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A 5-2 game! Let Mourinho advance to the Champions League: Against Benfica in the next round, eliminate opponents = enter the group stage

7:14am, 13 August 2025【Football】

On August 13, in the third round of the Champions League qualifiers, Fenerbahce faced Feyenoord at home. After the first leg, Fenerbahce lost to his opponent 1-2 away. When they returned to home, they had to win to advance. In the end, Mourinho led the team to reverse the opponent 5-2 and advanced to the next round of the game with a total score of 6-4. Before the game, Mourinho said that he had never been eliminated by Feyenoord in the European game. He vowed to lead the team to make a comeback at home, but Mourinho did what he said. In this game, he let Ennesri and Duran start together, and Fenerbahcea faces his opponent with the strongest lineup. After the opening of the game, Fenerbahce continued to attack wildly, but Duran shot several times and was saved by the opponent's goalkeeper. After that, Ennesri scored for a while, but unfortunately the goal was invalid when offside. At the critical moment, the away team seized a chance to set the ball, and Watanabe Takashi scored a header, and Feyenoord led 1-0.

lagged behind at home, causing Fenerbache to fall into a desperate situation. Fortunately, at the critical moment, Brown stood up. In the 44th minute, he received a corner kick from his teammate and headed the ball into the goal. The score on the field became 1-1. In stoppage time, Ennesri headed the ball to Duran, who stopped the ball and pushed the ball with the opportunity, and Fenerbahce overtook the score 2-1. In the 55th minute, the score on the field was rewritten again. Fenerbahce counterattacked in the frontcourt. Fred took the ball and shot from a long shot, and finally scored a world wave. The ball flew into the dead corner of the goal, and the home team expanded its advantage 3-1. After that, the two teams continued to fight, Ennesri, Watanabe Takashi and Talisca scored goals respectively, and Fenerbahce defeated his opponent 5-2, achieving a worthy victory.

After this game, Fenerbahce successfully reversed Feyenoord with a total score of 6-4 and advanced to the final round of the Champions League play-off. Next, Fenerbahce's opponent is Benfica, who eliminated Nice 4-0 in 2 rounds and will compete with Fenerbahce for a Champions League group stage place.

‌If Benfica can be eliminated, Fenerbahce will set a new record in team history and advance to the restructured Champions League group stage for the first time. Last season, Fenerbahce was eliminated by Lille in the third round of the play-offs. Mourinho did not repeat the same mistake this year. Now he has led the team to the play-off finals. I hope this Portuguese coach can bring the team into the group stage. Since coaching Roma, Mourinho has been missing the Champions League main competition. Now he is just one of the last steps away from Fenerbahce to advance. I hope this Turkish Super League giant can finally appear on the 36 strong roster!