well it might be a bit of a big word "triumph"
But Newcastle United strolled to 4-0 win over Sporting Lokeren away from home
Wayne Quinn opened the scoring on 13', Ameobi added two extra goals just before half time... And LuaLua rounded off the day with the last goal of the game with 5minutes to go.

But a few hours before that, Aston Villa lost 2-1 incroatia despite David Ginola's goal.

cool

Did Schmeichel played?

Nah

nah
none of Villa's new signings played
nore Kachloul, Hadji, nore Schmeichel
so they still have a good chance in the 2nd Leg

http://eur.news1.yimg.com/eur.yimg.com/xp/empics/20010715/1879654428.jpg
Shola Ameobi in action ... I couldn't find a cool pic of LuaLua's overhead kick.
it was nice