A stunning Fenerbahce swept St. Gilois 3-0 in Belgium in the first leg of the Europa Conference league last 16 and have already booked their place in the quarter-finals ahead of next week’s second leg in Istanbul.
In a dramatic match, Fiorentina beat Maccabi 4-3 in Haifa to take a clear lead in qualifying.
Servet and Viktoria Plzen left “open accounts” after the 0-0 draw between them in Geneva.
Maccabi Haifa-Fiorentina 3-4
In a thrilling and dramatic match, last year’s finalists took advantage of Kafumanas’ 80th-minute dismissal to turn a 2-3 deficit into 4-3 in stoppage time, taking the lead ahead of the return leg at Artemio Franki next week.
Just after 2′, Kayode crossed from the right and N’Zola made it 0-1.
In the 6th minute, Kinda took a corner and after the mistake in the area, Sek equalized for the Israelis.
In the 29th minute, Mohamed committed a foul from the right and Kinda made it 2-1 with a spot kick from inside the area.
In the 58th minute, Beltran made it 2-2 with nice feints and a nice placement in the area.
In the 67th minute, Piero combined with Khalili and the latter made it 3-2.
In the 73′, Biraghi gave a nice pass inside the area to Madragoras and the latter made it 3-3 with a cross.
In the 87th minute, Kafumana was sent off with a second yellow card for a hard foul on Bonaventura.
In the 95th minute, Barak made the 3-4 with an amazing pass through the area.
Saint-Zilois-Fenerbahce 0-3
They did what the “canaries” wanted and achieved a comfortable victory against the Jupiler League leader.
In the 20th minute, Shoyuntsu made the cross, the ball passed through several feet in the area and Batshuayi made it 0-1 with a strong shot.
In the 84th minute, Dzeko passed to Ostevolde, who sped behind the cross, entered the area and made it 0-2 with a nice spot.
In the 94th minute, a handball penalty was awarded in the area and Tadic made it 0-3 with a penalty.
Servet-Victoria Plzen 0-0
In an unbelievably bad match, the two rivals got what they deserved and will go all out in the second leg in the Czech Republic next week.
The two teams did not manage to threaten particularly in the first half and create some conditions for goals.
In the second half, the nervous game continued and no significant phase was created in front of the two hosts.
Source: Sport Fm
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