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Feyenoord beat Fenerbahçe 0 - 2 |
27 Aug 2002
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Feyenoord had to undergo an early
onslaught by the home team as the match got underway in the 'cooking'
atmosphere in Istanbul. They were completely outclassed in the first 10
minutes by
Fenerbahçe who threatened several times down the
right wing with Ortega coming too close to shooting positions than he should
have done. After
half an hour's nervous, uncoordinated Feyenoord, with only the alert keeping
of Edwin Zoetebier to keep them from going behind, the Rotterdammers began to
settle down and put some moves together. It led to their first real attack
when some neat passing of the ball gave Emerton the chance to break through
into the penalty box but he failed to get the ball past the defenders and
when the ball was passed acroos the goal to Kalou he was equally powerless, seeing his swipe at the ball blocked. In the 36th
another attempt by the Cameroon striker from the edge of the penalty area
shot just over the bar. Feyenoord kept up the pressure but remained
unconvincing and failed to convert thengs that came their way. After
the break it the 'Japanese Wizard' Shinji Ono who finally put a goal on the
board with a 49th minute shot from almost the same position as his 1st leg goal, perhaps
further out, but this time with his right foot. Set-up by a Paul Bosvelt
pass, Ono slotted home the ball past the Fenerbahçe goalie
Rüstü Reçber.
At this point the missiles began to descend on Edwin Zoetebier's head as the
Fenerbahçe-following made clear their
displeasure, protests were made
by the Rotterdammers and Van Marwijk, who'd walked onto the pitch to add his
voice was banned from the sidelines, himself being pelted by the home-fans
as he left for the players' tunnel. The match remainedas
Feyenoord refused to shut things down and went on the attack just as often
their opponents who did their best but always seemed to lack that bit extra
when it came to the last touch of the ball. The ineffective Lurling was
replaced by Thomas Buffel, making his European debut, for the last 15
minutes. Rzasa picked up a yellow card in the 81st for the Rotterdammers,
their 3rd of the evening after earlier cards for Bosvelt and Kalou (plus a
1st leg card for Emerton) which means they will miss several important
players when they play their following C-L match. For Thomas Buffel this will
be a night to remember, scoring a fine goal from the edge of the box in the
89th, the finely judged shot bouncing in off the inside of the left-hand
post which was even applauded by Fenerbahçe
fans. It was a fitting end to a
mature, if sometimes ragged performance for the Rotterdammers who tonight have
confirmed their place in the European sub-top.
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