There was even a defender scoring a ‘🔟’ goal, Brazilians shine in UEL match

Fenerbahçe and Nottingham Forest face off in the first leg of the UEFA Europa League round of 16 playoffs this Thursday (19).

And two Brazilians are standing out intensely at the Chobani Stadium.

Thanks to the “number 10” Murillo and Igor Jesus, debutant Vitor Pereira’s Forest went into halftime with the upper hand in Istanbul.

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Superiority and Merit

Forest ignored the home advantage and took control of the game from the start.

And they took the lead thanks to Murillo.

After a ball steal, he sprinted, passed by Kanté and Oosterwolde before beating Ederson (21′).

Fener even complained about a penalty after Talisca’s shot hit Murillo’s left arm in the area. The VAR reviewed it, but did not indicate a penalty. This resulted in a yellow card for Tedesco, the Turkish club’s coach, for protesting.

It was up to Forest to reinforce their great performance in the first half after a corner kick.

Gibbs-White deflected and the ball landed perfectly for Igor Jesus to just finish (43′).

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His seventh goal in the Europa League. He matched Petar Stanic of Ludogorets, the then top scorer of the competition.

See below the other partial results of the 2:45 PM (Brasília time) matches:

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.