The Turkish Süper Lig powerhouse Fenerbahçe can be seeking to seize an early benefit on Thursday evening within the UEFA Europa League Round of 16 ties in opposition to La Liga’s embattled Sevilla.
Having cruised via Group B and securing computerized qualification into the spherical of 16, the Yellow Canaries will got down to conquer the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan Stadium and assert their dominance within the event.
In 2008, Fenerbahçe confronted off in opposition to Sevilla within the final 16 rounds of the Champions League. The Yellow Canaries emerged triumphant, eliminating their Spanish opponents and making their mark within the quarterfinals.
Sevilla, the giants within the Europa League with a record-breaking six trophies, concluded their Champions League Group G marketing campaign in third place alongside Manchester City, Borussia Dortmund, and Copenhagen and at the moment are firmly targeted on the UEFA Europa League.
Having locked horns with the Netherlands’ PSV Eindhoven squad within the playoff spherical, Sevilla emerged triumphant, thereby changing into Fenerbahçe’s opponents, although they’d suffered a twin defeat, 3-0 at dwelling and 2-0 away.
The Istanbul-based powerhouse Fenerbahçe emerged triumphant from UEFA Europa League Group B, which featured Rennes, Dynamo Kyiv, and AEK Larnaca, with a document of 14 factors from 4 wins and two attracts in 6 matches.
On the European stage, Fenerbahçe will make their extremely anticipated return 4 months after a 2-0 away victory in opposition to Dynamo Kyiv on Nov. 3, 2022.
As they appear to progress to the quarterfinals of the Europa League, the Yellow-Navy blue facet can be desperate to eradicate their opponent throughout the second leg match at their dwelling stadium in Istanbul on March 16.
Despite their power, Fenerbahçe can be left in a precarious place as Luan Peres, nonetheless nursing an damage, won’t be obtainable for the Sevilla match.
Gustavo Henrique, Ezgjan Alioski, and Serdar Dursun, whose names have remained unreported to UEFA, won’t be amongst these included within the Yellow Canaries’ squad.
Jayden Oosterwolde and Samet Akaydın, two winter transfers to Fenerbahçe, may have the chance to don the enduring yellow-dark-blue jersey and characterize the membership within the European League for the primary time if given an opportunity.
The Istanbul facet has had a European descent run although not passable, having received 94 instances, drawing 55 instances, and dropping 103 from 252 matches.
Unfortunately, the Yellow Canaries have notched a whopping 325 objectives however have conceded 365 instances.
Source: www.dailysabah.com
