Fenerbahce disaster, epic qualification for Lille! The team of José Mourinho managed to equalize the score of the first leg with an own goal in stoppage time and sent the match to extra time; however, they saw the French side proving to be resilient. The final score of 1-1 sent the French team to the Champions League playoffs and the Portuguese coach’s team to the Europa playoffs, with the journey of the “Special One” starting with failure in Istanbul.
On a purely competitive level, the game was balanced and both teams had their chances to score. The score remained 0-0 throughout the duration, with the visitors playing for time, but the own goal by Diakité in the 90’+1’ sent the game into extra time.
In extra time, Mandi was sent off with a straight red card, leaving Lille with ten players, but the French proved to be resilient. They won a penalty in the 115’, which David converted into a goal a minute later, silencing the hosts who heard their fans complaining at the end for this failure!
Detailed results (total score in parentheses)
APOEL-Slovan Bratislava 0-0 (0-2)
Bodo Glimt-Jagiellonia Bialystok 4-1 (5-1)
Twente-Salzburg 3-3 (4-5)
Fenerbahce-Lille 1-1 (2-3)
Ferencvaros-Midtjylland 1-1
Ludogorets-Karabakh 2-3 (2-7)
Steaua Bucharest-Sparta Prague 2-3
Union SG-Slavia Prague 0-1
Rangers-Dynamo Kyiv 0-2
*teams that qualified for the Champions League playoffs are in bold
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