Quote from: Velvet78 on Today at 09:27:57 AM

Quote from: Inwestour on Today at 08:27:43 AM

In any case, Fenerbahce was very close to qualifying for the final, they had a lot of desire, mistakes in the first match, when they couldn't hold on to a draw, were fatal for them. They played better in the home match, but Lille paid a lot of attention to defense and it was very difficult to score against such a dense defense, Dzeko, by the way, played another match very uncertainly.

And of course, the penalty was very controversial, the defender removed his hand, and after it there was another defender and a goalkeeper, probably the referee didn't watch the Euro. Grin

Fenerbahçe really deserved to qualify for playoff round by that performance honestly. I couldn't count how many goal opportunities they wasted. Especially those shots coming back from the goal post was sad to see. Sad

I don't think the penalty decision was wrong. Yeah, the defender was trying to stick his hand to his body but he couldn't do it in time. When the ball hit his hand, his arm wasn't still next to his body. But I wish Lille weren't able to get such an easy opportunity after getting a red card. We clearly see Lille aren't very ready for the new season either. But their next opponent is going to be easier than Fenerbahçe as far as I can remember. So I assume they would reach league phase.

If you look at the statistics, Fenerbahce deserved to qualify, they did not waste the opportunities they had, it's just that luck has not been on this team's side, and I salute Lille's goalkeeper, in last night's match he made many brilliant saves, as well as Lille's defense line which was very disciplined in maintaining the depth of its squad.

yes, many disagree with the referee who gave the penalty, it was an unintentional handball in the sense that the defender did not really intentionally block the ball.
but we can't blame the referee, all decisions have different points of view and considerations,
and congratulations to Lille who qualified for the next round