Jayden Oosterwolde has apparently suffered a serious knee injury. The Fenerbahçe defender did not land properly in a duel with Olympiacos' Georgios Masouras and immediately grabbed his knee. Oosterwolde was placed on an injury cart by stretcher and was replaced by Ferdi Kadioglu. Fenerbahçe is also trailing 2-0 at halftime in the first leg of the quarter-finals of the Conference League.

Edin Dzeko had the first chance to silence the fanatical Greek supporters. A smooth counter-attack led to possession of the ball for Dusan Tadic on the left, where the Serbian passed Dzeko well. The striker tried with a nice volley, but had to watch as centre-back David Carmo stuck out his foot and prevented the ball from flying towards the far corner. Dzeko scored a shot moments later, to which goalkeeper Konstantinos Tzolakis had an answer.

Olympiacos then proved particularly effective. Caglar Söyüncü took far too long to clear the ball and saw his pass touched by Masouras. The ball landed perfectly at the feet of Konstantinos Fortounis, who tried his luck with a clean shot into the far corner: 1-0.

Olympiacos came into the match better after that goal and became dangerous through Carmo, who saw Dominik Livakovic make a good save on his header. The Croat was beaten moments later. Fortounis seemed to be preparing to shoot, but instead had a wonderful through ball to Stefan Jovetic. The Montenegrin finished in the short corner: 2-0.

Fenerbahçe came close to the tying goal twice in the final phase of the first half. First of all, Irfan Can Kahveci shot a free kick just wide, a little later Rade Krunic met Tzolakis. Oosterwolde had already been injured by then. After an innocent-looking duel, the Dutchman immediately went to the ground and was substituted. Tadic also seemed to sustain an injury at that stage, but the former Ajax captain was able to continue playing.

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