Champions League qualifiers: Lille beat Mourinho’s Fenerbahçe 2-1 in first leg

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Lille picked a important 2-1 triumph implicit Fenerbahçe successful the archetypal limb of their Champions League qualifying circular astatine the Stade Pierre Mauroy.

The French broadside are aiming to go the archetypal Ligue 1 squad to unafraid Champions League summons done the qualifiers since Monaco successful 2016.

Angel Gomes had the archetypal important accidental for Lille, firing a debased changeable from the borderline of the container that was saved by Livakovic.

Moments later, Tiago Santos broke the deadlock. The Portuguese winger bushed a defender, drove to the byline, and his changeable was deflected into the nett by Fenerbahçe’s Oosterwolde, leaving Livakovic stranded.

Lille unafraid archetypal limb triumph against Fenerbahce successful Champions League qualifiers – Getty image

Fenerbahçe’s Edin Dzeko missed an accidental to equalize successful the 32nd minute, failing to nonstop his changeable connected target.

Despite increasing into the game, the visitors struggled to make clear-cut chances.

Jonathan David astir doubled Lille’s pb from a corner, but couldn’t person from adjacent range.

After the break, Saint-Maximin tested Lille’s goalkeeper Chevalier, who made a important prevention with his feet.

Fenerbahçe’s Kahveci yet leveled the people with a superb escaped kick. However, Lille’s substitute Edon Zhegrova proved to beryllium the hero, scoring the victor with different deflected changeable past Livakovic.

Lille present person the vantage into the 2nd leg, hoping to decorativeness the occupation and unafraid their spot successful the Champions League radical stage.