US EditionUEFA Champions League: Mourinho’s Fenerbahce Draws with Benfica in Qualifying Playoffs; Bodo/Glimt Wins Big
Fenerbahce aims to end a 17-year absence from the Champions League group stage, while Bodo/Glimt secured a 5-0 lead in their playoff first leg.
- Wednesday, Fenerbahçe were held to a 0-0 draw by Benfica at home despite Benfica having a player sent off in the 71st minute, and a video review confirmed an offside that wiped out Youssef En‑Nesyri's 81st‑minute effort.
- Managing Fenerbahçe, Mourinho returns to a club absent from the main Champions League for 17 years, bringing his two titles won with Porto and Inter Milan .
- Elsewhere, Pafos hold a 2-1 first-leg lead over Red Star Belgrade in the playoff rounds.
- Seven playoffs will be decided with return games on Tuesday and Wednesday next week, with winners completing the 36‑team Champions League lineup; the draw will be made Aug. 28 in Monaco.
- With return legs next week, unheralded Pafos leads Red Star 2-1, while Fenerbahçe and Benfica remain locked in a challenging tie.
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UEFA Champions League: Mourinho’s Fenerbahce draws with Benfica in qualifying playoffs; Bodo/Glimt wins big
José Mourinho and Fenerbahce were left on Wednesday with a difficult final test in the quest to return to the Champions League, which looks sure to be heading inside the Arctic Circle next month.
Bodo Glimt defeated Sturm Graz 5-0 - Fenerbahce-Benfica and Celtic-Kairat ended scoreless - Basel-Copenhagen remained at 1-1
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Mourinho's Fenerbahce draws with Benfica, Bodo/Glimt wins big in Champions League playoffs 1st legs
José Mourinho and Fenerbahce have been left with a difficult final test in their quest to return to the Champions League.
In the playoff match to the "Königsklasse" the Norwegians got into an excellent starting position.
Fenerbahçe and Benfica held their own in their first Champions League play-off meeting, drawing 0-0 in Istanbul.
Vanessa ArteagaJosé Mourinho and the Turkish Fenerbahce faced a tough test on their way to the Champions League, after they tied 0-0 at home in front of Benfica on the way to their playoff. The duel, fought in Istanbul, kept the tension until the end, especially after the Portuguese team stayed with ten players for the expulsion of Florentino at 71 minutes. Mourinho’s team dominated the final stretch and thought it had made the difference to the…
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