a splendid overhead kick from bekir irtegün earned fenerbahçe a fourth win in five games, assured them of top spot in group c and eliminated om.
a spectacular bekir irtegün overhead kick earned fenerbahçe sk a 1-0 win at olympique de marseille and a place in the uefa europa league round of 32 as group c winners.
a fourth triumph in five games in the section booked the turkish club's progress, although even before kick-off aykut kocaman's side knew a point would suffice. bekir's 40th-minute strike ultimately proved the difference, but fenerbahçe were forced to withstand plenty of second-half pressure from om, who hit the bar through rafidine abdullah in added time and are now out of contention.
moussa sow's pace was a major source of early menace for the visitors and the forward squared for dirk kuyt to stab wide midway through the first half. om's best first-half opportunities followed swiftly as jordan ayew had a shot blocked by former om defender joseph yobo, and then andré ayew played a dextrous one-two with morgan amalfitano before firing over.
om, however, went behind before the interval when defender bekir finished athletically and magnificently, low to goalkeeper steve mandanda's right, as he connected acrobatically after mehmet topal had flicked on a cristian corner. om had failed to depute a defender to guard the near post.
marseille began the second half at quite a lick, with jordan ayew's dangerous shot tipped behind by volkan demirel before andré ayew's far-post header from an exquisite jérémy morel cross hit the outside of the side-netting.
when joey barton's sweetly-struck left-footer whistled wide on 84 minutes as news filtered in of vfl borussia mönchengladbach's lead against ael limassol fc, om knew the game was up. abdullah was then denied by the woodwork to sum up the frustrations of élie baup's side.
