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Chaos mars Fenerbahce’s Champions League qualifying win over Lyon

Fenerbahce secured a 2-1 Champions League qualifying victory over Lyon, advancing to the league phase. The match, however, was marred by unsporting conduct when Fenerbahce's French midfielder Matteo Guendouzi taunted Lyon fans after the game.

Al Jazeera StaffAl JazeeraFiled 2026-08-27 · 08:57 GMTLean · CenterRead · 2 min
Chaos mars Fenerbahce’s Champions League qualifying win over Lyon
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Fenerbahce secured a 2-1 Champions League qualifying victory over Lyon, advancing to the league phase. The match, however, was marred by unsporting conduct when Fenerbahce's French midfielder Matteo Guendouzi taunted Lyon fans after the game. This provocation led to Guendouzi being attacked by home supporters, resulting in clashes between players and staff. Goals from Vedat Muriqi and Archie Brown secured the win for Fenerbahce, despite a second-half strike from Lyon's Malick Fofana. Other qualifying results saw AEK Athens and Viking Stavanger also progress to the Champions League group stage.

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Viking Stavanger beat Dinamo Zagreb 3-1 to progress 5-3 on aggregate.

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AEK Athens cruised into the league phase with a 4-0 thrashing of Levski Sofia.

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The match was marred by ugly scenes and chaos due to fan and player interactions.

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Fenerbahce's midfielder Matteo Guendouzi was attacked by Lyon fans after the match.

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Fenerbahce won their Champions League qualifying match against Lyon with a score of 2-1.

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Fenerbahce’s French midfielder Guendouzi was attacked by Lyon fans after he mocked them at the end of the match.Goals from Vedat Muriqi and English defender Archie Brown helped Fenerbahce stun Lyon in the Champions League playoffs and qualify for the league phase in a fixture marred by ugly scenes as the Turkish team’s midfielder Matteo Guendouzi taunted the home fans.French international Guendouzi was attacked by Lyon fans at the end of the match on Wednesday after he celebrated his team’s 2-1 win in a manner that seemed to provoke the home fan base at the Groupama Stadium.It led to clashes between players and coaching staff on and off the football pitch, and the visiting team’s celebrations descended into chaos.When the match got under way, the teams were locked at 1-1 from the first leg in Istanbul a week ago, but the Turks opened up a 2-0 lead on the night in the first half in southeastern France.Exciting Belgian winger Malick Fofana gave Lyon hope in the second half, but Lois Openda and Kail Boudache had further strikes ruled out for offside, and Fener held on.Hungarian Barnabas Varga scored a brace, and former Real Madrid forward Luka Jovic added another as AEK Athens cruised into the league phase with a 4-0 thrashing of Levski Sofia.Romanian Razvan Marin added a penalty as the Greeks booked their progress following a 0-0 draw in the first leg in Bulgaria.Viking Stavanger hit back from a goal down on the night to beat Dinamo Zagreb 3-1 in Norway to progress 5-3 on aggregate.They will play in the Champions League group phase for the first time.Albanian Arber Hoxha gave Dinamo an early lead, but Zlatko Tripic equalised from the penalty spot just eight minutes later.
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