Istvan Kovacs drove the best match of the evening in the League preliminaries: 7 goals in Fenerbahce

Article by David Marinescu – published Tuesday, August 12, 2025, 21:58 / Updated Tuesday, August 2025 21:59
Fenerbahce qualified in the championship League play-off. In a match with Istvan Kovacs at the center, the band prepared by Jose Mourinho defeated Feyenoord (1-2 in the tour).
Fenerbahce – Feyenoord announced the most hot duel of the evening in the Champions League preliminaries. The Dutch had won 2-1 in the tour, and the full stadium from Istanbul seemed the ideal decoration for a “remontada”.
UEFA sent a Romanian brigade, with Istvan Kovacs. As expected, the dispute was extremely difficult. Strong entrances, many protests. The 40th minute brought a fierce decision challenged by the Turks.
Photo gallery. Istvan Kovacs, the protagonist of a confused phase in Fenerbahce – Feyenoord! Mourinho asked for explanations
Kovacs na sanctioned a possible henț in the half of Feyenoord. Tangled by the whistles in the stands, Irfan Egribayat, Fenerbahce's goalkeeper, took the ball in his hand 40 meters from his own gate. He thought the game was stopped!

The Romanian “central” dictated a free kick in favor of the guests and was surrounded by footballers. Vehers were also coming from Mourinho. Kovacs went to the edge, explained the situation and kept the initial decision.
From the resulting free kick, Tsuyoshi Watanabe opened the scoring. Until the break, Fener turned the result of Brown and Duran's successes.
In the 55th minute, Fred scored an extraordinary goal, shot close to the winch, from a great distance. Another round of protests followed by Mourinho, sanctioned with “yellow” by Kovacs.
En neyri seemed to remove the emotions of the Turks. It wasn't that! Watanabe made double in the 89th minute, the end being incendiary. A defensive series joke would facilitate the decisive success of Talisca, in extensions, and Fenerbahce will play in the Champions League play-off against the winner between Benfica and Nice. The Portuguese won the first leg with 2-0.




