{"id":95328,"date":"2023-10-30T13:24:28","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T13:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stopsmokingway.com\/?p=95328"},"modified":"2023-10-30T13:24:28","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T13:24:28","slug":"europes-surprising-best-team-win-again-to-make-it-19-straight-wins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stopsmokingway.com\/soccer\/europes-surprising-best-team-win-again-to-make-it-19-straight-wins\/","title":{"rendered":"Europe's 'surprising best team' win AGAIN to make it 19 straight wins"},"content":{"rendered":"
Tottenham may have hit the ground running under Ange Postecoglou, while Manchester City looked back to their best as they swept Manchester United aside at Old Trafford on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Jude Bellingham has propelled Real Madrid to the top of LaLiga, while Inter Milan have been near flawless in Serie A so far this season.<\/p>\n
But Fenerbahce remain the form team in European football, after racking up a 19th consecutive win in all competitions this season.<\/p>\n
The Istanbul giants made it 10 wins in 10 Super Lig games on Sunday, winning 5-0 away at Pendikspor to remain two points ahead of arch-rivals Galatasaray at the top of the table.<\/p>\n
Fenerbahce have looked just as unstoppable in Europe, firming their grip on their Europa Conference League group with a 3-1 victory over Bulgarian side Ludogorets Razgrad on Thursday night.<\/p>\n
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Edin Dzeko scored a hat-trick as Fenerbahce beat Pendikspor 5-0 away on Sunday<\/p>\n
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Fenerbahce have won all their 19 games in all competitions so far this season\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Fred swapped Manchester United for Fenerbahce in the summer\u00a0<\/p>\n
That followed earlier group phase wins over Danes Nordsjaelland and Spartak Trnava of Slovakia but, even more impressively, Fenerbahce had already fought through three qualifying rounds to get that far.<\/p>\n
They saw off Zimbru Chisinau of Moldova, Maribor of Slovenia and FC Twente of the Netherlands, winning all six legs along the way.<\/p>\n
Former Manchester City star Edin Dzeko netted a hat-trick in the 5-0 demolition\u00a0Pendikspor, bringing his tally for the season to 12 goals in 14 games in all competitions.<\/p>\n
The Bosnian, who arrived from Inter Milan on a free transfer in the summer, isn’t the only Fenerbahce player with Premier League connections in coach Ismail Kartal’s squad.<\/p>\n
Brazilian midfielder Fred signed from Manchester United at the start of the season and has so far featured in 14 of Fenerbahce’s 19 games, setting up five goals.<\/p>\n
Fred is joined in midfield by Dusan Tadic, who\u00a0spent four years at Southampton, and signed for Fenerbahce in July following five successful years at Ajax.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, former United academy graduate Josh King –\u00a0who played for Blackburn, Bournemouth, Everton and Watford – has scored four goals this season.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Former Chelsea striker\u00a0Michy Batshuayi,\u00a0who joined last year, partners Dzeko upfront and has scored four goals in their European campaign so far.<\/p>\n
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Former United academy graduate Josh King has scored four times already this season<\/p>\n
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Ryan Kent signed for the Turkish giants from Rangers on a free transfer this summer\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Dusan Tadic joined Fenerbahce in the summer after five years at Ajax<\/p>\n
Elsewhere, former Rangers winger Ryan Kent and former QPR right-back\u00a0Bright Osayi-Samuel have also been regulars under\u00a0Kartal, who returned to the \u015e\u00fckr\u00fc Saraco\u011flu Stadium for a third spell in the summer.<\/p>\n
Like Dzeko and Tadic, Kent was a free agent with Fenerbahce reinvesting the money they received for Arda Guler and Altay Bayindir on signing Fred,\u00a0Turkish winger Cengiz Under and Polish midfield Sebastian Szymanski.<\/p>\n
Guler joined Real Madrid for \u00a317million, while Bayindir moved to Manchester United for just over \u00a34m.<\/p>\n
Fenerbahce host fifth-placed Trabzonspor on Sunday, looking to continue their impressive run.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
LEAGUE RESULTS<\/span><\/p>\n Gaziantep (H) 2-1<\/p>\n Samsunspor (A) 2-0<\/p>\n Ankaragucu (A) 1-0<\/p>\n Antalyaspor (H) 3-2<\/p>\n Alanyaspor (A) 1-0<\/p>\n Istanbul Basaksehir (H) 4-0<\/p>\n Caykur Rizespor (H) 5-0<\/p>\n Kasimpasa (A) 2-0<\/p>\n Hatayspor (H) 4-2<\/p>\n \u00a0Pendikspor (A) 5-0<\/p>\n EUROPA CONFERENCE LEAGUE<\/span><\/p>\n Zimbru Chi\u0219in\u0103u (H) 5-0<\/p>\n Zimbru Chi\u0219in\u0103u (A) 4-0<\/p>\n Maribor (H) 3-1<\/p>\n Maribor (A) 3-0<\/p>\n FC Twente (H) 5-1<\/p>\n FC Twente (A) 1-0<\/p>\n Nordsjaelland (H) 3-1<\/p>\n Spartak Trnava (A) 2-1<\/p>\n Ludogorets Razgrad (H) 3-1<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n