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July 31, 2024, 10:32:24 AM
Karabakh won 5-0 at home against their opponent, 7-0 on aggregate and went through. It was an easy match for the Azerbaijani side, who didn't have much difficulty against their opponent.
Apoel managed to draw 1-1 with their opponent away from home to advance. Apoel, who managed to take advantage of a one-goal win in their home game, had a hard time against their opponent as they passed the round.
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July 31, 2024, 09:47:53 AM
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I think Fenerbahce has a chance to beat Lille... Of course Lille is not Lugano, but I would say that Fenerbahce is not lower class... Especially with the new coach... It will be interesting to see who will be stronger... But of all the other clubs only Lille is probably the most difficult...
Fenerbahce is now coached by Mourinho, of course there will be an increase in quality in his squad. Mourinho will try to do something that was never imagined before, he will make Fenerbahce succeed in beating Lille to maintain their chances of playing in the Champions League. Mourinho will immediately use an attacking strategy at the start of the match, he will direct his troops to surround Lille players in their defensive area. A first-half lead is Mourinho target and he will focus more on defense to secure the win. Lille also do not want to give up so easily, but Fenerbahce under Mourinho will continue to dominate them.
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July 31, 2024, 09:37:21 AM


Today there are 7 matches that will take place and I will not take a big risk to get high odds.
Choosing under or over for me is a very good choice even though the odds are small but I get high odds with multi bets to get odds @8
The reason I don't take a big risk is because most of the clubs that are currently appearing are not familiar to me and I only analyze independently to get satisfactory results.
All of them are safe bets except the second one where you bet under 5, usually amateur teams tend to score many goals. Let's see how it goes, the first match it was held in UE Santa Coloma's home, but they conceded 3 goals. The second match will held in FC Midtjylland's home, so it's a clear win for FC Midtjylland.



Is there anyone here who has the same fate as me? I hope not. Grin

Everything went very well when Fenerbahce managed to turn things around even though they had to concede first and I decided to bet with big odds. When other teams like Ferencvaros and SK Slovan won with convincing scores, unfortunately here APOEL had to draw and destroy all my bets.
That's really heartbreaking, fuck APOEL Nicosia, Cheesy

They're unlucky, they had 9 shots on target, but only scored one goal.
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July 31, 2024, 09:21:01 AM
[...] I was quite annoyed even though I was one step away from being able to feel victory and of course even though they got a draw, APOEL still continued to advance to the next round considering that they won 1-2 on aggregate from Petrocub. Yes, this is how sometimes the team that should have won sometimes doesn't try harder and the effect is of course on the bettors who expect them to win which ends up in defeat. Smiley

I also bet on APOEL, from the moment the first half ended I had no doubt that my bet would lose. It was really disappointing to see the way the match went, even though i expected a lead in the first half, that's why and the reason i wasn't sure of winning was because they failed to create a lead in the first half. This team is on my betting blacklist now, i will never look at this team again & won't bet on them.
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July 31, 2024, 09:05:05 AM


Is there anyone here who has the same fate as me? I hope not. Grin

Everything went very well when Fenerbahce managed to turn things around even though they had to concede first and I decided to bet with big odds. When other teams like Ferencvaros and SK Slovan won with convincing scores, unfortunately here APOEL had to draw and destroy all my bets.

I was quite annoyed even though I was one step away from being able to feel victory and of course even though they got a draw, APOEL still continued to advance to the next round considering that they won 1-2 on aggregate from Petrocub. Yes, this is how sometimes the team that should have won sometimes doesn't try harder and the effect is of course on the bettors who expect them to win which ends up in defeat. Smiley
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July 31, 2024, 09:03:32 AM
Actually it's really going to be interesting on how these three new teams will perform in this year uefa champions league, am talking of bologna, Bayern Leverkusen and Girona, though among them all, it's Leverkusen that I feel are the strongest among this three teams due to the fact that they haven't sell any of their best players, but the other teams, especially bologna, most of their key players have left the club already, even the manager to that took them to the UEFA champions league, so I think due to that, it's going to be a very long season for them if they don't replace those players that left with top quality.

Lastly, talking of what I am expecting from this three teams that just qualify in this year champions league, I think that this particular competition will be too strong for them, and Bayern Leverkusen wouldn't be able to stay unbeaten that long in the UCL the way they were last season in the Europa league, though I might be wrong, but that's what I think though.
There is no doubt things could not easy for these teams in Champions League as these all are having historic success into their domestic leagues and now it's challenging time for them to have success here into this event for me most chances we will have Bayer Leverkusen into round of 16 because they are having good experience of playing into UEFA and their performance and squad both are having enough potential to go through but for the rest of two teams things could be not easy.

Girona and Bologna are going for first time and it's challenging time for them to have good performance in both domestic league and Champions League usually teams lost their momentum, and we are having terrible end of season for the teams like these, but I am having some confidence in Girona which is doing good job for improvement into their squad, but Bologna is surely having not easy time, and we have to check how they will be done in coming season.
Leverkusen knows how to play the European game. They have been all around the block and possess the tenacity and knowledge needed to go far in the Champions League. Experience counts, and those folks know this.

Girona and Bologna are first rodeo participants in the top leagues. But hey, remember Dortmund? They shocked everyone a little bit years ago and travelled all the way to the finals. Girona's calculated actions, strengthening their team, make them obviously serious. Though Bologna's route is difficult, that is what makes football interesting. The fans like to see the new men come in and disrupt things sometimes. Its anybody's game, folks.
Next season might be difficult to predict on these clubs performance that you mentioned above apart from Dortmund whose players are experienced and surprised us last season. Bologna and Girona performance is what I cannot predict because domestic league is not the same with European competitions.

Leverkusen should be able to go far, winning Ueropa cup last season is not a guarantee that this will happen because there are a lot of strong clubs who will find it easy to win Leverkusen due to experience that they have in the league. Atalanta is also another club that might qualify from the group stage to the round of 16.
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July 31, 2024, 08:54:32 AM
Did I watch it wrong or did Fenerbahçe advance to the next round by chance?
The team has been training for 6 weeks and still isn't ready.
Lugano took the lead 0-1, then made effective attacks and Livakovic made good saves, otherwise the match would have been 0-3.
He scored F.Bahçe's winning goal in the last minute of the match, but in this case it is difficult for them to get ahead of Lille. Let's say Fenerbahçe beat Lille, it is not possible to beat the team coming from Plaf Off and qualify for the groups.
I think Fenerbahce has a chance to beat Lille... Of course Lille is not Lugano, but I would say that Fenerbahce is not lower class... Especially with the new coach... It will be interesting to see who will be stronger... But of all the other clubs only Lille is probably the most difficult...

I don't see any chance to consider the Fenerbahce team as weak now. Fenerbahce team performed quite well in the Super Lig last season. Despite failing to become champions, the overall performance of this team was very good. And Fenerbahce got an experienced coach like Luis Enrique this season. If Luis Enrique can stabilize this team a bit, we will see a further improvement in Fenerbahce's overall performance.

Fenerbahce players have the ability to perform well. Fenerbahce was the top scorer in the Super Lig last season. Fenerbahce scored 99 goals in 38 matches. From this it can be understood that this group is quite strong. Luis Enrique must try to strengthen the bonding between the players. At the same time, Luis Enrique has to develop a stable match strategy. I watched Fenerbahce's performance against Lugano. Fenerbahce performed very well in both matches. It will not be difficult for Fenerbahce to beat the Lille team now.

Fenerbahce's new coach is not Luis Enrique but Jose Mourinho... Grin But the point is really that they have a really good coach coming in now, who can make the game much better... I also think they are not a weak club, but still the Turkish league is weaker than the French league, so it seems to me... Lille is not a weak opponent for them... Of all the qualifying rounds, this one will probably be the most interesting...

People might think the Swiss Super League is not a -level but Lugano is a strong team. They caused a lot of trouble for, Fenerbahce had to work very hard to beat Lugano. Mourinho's side still has to get through the third qualifying round and the play-offs to qualify for the 2024/25 Champions League group stage. The next opponent of Jose Mourinho and his students will be a representative from Ligue 1, Lille. This time, the challenge will be much bigger. In the past, the two teams have met twice. If they can eliminate Lille, Mourinho's team will enter the final qualifying round of the Champions League, then think about the group stage of Europe's number one tournament.
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July 31, 2024, 08:36:03 AM
Fenerbahçe really struggled unbelievably much. They had a weak opponent like Lugano in fact but it wasn't easy at all. Turkish teams are interestingly like this every year. I mean they always struggle at the beginning of a season.

We have seen many examples of their being eliminated by much weaker teams in such competitions because of that.  Sad  At least Fenerbahçe didn't let it happen yesterday which was relieving.

Next opponent is Lille, yeah. They are a much more serious team. Fenerbahçe can't show the same performance if they want to reach playoff round. I hope Mourinho prepare his player better for that draw.

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July 31, 2024, 08:00:56 AM
Did I watch it wrong or did Fenerbahçe advance to the next round by chance?
The team has been training for 6 weeks and still isn't ready.
Lugano took the lead 0-1, then made effective attacks and Livakovic made good saves, otherwise the match would have been 0-3.
He scored F.Bahçe's winning goal in the last minute of the match, but in this case it is difficult for them to get ahead of Lille. Let's say Fenerbahçe beat Lille, it is not possible to beat the team coming from Plaf Off and qualify for the groups.
I think Fenerbahce has a chance to beat Lille... Of course Lille is not Lugano, but I would say that Fenerbahce is not lower class... Especially with the new coach... It will be interesting to see who will be stronger... But of all the other clubs only Lille is probably the most difficult...

I don't see any chance to consider the Fenerbahce team as weak now. Fenerbahce team performed quite well in the Super Lig last season. Despite failing to become champions, the overall performance of this team was very good. And Fenerbahce got an experienced coach like Luis Enrique this season. If Luis Enrique can stabilize this team a bit, we will see a further improvement in Fenerbahce's overall performance.

Fenerbahce players have the ability to perform well. Fenerbahce was the top scorer in the Super Lig last season. Fenerbahce scored 99 goals in 38 matches. From this it can be understood that this group is quite strong. Luis Enrique must try to strengthen the bonding between the players. At the same time, Luis Enrique has to develop a stable match strategy. I watched Fenerbahce's performance against Lugano. Fenerbahce performed very well in both matches. It will not be difficult for Fenerbahce to beat the Lille team now.

Fenerbahce's new coach is not Luis Enrique but Jose Mourinho... Grin But the point is really that they have a really good coach coming in now, who can make the game much better... I also think they are not a weak club, but still the Turkish league is weaker than the French league, so it seems to me... Lille is not a weak opponent for them... Of all the qualifying rounds, this one will probably be the most interesting...
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July 31, 2024, 07:42:35 AM
Actually it's really going to be interesting on how these three new teams will perform in this year uefa champions league, am talking of bologna, Bayern Leverkusen and Girona, though among them all, it's Leverkusen that I feel are the strongest among this three teams due to the fact that they haven't sell any of their best players, but the other teams, especially bologna, most of their key players have left the club already, even the manager to that took them to the UEFA champions league, so I think due to that, it's going to be a very long season for them if they don't replace those players that left with top quality.

Lastly, talking of what I am expecting from this three teams that just qualify in this year champions league, I think that this particular competition will be too strong for them, and Bayern Leverkusen wouldn't be able to stay unbeaten that long in the UCL the way they were last season in the Europa league, though I might be wrong, but that's what I think though.
There is no doubt things could not easy for these teams in Champions League as these all are having historic success into their domestic leagues and now it's challenging time for them to have success here into this event for me most chances we will have Bayer Leverkusen into round of 16 because they are having good experience of playing into UEFA and their performance and squad both are having enough potential to go through but for the rest of two teams things could be not easy.

Girona and Bologna are going for first time and it's challenging time for them to have good performance in both domestic league and Champions League usually teams lost their momentum, and we are having terrible end of season for the teams like these, but I am having some confidence in Girona which is doing good job for improvement into their squad, but Bologna is surely having not easy time, and we have to check how they will be done in coming season.
Leverkusen knows how to play the European game. They have been all around the block and possess the tenacity and knowledge needed to go far in the Champions League. Experience counts, and those folks know this.

Girona and Bologna are first rodeo participants in the top leagues. But hey, remember Dortmund? They shocked everyone a little bit years ago and travelled all the way to the finals. Girona's calculated actions, strengthening their team, make them obviously serious. Though Bologna's route is difficult, that is what makes football interesting. The fans like to see the new men come in and disrupt things sometimes. Its anybody's game, folks.
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July 31, 2024, 06:24:44 AM
Fenerbahce conceded an early goal in the first half. In a way we saw again in the first half an example of the damage Krunic is doing to the team. He doesn't add anything positive to the team, he affects it in a completely negative way. The introduction of Ismail Yuksek for Fred and Mert Hakan for Krunic completely changed the game in Fenerbahce's favor. Fenerbahçe was in complete control in the second half and managed to win the game. Szymanski scored in the last minute with a really good pass from Tadic and Irfan. Irfan scored with a good cross and Tadic scored with a "take it and score" pass.

The performance of Fenerbahce players was quite slow in the first half. Fenerbahce conceded the goal in just 7 minutes. And I haven't seen Fenerbahce players create any strong attacking chances after conceding a quick goal. In the first half I saw Lugano's players dominate.

However, in the second half, Mourinho changed his match strategy. And from the beginning of the second half, Fenerbahce's players started playing with attacking tactics. Fenerbahce needed a draw in this match. And in the 59th minute, Fenerbahce's players equalized with Edin Dzeko's goal. Despite not performing well in the first half, Fenerbahce players performed well in the second half. I am satisfied with the overall performance of Fenerbahce.
In the first half, Fenerbahce looked awful. Lugano was passing their asses to them! Though they seemed entirely bewildered out there, really, giving an early goal like that may screw with a team's head. Could not assemble a good pass to save their life. But second half, Mourinho turned those guys like monsters! He is the Special One, guy, for this reason. He altered their plan, they began attacking like frenzied hounds, and Dzeko nets one. Unquestionably, Paulo is a brilliant master. He is remarkably good at reading the game and making the necessary adjustments. Nobody else could do. Man, that's the kind of football that gets your blood running. From the first half, it was a tremendous 180, all thanks to Mourinho's brilliance
Lugano is a lower quality team than Fenerbahçe. This was Fenerbahçe's luck. Their opponent in the next round will be Lille, a well-established team in France. A mistake against Lille could have irreversible consequences. They are not as simple a team as Lugano and they are also very successful in converting the chances they find into goals. If they want to qualify for the Champions League, they must win their away game against Lille and get away from this terrible picture.
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July 31, 2024, 05:59:45 AM
Did I watch it wrong or did Fenerbahçe advance to the next round by chance?
The team has been training for 6 weeks and still isn't ready.
Lugano took the lead 0-1, then made effective attacks and Livakovic made good saves, otherwise the match would have been 0-3.
He scored F.Bahçe's winning goal in the last minute of the match, but in this case it is difficult for them to get ahead of Lille. Let's say Fenerbahçe beat Lille, it is not possible to beat the team coming from Plaf Off and qualify for the groups.
I think Fenerbahce has a chance to beat Lille... Of course Lille is not Lugano, but I would say that Fenerbahce is not lower class... Especially with the new coach... It will be interesting to see who will be stronger... But of all the other clubs only Lille is probably the most difficult...

I don't see any chance to consider the Fenerbahce team as weak now. Fenerbahce team performed quite well in the Super Lig last season. Despite failing to become champions, the overall performance of this team was very good. And Fenerbahce got an experienced coach like Luis Enrique this season. If Luis Enrique can stabilize this team a bit, we will see a further improvement in Fenerbahce's overall performance.

Fenerbahce players have the ability to perform well. Fenerbahce was the top scorer in the Super Lig last season. Fenerbahce scored 99 goals in 38 matches. From this it can be understood that this group is quite strong. Luis Enrique must try to strengthen the bonding between the players. At the same time, Luis Enrique has to develop a stable match strategy. I watched Fenerbahce's performance against Lugano. Fenerbahce performed very well in both matches. It will not be difficult for Fenerbahce to beat the Lille team now.
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July 31, 2024, 03:04:16 AM
Did I watch it wrong or did Fenerbahçe advance to the next round by chance?
The team has been training for 6 weeks and still isn't ready.
Lugano took the lead 0-1, then made effective attacks and Livakovic made good saves, otherwise the match would have been 0-3.
He scored F.Bahçe's winning goal in the last minute of the match, but in this case it is difficult for them to get ahead of Lille. Let's say Fenerbahçe beat Lille, it is not possible to beat the team coming from Plaf Off and qualify for the groups.

I think Fenerbahce has a chance to beat Lille... Of course Lille is not Lugano, but I would say that Fenerbahce is not lower class... Especially with the new coach... It will be interesting to see who will be stronger... But of all the other clubs only Lille is probably the most difficult...
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July 31, 2024, 02:34:28 AM
Did I watch it wrong or did Fenerbahçe advance to the next round by chance?
The team has been training for 6 weeks and still isn't ready.
Lugano took the lead 0-1, then made effective attacks and Livakovic made good saves, otherwise the match would have been 0-3.
He scored F.Bahçe's winning goal in the last minute of the match, but in this case it is difficult for them to get ahead of Lille. Let's say Fenerbahçe beat Lille, it is not possible to beat the team coming from Plaf Off and qualify for the groups.
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July 31, 2024, 02:26:00 AM
Today 7 teams have successfully to eliminate their opponents and advances to 3rd qualification round and some of teams such as Slovan Bratislava, Sparta Praha, Ferencvaros and Fc Malmo is too strong for their opponents because these teams can able to eliminate their opponents with high aggregate especially for Slovan Bratislava that when in the first leg they only playing draw against FC Celje but their performance on second leg is very fantastic because Slovan Bratislava can win with huge scores 5-0 at their home

Besides Slovan Bratislava i have seen Qarabag also has successfully to resumes their positive results from their opponent and they had just humiliated Lincoln with 5 goals without reply too and Juninho is deserved to being an man of the match because he can make a hattrick and so far Qarabag still able to managed their cleansheet records because they can eliminate Lincoln with final aggregate 7-0

Mourinho also can successfully to bringing Fenerbahce to advances to the next round because at home Fenerbahce can able to win from Lugano with narrow scores 2-1 but next match won't be easy for Fenerbahce because they have to fight against Lille on 3rd qualification matches of champion league and in the term of quality certainly Lille quality is above to Lugano so this match would be so tight and hard to predicted who is the winner
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July 31, 2024, 12:30:50 AM
There is no doubt things could not easy for these teams in Champions League as these all are having historic success into their domestic leagues and now it's challenging time for them to have success here into this event for me most chances we will have Bayer Leverkusen into round of 16 because they are having good experience of playing into UEFA and their performance and squad both are having enough potential to go through but for the rest of two teams things could be not easy.

Girona and Bologna are going for first time and it's challenging time for them to have good performance in both domestic league and Champions League usually teams lost their momentum, and we are having terrible end of season for the teams like these, but I am having some confidence in Girona which is doing good job for improvement into their squad, but Bologna is surely having not easy time, and we have to check how they will be done in coming season.
The trouble with those kind of teams is that they had a great season last year, but that doesn't mean that they will have a great one this year as well. They may continue with their form and be great this year too and maybe will shock the world, nobody believed Dortmund would be at the finals last year if you asked them at the start of the season neither, but they did and that kind of thing could happen with these teams as well, or they could just be worse this year and last year could be just one good season, just like how Napoli won the title but then sucked a year after.

These type of smaller clubs, not like dominant such as city or real type of clubs, end up having one good season and then start being terrible after that, usually that's the issue.

I feel like we are talking about something that will take a while to make this work and that is why I believe that we are going to end up with something that may not be all that insane for them, could be very different situation. This is why I think we are going to end up with something worse for them, like barely out of the group stages or maybe not even out of the group stages, and none of them may reach quarter finals neither.
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July 31, 2024, 12:13:20 AM
Fenerbahce conceded an early goal in the first half. In a way we saw again in the first half an example of the damage Krunic is doing to the team. He doesn't add anything positive to the team, he affects it in a completely negative way. The introduction of Ismail Yuksek for Fred and Mert Hakan for Krunic completely changed the game in Fenerbahce's favor. Fenerbahçe was in complete control in the second half and managed to win the game. Szymanski scored in the last minute with a really good pass from Tadic and Irfan. Irfan scored with a good cross and Tadic scored with a "take it and score" pass.

The performance of Fenerbahce players was quite slow in the first half. Fenerbahce conceded the goal in just 7 minutes. And I haven't seen Fenerbahce players create any strong attacking chances after conceding a quick goal. In the first half I saw Lugano's players dominate.

However, in the second half, Mourinho changed his match strategy. And from the beginning of the second half, Fenerbahce's players started playing with attacking tactics. Fenerbahce needed a draw in this match. And in the 59th minute, Fenerbahce's players equalized with Edin Dzeko's goal. Despite not performing well in the first half, Fenerbahce players performed well in the second half. I am satisfied with the overall performance of Fenerbahce.
In the first half, Fenerbahce looked awful. Lugano was passing their asses to them! Though they seemed entirely bewildered out there, really, giving an early goal like that may screw with a team's head. Could not assemble a good pass to save their life. But second half, Mourinho turned those guys like monsters! He is the Special One, guy, for this reason. He altered their plan, they began attacking like frenzied hounds, and Dzeko nets one. Unquestionably, Paulo is a brilliant master. He is remarkably good at reading the game and making the necessary adjustments. Nobody else could do. Man, that's the kind of football that gets your blood running. From the first half, it was a tremendous 180, all thanks to Mourinho's brilliance
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July 30, 2024, 11:55:06 PM


Today there are 7 matches that will take place and I will not take a big risk to get high odds.
Choosing under or over for me is a very good choice even though the odds are small but I get high odds with multi bets to get odds @8
The reason I don't take a big risk is because most of the clubs that are currently appearing are not familiar to me and I only analyze independently to get satisfactory results.

But from these 7 matches, the only ones that seem to guarantee to advance to the next round are FC Dynamo Kiev and Jagiellonia Bialystok.
Both clubs get a very large aggregate and are quite defensive without wasting too much energy to score.

Maccabi Tel Aviv FC against Fotbal Club FCSB will be a difficult match to predict but I have a little good feeling for Maccabi Tel Aviv FC to be able to qualify.
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July 30, 2024, 11:54:57 PM
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I think the first two are really good choices. I think Sparta Prague and Fenerbahçe both will win once again. But I'm not sure about Ferencvaros. I mean they won by 5-0 in the first leg but sometimes these teams might surprise us in the other leg because of the complacency.

However I hope you don't have any problem with that too.  Smiley  Like I said before, it was really difficult to prepare a parlay that could be trusted for the second leg games. I wish the odds were a little higher for some favourites. Rather than placing a bet on a side to win maybe I might go for other bets.

Maybe this BTTS parlay with 2.80 total odds?


I almost lost the bet because Fenerbahce had great chance to draw against Lugano but it was amazing when they managed to get goal in the end.
If that hadn't happened I would have probably lost all my bets.

To be honest I rarely take BTTS but you good win.
All the games in the qualifying round were very satisfying, some of the favourites managed to win from the first leg and this second leg.



~snip~
Ah, today Jose Mourinho's Fenerbache are playing, who knows if this time they can win without complaints and excuses.  It will be difficult for Lugano to beat the special one's team away from home, their teams are usually very strong at home. Anyway, much games with new format.
They almost ended the game with draw but even with the draw Fenerbahce still got the win because of the aggregate advantage.
Mourinho was very happy with the win and Fenerbahce played well as expected.
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July 30, 2024, 10:52:57 PM
However, in the second half, Mourinho changed his match strategy. And from the beginning of the second half, Fenerbahce's players started playing with attacking tactics. Fenerbahce needed a draw in this match. And in the 59th minute, Fenerbahce's players equalized with Edin Dzeko's goal. Despite not performing well in the first half, Fenerbahce players performed well in the second half. I am satisfied with the overall performance of Fenerbahce.
Mourinho is good at reading the match, see problems of his team and can do quick player replacements and tactical changes to adapt to competitor and a match, then help his team to change the match direction. He does not succeed all the times but with his sharp vision and quick, determined responses, he can help his team to succeed in many matches.

Yes you are right I also think Fenerbahce played poorly in first half. They let in goal early and didn't create many chances to score. Lugano was in control, but Mourinho changed his plan at halftime. In second half Fenerbahce started attacking more and scored goal with Edin Dzeko which was important for tie. First half was disappointing, but team did much better in the second half. They showed strength and determination, making their final performance good.
With results from two matches with Lugano, Fenerbahce got the ticket they want to go next in Champions League 2024 - 2025. It's not a bad start for Mourinho with Fenerbahce and now he can focus on his start with Fenerbahce in Turkish league with a task to win it. Their boss hired Mourinho to win the domestic league title and try to go far in Champions League.

Dzeko scored four goals for Fenerbahce in two matches with Lugano. It's very impressive performance from an old striker like Dzeko and he will be one of aces under sleeves for Mourinho in a long season.
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