Fenerbahçe Women's Football Team Bids Farewell to Europe After Defeat to Real Sociedad

In the second leg of the UEFA Women's European Cup Round of 16, the Fenerbahçe Women's Football Team hosted Spanish representative Real Sociedad at the Chobani Stadium. Officiated by Czech referee Michaela Pachtova, the match ended with a 2-0 victory for the visiting team, bidding farewell to the yellow-navy side from the tournament.

Starting at 20.00 at the Chobani Stadium, the match was refereed by Michaela Pachtova, with assistant referees Zuzana Spindlerova and Tereza Holaskovska. Fenerbahçe took to the pitch with a starting lineup of Munteanu, Fatma Şakar, Plummer, Bowen, Ndzana, Otu Ece Türkoğlu, Kajan, Busem Şeker, Abideen, and Staskova. Real Sociedad lined up with Arula, Cabanillas, Nahia Aparicio, Claudia, Camino, Campo, Arola Aparicio, Cahynova, Eguiguren, Marcos, and Keefe.

In the very 1st minute of the match, Fenerbahçe's Ndzana inadvertently touched a ball sent across the goal by Marcos, putting it into her own net to give the visiting team a 1-0 lead. In the closing stages of the first half, in the 34th minute, from a corner kick taken by Eguiguren, Keefe scored with a header to bring the score to 2-0, and the first half ended with this result. In the second half, as attacks developed by Fenerbahçe through Busem Şeker and Abideen failed to change the score, the match concluded with a 2-0 victory for Real Sociedad. Having also won the first leg 2-0, the Spanish team advanced to the quarter-finals.