Fenerbahçe, the Super League giant that brought world-renowned coach Jose Mourinho to the position of technical director, will host France's Lille team in the UEFA Champions League 3rd qualifying round second leg match tonight. The match will be broadcasted on the EXXEN platform. The match, which will be played at Ülker Stadium and will start at 20.00, will be refereed by Spanish referee Jose Maria Sanchez. Sanchez will be assisted by Inigo Prieto and Juan Lopez Mir from the same country. Guillermo Cuadra will be the fourth official in the match. WE LOST THE FIRST MATCHSarı-lacivertliler, who lost 2-1 to their opponent in the first match away, will try to achieve the score that will take them to the play-off round in front of their fans. POSSIBLE LINEUPS Fenerbahçe: Livakovic, Mert Müldür, Çağlar, Djiku, Ferdi, İsmail, Szymanski, İrfan Can, Tadic, Saint-Maximin, Dzeko. Lille: Chevalier, Tiago Santos, Meunier, Diakite, Ribeiro, Gudmundsson, Andre, Angel Gomes, Zhegrova, Haraldsson, David. POSSIBILITIES FOR THE ROUNDFenerbahçe will advance to the next round with any victory over Lille by 2 goals or more. In the match where Lille's victory and a draw will take the French team to the play-off round, if Fenerbahçe wins by a difference of 1 goal, the match will go into extra time. If the score remains unchanged in the two 15-minute extra time periods, the team that advances will be determined by a penalty shootout. THE CANARY WILL ADVANCE TO THE GROUP STAGEIf Fenerbahçe surpasses Lille, they will face the winner of the Slavia Prague-Union Saint-Gilloise match in the play-off round. Sarı-lacivertliler will play the first leg on August 20 or 21 and the second leg on August 27-28. If Fenerbahçe also surpasses this opponent, they will advance to the group stage of the Champions League. If Sarı-lacivertliler are eliminated by Lille, they will continue their journey in the UEFA Europa League.
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