Visitors take the lead in UEL play-offs, Brazilians shine 📹 | OneFootball

The first four games of the UEFA Europa League round of 16 playoffs ended with victories for the visitors this Thursday (19th).

The absolute highlight was Nottingham Forest, who debuted coach Vitor Pereira and overpowered 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.

They took the lead thanks to Murillo.

After a ball steal, he sprinted, passed by Kanté and Oosterwolde before beating Ederson (21').

Fener even complained about a penalty after Talisca's shot hit Murillo's left arm in the area. VAR reviewed it but did not indicate a penalty. This resulted in a yellow card for Tedesco, the Turkish club's coach, for protesting.

Forest reinforced their great performance in the first half after a corner.

Gibbs-White deflected, and the ball landed perfectly for Igor Jesus to finish (43').

His seventh goal in the Europa League. He equaled Petar Stanic of Ludogorets, the then top scorer of the competition.

The second half came, and the third goal for a lethal Forest with Igor Jesus assisting Gibbs-White's goal (51').

The return matches will be next Thursday (26th).

See below the other results of the 2:45 PM (Brasília time) games:

Possible round of 16 matchups:

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

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.

📸 OZAN KOSE - AFP or licensors