球星无法训练。

虽然本周的前景更加乐观，但奥尼尔透露，他仍在为后期的决定做准备。正如他所说:“过去10天我们很棘手。一种非常严重的病毒在小组里传播了，所以我们得在最后时刻打几个电话。男孩们，有些人已经错过了很长一段时间，所以长达10天。他们中的一些人错过了训练。这是一个令人讨厌的问题。”

因此，除了内托和布鲁克斯的受伤之外，由于病毒，客人将失去许多关键球员;当然，我们也会在首发阵容中看到一些来自B队的年轻人。

从双方的情况来看，纽卡斯尔显然是最受欢迎的，这场比赛对客人来说就像一场友谊赛。他们离一个像样的竞争水平还很远。