Already playedPlayed
worthwatching
UEFA Champions LeagueChampions League

Fenerbahçe v Slavia Praha — UEFA Champions League

London ·
2–2
Full time
Ülker Stadyumu Fenerbahçe Şükrü Saracoğlu Spor Kompleksi
FENFenerbahçeClub page
SLPSlavia PrahaClub page
Squad value€261.2m
Squad value€111.2m
Key playerMason Greenwood
Key playerStepan Chaloupek
Head coachİsmail Kartal
Head coachJindrich Trpisovsky

Worth watching

7.5out of 10
+

Slavia Praha press high and Fenerbahçe insist on playing out through it. Expect the ball lost in dangerous places.

+

Fenerbahçe commit to keeping the ball and Slavia Praha are waiting to break the moment they lose it.

Defends highPressesWants ballAttacks fastFENSLP

What to watch for

FEN

After a heavy derby defeat, Fenerbahçe are expected to press less and sit more compact.

Source Sabah · 8 Sep 2026
“Kartal'ın bu doğrultuda ilk olarak ön alan baskısının şiddetini azaltması ve daha kompakt bir oyun yapısına geçmesi bekleniyor.”

Kartal is first expected to reduce the intensity of the high press and switch to a more compact structure. our translation

Read it at Sabah

FEN

If you chase their defenders, they pass back to the goalkeeper and build again through him rather than hoofing it long.

Source Milliyet, Serkan Özen · 3 Sep 2026
“Topu oyuna sokma başarısıyla da dikkatleri üzerine çeken Ederson, rakip hücum oyuncularının stoperlere baskı yaptığı anlarda takım arkadaşları için önemli bir pas opsiyonu oluyor.”

Ederson, who also draws attention with his ability to bring the ball into play, becomes an important passing option for his team-mates in the moments when the opposition attackers press the centre-backs. our translation

Read it at Milliyet

FEN

Watch their left. Almost everything dangerous comes down that side, with the winger drifting inside towards goal.

Source Hürriyet, Uğur Meleke · 31 Aug 2026
“İrfan sağa, Greenwood merkeze geçtikten sonra Fenerbahçe oyunu adeta uçuşa geçti; özellikle sol kanadı otobana çevirdiler deyim yerindeyse.”

After İrfan moved to the right and Greenwood into the centre, Fenerbahçe's play practically took off; they turned the left flank into a motorway, so to speak. our translation

Read it at Hürriyet

SLP

They defend man-to-man all over the pitch. Whoever you are, someone is going with you.

Source iSport.cz, Jiří Fejgl · 1 Sep 2026
“Neviděl jsem žádný jiný tým hrát takovým způsobem v defenzivě. Ať už je to pod vysokým tlakem, nebo v bloku. Prostě brání jeden na jednoho.”

I haven't seen any other team defend like that. Whether it's pressing high or sitting in a block. They simply defend one-on-one. our translation

Read it at iSport.cz

SLP

In the derby they picked four centre-backs and simply man-marked the dangerous players out of the game.

Source iSport.cz, Jiří Fejgl · 1 Sep 2026
“Prostě se rozhodli hrát se čtyřmi stopery a pokrýt naše ofenzivní hráče”

They simply decided to play with four centre-backs and cover our attacking players our translation

Read it at iSport.cz

SLP

Slavia run you into the ground: they press again and again, and the moment they win it they go.

Source SportyŽivě · 19 Aug 2026
“Trpišovského Slavia hraje styl založený na opakovaném presinku, vysoké intenzitě bez míče a rychlých přechodech.”

Trpišovský's Slavia play a style built on repeated pressing, high intensity without the ball and quick transitions. our translation

Read it at SportyŽivě