UEFA Champions League qualifying: Edin Dzeko on target as Jose Mourinho's Fenerbahce scrape past Lugano
ByOli Gent
Published 30/07/2024 at 22:09 GMT+1
Sebastian Szymanski scored a last-minute winner to confirm Fenerbahce's place in the final round of UEFA Champions League qualifying. Jose Mourinho's new side went into their second leg against the Swiss side 4-3 up. Hadj Mahmoud put the visitors ahead inside seven minutes in the second leg, but Edin Dzeko struck to restore parity for the Turkish side on the night.
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Jose Mourinho's Fenerbahce beat Lugano to move one step closer to the UEFA Champions League group stages.
The Turkish side beat their Swiss opponents 2-1 on the night - 6-4 on aggregate - to move into the final round of qualifying.
Hadj Mahmoud put the visitors ahead inside seven minutes to silence the Sukru Saracoglu and bring the tie level on aggregate.
But Edin Dzeko equalised on the night just shy of the hour, before Sebastian Szymanski scored in stoppage time to finally put the tie to bed.
Mourinho's men will face Lille of Ligue 1 in the next qualifying round, with the first leg on August 6 or 7.
Elsewhere, the British interest came to an abrupt end as The New Saints were battered 7-1 on aggregate by Hungarian side Ferencvaros, as the Welsh outfit lost 2-1 at home on the night.
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Shamrock Rovers, the Irish champions, also bowed out after they were beaten 4-2 by Sparta Prague, who had won 2-0 in the opening game in Tallaght.
Qarabag, who ran Bayer Leverkusen extraordinarily close in last season's Europa League, beat The Red Imps 5-0.
APOEL Nicosia scraped through with a 1-1 draw against Petrocub, the Moldovan side, after an initial 1-0 victory in Cyprus.
Slovan Bratislava beat Celje 5-0, while Swedish giants Malmo are through despite a 2-2 draw with KI of the Faroe Islands.
Malmo, who have former Premier League defenders Martin Olsson and Pontus Jansson as their centre-back pairing, won the tie 6-3 on aggregate.
Seven games are still to play in the second qualifying round on Wednesday, before the likes of Rangers and Red Bull Salzburg join the action next week.
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