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Jose Mourinhos Fenerbahce is ready to develop into the last 16 of the Europa League when they visit Anderlecht on Thursday when the Portuguese coach aims a sixth European trophy of his correct manager career.
Fenerbahce goes into the second leg of her playout play-off game with a healthy 3-0 lead of the first meeting last week in Istanbul when Dusan Tadic, captain Edin Dzeko and Youssef En-Nesyri scored their goals.
Assuming that you avoid a spectacular collapse in Brussels, you will be a tie in the next round against Rangers or Greek Giants Olympiacos, with the identity of your opponent being unveiled on Friday.
Mourinho was now 62 years old and was appointed before this season by the Istanbul giants from the Asian side of the Bosphorus.
He was charged with the task of reducing large rivals Galatasaray and bringing a first Turkish title for Fenerbahce since 2014.
However, the outlook in Germany does not look too promising – Fenerbahce is currently second, six points behind undefeated Galatasaray with 23 games played.
The Mourinho team lost only two super league games in September, 3-1 against Galatasaray, and 1-0 in December at another Istanbul rival, Besiktas.
In this sense, Fenerbahce could be awarded that on Monday he places most of his focus on the next intercontinental derby against Galatasaray – the clubs come from the Asian and European pages of the Bosphorus.
Success in Europe, however, would be a remarkable performance for Mourinho, whose team was eliminated in the qualification rounds from the Champions League this season.
Fenerbahce has never been in a European final and the only international title of a Turkish club remains in the UEFA Cup in 2000 Galatasarays.
There is no lack of quality in Mourinho’s squad, with the veteran duo Tadic and Dzeko working together by Moroccan strikers En-Nesyri and the French winger Allan Saint-Maximin.
Slovakia’s interior defender and captain Milan Skriniar ended in the winter transmission window from Paris Saint-Germain.
However, some impressive names have been on the way in the past 16 years, including the old clubs of Mourinho, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur, as well as the sporty Bilbao, Eintracht Frankfurt and Lazio.
Mourinho won the UEFA Cup and the Champions League with postage and then another Champions League at Inter Milan.
He led United to the Europa League in 2017 and won the Europa Conference League with Roma in 2022.
In contrast to Fenerbahce, galatasarays are low in prospects in the advances, since they organize AZ Alkmaar 4: 1 from the first leg of the last week in the Netherlands.
Play-off round of the Europa League Knockout phase, second-legged games (2000 GMT unless
Thursday
Bodo/Glimt (Nor) V Twente (NED) (1745 GMT) (1-2), Galatasaray (Tur) V AZ Alkmaar (Ned) (1745 GMT) (1-4), FCSB (ROM) V Paok (GRE) (1745 GMT) (2-1), Roma (ITA) V FC Porto (POR) (1745 GMT) (1-1), Viktoria Plzen (CZE) against Ferencvaros (Hun) (0-1), Ajax (NED) against Union Saint-Gilloise (BEL) (2-0), Real Sociedad (ESP) against Midtjyland (den) (2-1), Real Sociedad (ESP) against Midtjyland (2-1), Anderlecht (BEL) against Fenerbahce (tur) (0-3)
Play-off round of the League Knockout phase conference, second legures (2000 GMT, unless stated; initial leg results in brackets):
Thursday
Real Betis (ESP) against Gent (BEL) (1745 GMT) (3-0), Olimpija Ljubljana (SLO) against Borac Baja Luka (Bih) (1745 GMT) (1-0), Pafos (Cyp) against Omonia Nicosia ( Nicosia (1-0) (1-0), Pafos (Cyp) against Omonia Nicosia (Cyp) (1745 GMT) (1-1), Heidenheim (GER) against FC Copenhagen (Den) (1745 GMT) (2-1), Jagiellonia Bialystok (pol) against TSC Backa Topola (SRB) (3-1), Apoel ( CYP) V Celje (SLO) (2-2), Panathinaikos (Gre) V Vikingur (ISL) (1-2), Shamrock Rovers (IRL) V Mopol (NOR) (1-0)
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