The reason for Ammora’s absence from facing Fenerbahce in Turkey

On Thursday, the leader of the Belgian league, Royal Saint-Geloise, will have to face its Turkish counterpart, Fenerbahce, without one of its best players, represented by Algerian top scorer Mohamed Lamine Amoura.

Saint-Geloise’s chances of winning the qualification for the quarter-finals of the European Conference League diminished, after being defeated at Lotto Park Stadium in Belgium in the first leg by three unanswered goals.

The Desert Warrior received a yellow card in Brussels, his second in a row in European competition. Which means he will be punished by being banned from playing the return match, which will be held on the field of Fenerbahce “Shukru Sirajoglu” Stadium in Istanbul, due to the accumulation of cards.

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The German coach of the Saint-Gilloise club, Alexander Plessin, contented himself with summoning only two strikers for this appointment, namely, respectively, his compatriot Dennis Eckert Ayansa and the Swede Gustav Nielsen.

Unlike the local league, in which Amora’s scoring average reached 17 goals, the Algerian has yet to score in the European Conference League competition despite participating in three matches.

The player, who moved from the Swiss club Lugano last summer, provided two assists during the double match for the round of 16 qualifying round of the European Conference League against the German Eintracht Frankfurt.

Amwa and Saint-Geloise began their European adventure, participating in the group stage of the competition European LeagueHowever, the Belgian capital team did not succeed in reaching the knockout rounds, achieving third place in Group Five, which enabled it to recover by competing in the play-off match against one of the clubs that achieved runner-up in the group stage of the European Conference League competition.

Ammoura shined during the European League, where he scored two goals, the first in the opening match against French club Toulouse, and the second against the English giant Liverpool at the famous Anfield stadium in the final round.