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Fenerbahce defeated Germany's Stuttgart 1-0 in the UEFA Europa League's third week at Chobani Stadium.
The only goal of the match came in the 34th minute from a penalty kick converted by Kerem Akturkoglu, securing the 1-0 victory for Fenerbahce.
The game featured several high-stakes moments. In the 48th minute, Stuttgart's attack nearly resulted in a goal when Mittelstadt crossed the ball to Bouanani, whose shot was blocked by a sliding intervention from Fenerbahce's Alvarez.
Two separate penalty decisions by referee Jakob Kehlet were overturned following Video Assistant Referee (VAR) reviews.
In the 60th minute, a penalty awarded to Fenerbahce after Nene went down in the box was canceled for offside. Six minutes later, a penalty given to Stuttgart after Stiller was fouled was also overturned by Kehlet after viewing the play again on the pitch-side monitor.
Stuttgart made a final push in the 82nd minute, but Deniz Undav's shot off a pass from Tomas went wide of the goal.
The match saw an accumulation of yellow cards, with six given to Fenerbahce players—Alvarez, Semedo, Oosterwolde, Skriniar, Duran, and Ismail Yuksek—and three to Stuttgart players: El Khannouss, Stiller, and Deniz Undav.
The Turkish side secured the three points in the UEFA Europa League fixture against Stuttgart.
Fenerbahce's starting eleven included Ederson, Semedo, Skriniar, Oosterwolde, Brown, Alvarez, Ismail Yuksek, Nene, Asensio, Kerem Akturkoglu, and En-Nesyri.
Substitutions for Fenerbahce saw Oguz Aydin enter for Nene (Min. 80), Szymanski for Asensio (Min. 82), and both Talisca and Duran for Kerem Akturkoglu and En-Nesyri (Min. 87), respectively.
Stuttgart's starting lineup featured Nubel, Assignon, Jaquez, Chabot, Hendriks, Atakan Karazor, Stiller, Bouanani, Tomas, Mittelstadt, and El Khannouss.
Stuttgart made four changes: Deniz Undav for Bouanani (Min. 63), Leweling for Hendriks and Nartey for Atakan Karazor (Min. 77), and Jeltsch for Jaquez and Fuhrich for Tomas (Min. 86).
The officiating team, all from Denmark, included referee Jakob Kehlet and assistant referees Lars Hummelgaard and Wollenberg Rasmussen.
Fenerbahce takes the 1-0 win against Stuttgart in the UEFA Europa League.
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