ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey’s Fenerbahce beat Belgian side Anderlecht 3-0 in the first leg of their Europa League knockout round playoff on Thursday as Ajax Amsterdam and Real Sociedad also secured victories.
Fenerbahce, managed by Jose Mourinho, took an early lead through a close-range header from forward Dusan Tadic, Edin Dzeko doubled the advantage and Youssef En-Nesyri sealed the win with a second-half header.
Sociedad earned a 2-1 win at Danish side Midtjylland, Ajax eased to a 2-0 victory at Belgium’s Union Saint-Gilloise and Hungarian champions Ferencvaros beat Czech visitors Viktoria Plzen 1-0 to close in on a last-16 place.
Porto host AS Roma in one of the four later kickoffs.
(Reporting by Anita Kobylinska in Gdansk, editing by Ed Osmond)
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