Hosting French representative Olimpik Lyon in the 7th week of the UEFA Europa League, Fenerbahçe’s coach Jose Mourinho made 5 changes in his squad, 4 of which were mandatory, compared to the first 11 of the last Adana Demirspor match they played in the league.
The experienced coach could not benefit from Mert Müldür, whom he started in the first 11 against Adana Demirspor in the match played at Ülker Stadium, due to his suspension, and Filip Kostic, Levent Mercan and Oğuz Aydın due to their not being on the UEFA list.
The 61-year-old coach made Edin Dzeko, who started in the first 11 of the Adana Demirspor match, become a substitute.
Mourinho, who played İrfan Can Eğribayat in goal against Olympique Lyon, assigned Alexander Djiku, Çağlar Söyüncü and Yusuf Akçiçek in his 3-man defense.
While Sofyan Amrabat and Fred Rodrigues played in the midfield, Bright Osayi-Samuel and Sebastian Szymanski had a chance on the sidelines. While Dusan Tadic and İrfan Can Kahveci were behind the strikers, Youssef En-Nesyri was preferred in scoring goals.
In Fenerbahçe, Ertuğrul Çetin, Engin Can Biterge, Şükür Toğrak, Mert Hakan Yandaş, Zeki Dursun, Yiğit Emir Ekiz, Cengiz Ünder, Allan Saint-Maximin, Edin Dzeko and Cenk Tosun were substitute players.
Yusuf in 11 for the first time in Europe
Fenerbahçe’s young defender Yusuf Akçiçek started a European match in the first 11 for the first time this season.
The 18-year-old defender only appeared in the first 11 against Kasımpaşa in the Ziraat Turkish Cup in official matches this season.
Yusuf, who was included in the last minutes of the match away to Slavia Prague, was substituted 2 matches later in the league.
6 missing in Fenerbahçe
Fenerbahçe could not benefit from 6 of its players against Lyon.
-Jayden Oosterwolde, Rodrigo Becao, İsmail Yüksek and goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic, who are still injured in the yellow-dark blue team, as well as Mert Müldür, who received a red card in the Athletic Bilbao match, could not take part in the squad.
In addition to these names, Samet Akaydın, who is in the UEFA squad, could not play due to injury.
Bolu is not forgotten
Fenerbahçe Club did not forget those who lost their lives due to the hotel fire in Kartalkaya.
Yellow-dark blue football players started warming up with “Condolences to our country and our community.” While coming out with his banner, he wore t-shirts with the same phrase written in English.
Fenerbahce players also did not show any punches during the warm-up.
Meanwhile, a moment of silence was held before the match.
4 names from the infrastructure are on reserve
Due to the deficiencies in the squad, Fenerbahçe placed 4 players from the youth team as substitutes against Lyon.
For the yellow-dark blue team, goalkeeper Engin Can Biterge (18), midfielders Şükür Toğrak (18) and Zeki Dursun (18) and winger Yiğit Emir Ekiz (18) started the match on the bench.
