Canada’s David scores to stop Mourinho’s Fenerbahce from reaching revamped Champions League
By The Associated Press on August 13, 2024.
ISTANBUL (AP) – Canadian Jonathan David’s 118th-minute penalty for France’s Lille on Tuesday ended Turkey’s Fenerbahce’s hopes of making the revamped Champions League. Lille advanced as the 3-2 winner over Jose Mourinho’s Fenerbahce after two legs in the third qualifying round. David’s penalty lifted Lille into a 1-1 draw Tuesday. Lille won the first leg 2-1. Fenerbahce scored in the first minute of second-half stoppage time through Bafode Diakite’s own-goal to go 1-0 ahead in the second leg in Istanbul and take the match to extra time. Mourinho was hired in June on an $11-million annual salary to try to win Fenerbahce’s first Turkish league title since 2014. He was attempting to get his new team into the revamped 36-team league stage of the Champions League, which he won with Porto in 2004 and Inter Milan in 2010. — AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer 8-7
