Fenerbahçe defeated by Konyaspor, eliminated from Turkish Cup

In the Ziraat Turkish Cup quarter-final match, Fenerbahçe faced Konyaspor away from home. Fenerbahçe manager Domenico Tedesco started the match with an eleven consisting of Ederson, Semedo, Milan Skriniar, Oosterwolde, Levent Mercan, N'Golo Kante, İsmail Yüksek, Matteo Guendouzi, Musaba, Kerem Aktürkoğlu, and Sidiki Cherif. Struggling to create chances in the first half, Fenerbahçe made substitutions in the 56th minute, bringing on Talisca and Fred. Tedesco later made changes to his wingers, but the yellow-navy blues were unable to score from the positions they found in the opponent's goal. While they did not concede clear chances to the green-whites, the 90 minutes ended in a goalless draw.

The quarter-final round, played as a single-elimination match, proceeded to extra time. Following a duel between Semedo and Kramer in the penalty area during a Konyaspor attack, the match referee Ozan Ergün was alerted by VAR. Ergün, who went to the sideline to review the replay of the incident, determined that there was a pull inside the penalty area and pointed to the penalty spot. The green-whites took the lead with a goal from Jevtovic in the 120+2nd minute, and the match ended with this goal. Fenerbahçe, leaving the match with a 1-0 defeat, bid farewell to the cup. Konyaspor, on the other hand, advanced to the semi-finals.

Fenerbahçe finished the group stage of the Turkish Cup, which underwent a status change this season, in 2nd place with 9 points. The yellow-navy blues were defeated by Beşiktaş in Group C, but defeated Beyoğlu Yeni Çarşı, Erzurumspor FK, and Gaziantep FK. The Canaries scored 9 goals in the cup this season and conceded 4 goals.

In the matches played by the yellow-navy blues in the Turkish Cup, Talisca was the top scorer with 3 goals, while Marco Asensio scored 2 goals. Dorgeles Nene, Archie Brown, Sidiki Cherif, and Musaba each contributed 1 goal.

News Source: 12punto