Fenerbahçe and Nottingham Forest face off in the first leg of the UEFA Europa League round of 16 playoffs this Thursday (19th).
And two Brazilians are standing out intensely at the Chobani Stadium.
Thanks to the "number 10" Murillo and Igor Jesus, Forest, under the debuting Vitor Pereira, went into halftime with the upper hand in Istanbul.
Superiority and Merit
Forest ignored the home advantage and took control of the game from the start.
And they took the lead thanks to Murillo.
After a ball steal, he sprinted, passed by Kanté and Oosterwolde before beating Ederson (21').
Fener even complained about a penalty after Talisca's shot hit Murillo's left arm in the area. VAR reviewed it but did not indicate a penalty. This resulted in a yellow card for Tedesco, the Turkish club's coach, for protesting.
It was up to Forest to reinforce their great performance in the first half after a corner kick.
Gibbs-White deflected, and the ball fell to the well-positioned Igor Jesus to simply finish (43').
His seventh goal in the Europa League. He equaled Petar Stanic from Ludogorets, the then top scorer of the competition.
Is Ancelotti watching them?
See below the other partial results of the 2:45 PM (Brasília time) matches:
Featured photo: Reproduction/Forest
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