The first four matches of the Europa League round of 16 playoffs ended with victories for the visitors this Thursday (19).
The absolute highlight was Nottingham Forest, who debuted coach Vitor Pereira and steamrolled Fenerbahçe.
Murillo and Igor Jesus shone in the 3-0 win in Istanbul.
Superiority and Merit
Forest ignored the home advantage and took control of the game from the start.
And they took the lead thanks to Murillo.
After winning the ball, he surged forward, went past Kanté and Oosterwolde before beating Ederson (21').
Fener even complained about a penalty after Talisca's shot hit Murillo's left arm in the box. VAR reviewed it but did not award a penalty. This earned a yellow card for Tedesco, the Turkish club's coach, for protesting.
It was up to Forest to reinforce their great performance in the first half after a corner kick.
Gibbs-White deflected and the ball fell to the well-positioned Igor Jesus to simply finish (43').
His seventh goal in the Europa League. He equaled Petar Stanic, from Ludogorets, who was the competition's top scorer at the time.
The second half came and the third goal from a lethal Forest, with Igor Jesus providing the assist for Gibbs-White's goal (51').
The return legs will be next Thursday (26).
See below the other results from the 2:45 pm (Brasília time) matches:
Possible Round of 16 Pairings:
Lyon or Aston Villa 🆚 PAOK or Celta
Midtjylland or Betis 🆚 Fenerbahçe or Nottingham Forest
Freiburg or Roma 🆚 Brann or Bologna
Porto or Braga 🆚 Ludogorets or Ferencváros
Featured photo: Reproduction/Forest
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