Newcastle’s Germany striker scores his first Serie A goal on loan at Juventus, as a 19-year-old Magpie gets minutes at Wolves

Nick Woltemade has his first Serie A goal. The Newcastle striker, on loan at Juventus, drew the Old Lady level before half-time in Sunday’s 2-2 draw away at Fiorentina.

It was a goal that had been coming. The Germany international had already scored three times in his opening three Europa League matches for the Italian giants, but the league had been a different story until this weekend.

Back on Tyneside, Newcastle will be keeping a close eye on it. Woltemade is the headline name in a long list of Magpies out on loan, and several of them had a weekend worth talking about.

How did Woltemade score against Fiorentina?

Luciano Spalletti’s side went behind early at the Stadio Artemio Franchi when Mateo Pellegrino opened the scoring for Fiorentina. Woltemade pulled them level before the break, and Juventus went on to take a point from a game they had been losing.

The 24-year-old did not get long to add to it. He was taken off in the 57th minute.

The draw leaves Juventus seventh in Serie A, six points adrift of the Champions League places. That is not where a club of their size expects to be, and it means Woltemade’s goals matter in Turin, not just as a line on a loan report. It is quite a turnaround from the late summer, when talk of his move away from Newcastle first picked up.

Which other Newcastle loanees stood out?

Antonio Cordero keeps producing at Cádiz

The Spanish forward set up a goal for Cádiz CF on Saturday, though it came in a 2-1 home defeat to Real Oviedo in the Segunda División. Cádiz were two down at half-time, and Urko Izeta’s late goal was only a consolation for a side sitting in the relegation zone on ten points.

Cordero’s own form is a different matter. The Spain Under-19 international has five goal involvements in his last six league matches, four of them goals.

Sean Neave is getting Championship minutes at Wolves

The 19-year-old scored his first senior goals in Wolverhampton Wanderers’ 2-1 comeback win at Bristol City last week. On Saturday he came off the bench in the 85th minute of a 1-1 draw at Wrexham, his ninth Championship appearance of the season.

Former Magpie Adam Armstrong put Wolves ahead before Lewis O’Brien equalised. César Peixoto’s side are unbeaten in six Championship matches and sit one point behind leaders Birmingham City.

Alex Murphy and the rest

Irish defender Alex Murphy played the full game as FC Kaiserslautern won 1-0 away at VfL Osnabrück in the 2. Bundesliga, picking up a late yellow card. It was their fifth clean sheet in six league matches, and they are third, three points off the automatic promotion places.

In the FA Cup first round, Rory Finneran played 79 minutes as Notts County beat Altrincham on penalties after a 2-2 draw, Harrison Ashby played the full 90 minutes of Luton Town’s 2-0 win over Forest Green Rovers, and Anthony Munda returned from injury to start Swindon Town’s 2-1 defeat at MK Dons. Munda, who won the Wor Jackie award at the Sport Newcastle awards on Thursday, was replaced in the 63rd minute.

Elsewhere, Ousmane Diabaté came off the bench for ten-man Gençlerbirliği in a 3-0 defeat at Beşiktaş, goalkeeper Aidan Harris was in goal for Hebburn Town in a 4-1 loss at Merthyr Town, and right-back Leo Shahar was an unused substitute in Arouca’s 1-0 defeat at Famalicão.

Could Woltemade’s Juventus form change things at Newcastle?

For now, it is a nice problem for Newcastle to have. A striker scoring in Serie A and the Europa League keeps his value up, whatever the club decide to do with him next.

It also invites a question at St James’ Park. Matthias Jaissle’s side had to settle for a 1-1 draw at Fulham on Saturday, a game they felt they should have won. Watching a Newcastle striker score in Florence the next day will have stung a little.

Our view: one Serie A goal does not make a season, but adding it to three goals in his first three Europa League games for a club like Juventus is a strong start. If he keeps that up through the winter, Newcastle will have a far more interesting decision to make than they might have expected in the summer.