A very bitter defeat for Jose Mourinho and its Fenerbahçe in the first leg of the third qualifying round in the Champions LeagueThe coach who took over the Turkish team’s bench this summer suffered his first defeat in his eighth Champions League qualifying match against Lille: 2-1 the mocking final result for the goal in the minutes of recovery of Zhegrova. Now the yellow canaries will be forced to overturn the result in the return match (August 13) albeit in front of their fans.
The declaration. The former coach of Roma and Inter – among many others – spoke out in the aftermath of the defeat against Bruno Genesio’s French team: “We have many defects. We’ve been working for 6-7 weeks. Champions League matches are played at a very high level, even if they are preliminary rounds. There are so many things that are not automated. I could say this: 2 balls that hit us became goals. But it would be useless to say it”, Mourinho began speaking to the microphones of Fanatics.
Continuing: “This is more correct: we conceded a goal on one of our throw-ins. We also conceded a goal in the 90th minute with a turnover in the first zone. In the first match against Lugano we conceded a goal on a set piece, then again on a turnover in the first zone. We created many positions. We did many things well. The first half of our match is over, we will play the second half at home”, he concluded.