Our representative Fenerbahçe is facing the Belgian team Union Saint-Gilloise away in the first match of the last 16 rounds of the UEFA Europa Conference League.
The yellow-dark blue team wants to leave the field with an advantageous score before the rematch to be played in Istanbul.
You can follow this exciting match live from our news…
UNION SAINT-GILLOISE – FENERBAHÇE MATCH 11’S:
Union Saint-Gilloise: Moris, Sykes, Burgess, Machida, Castro-Montes, Vanhoutte, Sadiki, Teklab, Amoura, Puertas, Nilsson
Fenerbahce: Livakovic, Osayi, Çağlar, Djiku, Oosterwolde, İsmail, Fred, Szymanski, Tadic, Cengiz, Batshuayi
WHAT TIME IS THE UNION SAINT-GILLOISE – FENERBAHÇE MATCH, ON WHICH CHANNEL?
Union Saint-Gilloise – Fenerbahçe match started at 23.00 GMT. The match is broadcast live on EXXEN.
CANARY 3 MISSING
Fenerbahçe coach İsmail Kartal did not include Joshua King and İrfan Can Kahveci, who were injured, in the match squad. Moreover; Becao, who regained his jersey with the Hatayspor match, was not taken to Belgium due to his pain. Mert Müldür, Serdar Aziz and Serdar Dursun were not included in the list.
4 WINS IN 8 MATCHES
Fenerbahçe has previously faced Belgian teams in 8 matches in its history, 6 of which were Anderlecht and 2 were Royal Antwerp. While Fenerbahçe got 4 wins and 3 draws in these matches, they left the field losing only once. Union Saint-Gilloise is playing against a Turkish team for the first time.
A LEADER IN ITS OWN LEAGUE
Union Saint-Gilloise is in first place with 58 points, 11 points ahead of its closest rival Anderlecht, with 21 wins, 5 draws and 2 losses in 28 matches this season. Having guaranteed the leadership with 2 weeks left before the end of the regular season, Saint-Gilloise will have an advantage in the Championship Round, where the top 6 teams will participate.
WORDS OF VICTORY FROM THE PLAYERS
Fenerbahçe is competing in the European Conference League for the 15th time. Canary had 10 wins and 4 losses in the 14 matches it played in this organization. While the yellow-dark blue team enjoyed 38 goals in these matches, they could not prevent 19 goals in their goal.
The only goal of the yellow-dark blue team, who finished their group at the top and qualified directly for the last 16, is to leave the field with victory and open the door to the quarter-finals before the rematch. Yellow-dark blue coach İsmail Kartal also addressed his players before the last training session and said, “We must win for our fans, our community and most importantly ourselves. You have the quality to achieve this. They will take precautions against us, not us. We will play our own game and win.” All players also promised victory to their coaches.