Fenerbahce's head coach Jose Mourinho stands on the pitch during the Turkish Super Lig soccer match between Fenerbahce and Adana Demirspor in Istanbul on Aug. 10, 2024.The Associated Press
Canadian Jonathan David’s 118th-minute penalty for France’s Lille on Tuesday ended Turkey’s Fenerbahce’s hopes of making the revamped Champions League.
Lille advanced as the 3-2 winner over Jose Mourinho’s Fenerbahce after two legs in the third qualifying round.
David’s penalty lifted Lille into a 1-1 draw Tuesday. Lille won the first leg 2-1.
Fenerbahce scored in the first minute of second-half stoppage time through Bafode Diakite’s own-goal to go 1-0 ahead in the second leg in Istanbul and take the match to extra time.
Mourinho was hired in June on a US$11-million annual salary to try to win Fenerbahce’s first Turkish league title since 2014. He was attempting to get his new team into the revamped 36-team league stage of the Champions League, which he won with Porto in 2004 and Inter Milan in 2010.