In the early morning of September 16, Beijing time, in the fifth round of the Turkish Super League in the new season, Fenerbahce challenged Caspassa away. In the end, Fenerbahce relied on the joint goals of Saint-Maximin and Tadic to defeat Caspassa 2-0, remained unbeaten in the opening game with 4 wins and 1 draw, and accumulated 13 points to surpass Galatasaray to return to the top position.
Fenerbahce is one of the traditional giants of the Turkish Super League, finishing second last season with 99 points, missing out on the league title for 10 consecutive years. To this end, Fenerbahce spent a lot of money to invite Mourinho to coach, aiming to win the Turkish Super League title and return to the Champions League.
Fenerbahce was knocked out by Lille last month and will only be able to play in the Europa League next season, and Mourinho has shifted his focus to the domestic league after failing to achieve his first goal in charge. In the first 4 rounds, Fenerbahce won 3 and drew 1 to accumulate 10 points, 2 points behind the defending champion Galatasaray, ranking second in the standings.
In this round, Fenerbahce played away against Caspasa, and Mourinho led the team to easily complete the dimensionality reduction blow, and the strength of the two teams was not at the same level at all.
In the 22nd minute, Tadic assisted Saint-Maximin to score, and then in the 37th minute, Saint-Maximin created a penalty kick that Tadic scored to help Fenerbahce extend the score 2-0. Throughout the first half, Fenerbahce had 2 of 4 shots on target, while Caspassaza had 3 shots on target.
In the second half, Fenerbahce's possession rate was less than 50%, and he could create an attacking threat when the field was not dominant, but he did not grasp the opportunity to score, and the opponent Caspassa had limited strength, and it was difficult to complete the goal on the counterattack, and finally lost 0-2 at home.
After the victory, Fenerbahce won three consecutive victories, scored 10 goals without conceding one, accumulated 13 points and overtook defending champion Galatasaray in one more round of games to return to the top position.
It is worth mentioning that Fenerbahce have kept four clean sheets in the first five games of the new season, the last time this was in the distant 1988/89 season, when they also won the Turkish Super League, a 36-year record.
According to the schedule, Fenerbahce and Galatasaray will face each other directly in the next round, and the result of this game will largely determine the trend of this season's title race, and it is also a very important battle for Mourinho to lead the team to the title.