UEFA Europa League

FT Thursday, March 10, 2016
Braga WDDDW 0
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Fenerbahce WDDWW 1
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FEN011
1st Leg · Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium · 40,197 att.

Match Report

Mehmet Topal's late goal gives Fenerbahce win over Braga

Mehmet Topal's strike eight minutes from time gave Fenerbahce a slender first-leg lead in their Europa League last-16 tie with Braga.

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
21
2
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
3
4
Corner Kicks
6
3
Saves
4
46.9
Possession
53.1
7
SHOTS
11
4
ON GOAL
4
0.6
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
297
Accurate Passes
352
404
Passes
455
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
2
16
Crosses
19
0.1
Cross %
0.1
75
Long Balls
63
35
Accurate Long Balls
29
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
0
Blocked Shots
2
15
Effective Tackles
10
21
Tackles
12
0.7
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
28
Effective Clearances
21
33
Clearances
24

Lineups

FEN · 4-3-3

  1. 1Volkan DemirelG
  2. 22Bruno AlvesCD-L
  3. 4Simon KjaerCD-R
  4. 88Caner ErkinLB
  5. 19Sener ÖzbayrakliRB
  6. 5Mehmet TopalCM
  7. 6SouzaLM
  8. 8Ozan TufanRM
  9. 11Robin van PersieF
  10. 20Volkan SenLF
  11. 26Alper PotukRF

Substitutes

  1. 40FabianoSUB
  2. 17NaniSUB
  3. 9FernandãoSUB
  4. 14Raul MeirelesSUB
  5. 3Hasan Ali KaldirimSUB
  6. 24Michal KadlecSUB
  7. 77Gökhan GönülSUB

SCB · 4-2-2-2

  1. 92MatheusG
  2. 6André PintoCD-L
  3. 24Ricardo FerreiraCD-R
  4. 87Marcelo GoianoLB
  5. 15BaianoRB
  6. 35Nikola VukcevicCM-L
  7. 8Luiz CarlosCM-R
  8. 20KokaCF-L
  9. 7Wilson EduardoCF-R
  10. 18Rafa SilvaAM-L
  11. 27Josué PesqueiraAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 5Willy BolySUB
  2. 23Pedro SantosSUB
  3. 28MarafonaSUB
  4. 30AlanSUB
  5. 16DjavanSUB
  6. 19Nikola StojiljkovicSUB
  7. 63MauroSUB

Timeline

  1. 15' Substitution, Sporting Braga. Willy Boly replaces Ricardo Ferreira because of an injury.
  2. 39' Nikola Vukcevic (Sporting Braga) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 57' Robin van Persie (Fenerbahçe) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 58' Luiz Carlos (Sporting Braga) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 65' Substitution, Fenerbahçe. Nani replaces Volkan Sen.
  6. 71' Ozan Tufan (Fenerbahçe) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 72' Substitution, Fenerbahçe. Raul Meireles replaces Ozan Tufan.
  8. 72' Substitution, Sporting Braga. Nikola Stojiljkovic replaces Wilson Eduardo.
  9. 77' Mehmet Topal (Fenerbahçe) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 79' Substitution, Fenerbahçe. Fernandao replaces Alper Potuk.
  11. 82' Goal! Fenerbahçe 1, Sporting Braga 0. Mehmet Topal (Fenerbahçe) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner.
  12. 85' Substitution, Sporting Braga. Pedro Santos replaces Rafa.

UEFA Europa League News

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News ESPN News Services AC Milan condemn racist abuse of Mike Maignan after red card vs. Bournemouth AC Milan have condemned what they called "serious and unacceptable racist abuse" directed at goalkeeper Mike Maignan on social media following his red card in Thursday's Europa League loss to Bournemouth. News PA 'If Mo Salah scores three...' - Hearts boss on puzzle to mark Trabzonspor star Wouter Vrancken hailed auxiliary left-back Rogers Mato for the way he stepped into the breach against Mohamed Salah as injury-hit Hearts produced a spirited display in a 2-0 Conference League defeat away to Trabzonspor. News Tom Hamilton Rose urges humility after Bournemouth rout Milan as Amorim rues red card Marco Rose said his Bournemouth team will stay humble after they dominated AC Milan 3-0 in the Europa League while Ruben Amorim said the match was over as a contest for his team after Mike Maignan's red card in the first half. ESPN Tom Hamilton Bournemouth fairytale condemns Ruben Amorim to another nightmare in England Bournemouth never wanted this night to end. Ruben Amorim, however, would be happy to forget this evening on the south coast ever happened.