it does not get any easierfor the magpies, the off—season.ies, they travel to manchester on the weekend. i think we have competed in every game and we will fill we deserve more points we have at the moment but our main point was to be competitive in each game. we have a group of players who i firmly believe in their performance and they are making me make them better which is good. in italy, there was plenty of drama in the game between lecce and cagliari, which was postponed from sunday. there were four goals, including two penalties, and three red cards. cagliari were leading 2—0, through a first—half penalty from joao pedro, and this goal from radja nainggolan mid—way through the second—half. and then came four minutes of madness. first, fabrizio cacciatore was sent off for deliberate handball and the visitors were reduced to 10 men. then gianluca lapadula put away the resultant penalty, to pull a goal back for lecce. before he got involved in a scuffle with cagliari keeper, robin olsen, which resulted in both of them being sent off. in st