Fabrico Coloccini put in a captains performance to salvage a draw for Newcastle United against a tricky Braga side at St. James Park in their last pre-season game. The Magpies had trailed earlier in the game after a contentious first-half penalty decision put Alan on the scoresheet before Coloccini headed home from a corner to equalise. Newcastle had the games first chance with only two minutes gone as Hatem Ben Arfa jinked down the left wing and drilled a low cross to an onrushing Coloccini, who pulled it wide. The goalkeepers were finally called into action five minutes later as Bragas Eduardo saved at full stretch from Papiss Cisse, who turned his marker before attempting to dink it to the Portuguese shot-stopper's left. Bragas best chance of the half came after 37 minutes as Baiano charged into space on the right wing before crossing from deep, but his ball whistled over the head of an airborne Edinho. And five minutes later the Magpies responded Cisse put through Jonas Gutierrez to unleash a left-wing cross to a point-blank Shola Ameobi, who wouldve scored but for a crucial block from Aderlan Santos. On the stroke of half-time Mathieu Debuchys stray boot caught Felipe Pardo in the box with the striker off for treatment, Alan calmly rolled the resulting penalty to the right of Rob Elliot. Ameobi couldve scored eight minutes after the break Moussa Sissoko gifted him a sliding in-box cross from a clever Ben Arfa ball, but the shot was blocked by massed Braga defenders. The long-serving frontmans woes continued on 57 minutes unable to pick up a pass after Ben Arfa stormed from deep to beat two defenders, the ball harmlessly rolled into Cristianos clutches. It fell to a defender to equalise for the Magpies as an unmarked Coloccini rose at the back post to connect with Yohan Cabayes corner, nodding the ball past the sprawling keeper on the hour mark. With just under twenty minutes remaining Sissoko attempted the spectacular with a low driving shot from 30 yards, which despite drawing a dive from Cristiano thundered past the post. Newcastle couldve won the game with four minutes remaining after Cabayes botched edge-of-the-box volley found Yoann Gouffrans head and deflected in, only for Lee Mason to rule the effort offside. The game was Newcastles last in a pre-season dogged by poor results and off-the-field conflict before their Premier League curtain-raiser away at Manchester City on August 19.