Maitland-Niles and Abner at fault as OL lose 2-1 to Fenerbahçe

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·27 August 2026

Maitland-Niles and Abner at fault as OL lose 2-1 to Fenerbahçe

OL lost 2-1 to Fenerbahçe in the Champions League play-off second leg, undone by passive full-back play from Ainsley Maitland-Niles and Abner. Paulo Fonseca’s side will play the Europa League group stage this season.

According to L'Équipe, Maitland-Niles and Abner were culpable for both goals conceded.

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The Slovak goalkeeper Dominik Greif produced a superb save to deny Archie Brown on 19 minutes.

He then parried Vedat Muriqi’s strike, but left exposed by Abner, the Kosovar scored at the second attempt on 24 minutes.

Greif could do nothing about the second goal on 28 minutes, and later was decisive again by turning away a powerful deflected effort from Mattéo Guendouzi on 82 minutes.

Source: L'Équipe

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