Europa League
September 20, 2012
Fenerbahce
2 - 2
Marseille
Group C
17:00 +00:00, September 20, 2012
Sukru Saracoglu Stadium , Turkey
Referee: Ivan Bebek
Ayew earns Marseille a point
Scoring Summary
| Fenerbahce | Marseille |
|---|---|
| Caner Erkin (28') | Mathieu Valbuena (83') |
| De Souza Alexsandro Alex (57') | Andre Ayew (90') |
Teams
| Fenerbahce | Marseille |
|---|---|
| 1 Volkan Demirel | 30 Steve Mandanda |
| 6 Joseph Yobo | 24 Rod Fanni |
| 4 Bekir Irtegun | 15 Jeremy Morel |
| 77 Gokhan Gonul | 3 Nicolas N'Koulou |
| 3 Hasan Kaldirim | 6 Joey Barton |
| 10 De Souza Alexsandro Alex | 5 Leyti N'Diaye |
| 14 Raul Meireles | 18 Morgan Amalfitano |
| 38 Mehmet Topuz | 28 Mathieu Valbuena |
| 88 Caner Erkin | 19 Charles Kaboré |
| 5 Mehmet Topal | 11 Loïc Remy |
| 7 Moussa Sow | 10 Andre Ayew |
| Substitutes | |
| 34 Fehmi Mert Gunok | Gennaro Bracigliano 1 |
| 67 Orhan Sam | Pape M'Bow 14 |
| 21 Selcuk Sahin | Senah Mango 22 |
| 16 Baroni Cristian | Benoit Cheyrou 7 |
| 23 Semih Senturk | Andre Pierre Gignac 9 |
| 9 Miroslav Stoch | Jordan Ayew 8 |
| 15 Henri Bienvenu | Florian Raspentino 27 |
| Substitutions | |
| Baroni Cristian for De Souza Alexsandro Alex (67) | Benoit Cheyrou for Leyti N'Diaye (42) |
| Henri Bienvenu for Moussa Sow (74) | Andre Pierre Gignac for Loïc Remy (63) |
| Miroslav Stoch for Caner Erkin (87) | Jordan Ayew for Joey Barton (72) |
| Yellow Cards | |
| Bekir Irtegun (72) | Andre Ayew (38) |
| Morgan Amalfitano (64) | |
| Jordan Ayew (84) | |
| · Squads: Fenerbahce | Marseille | |
Andre Ayew headed a dramatic injury-time equaliser as Marseille fought back from two goals down to salvage a 2-2 draw from their Europa League Group C opener against Fenerbahce.
Fener looked on course for the points thanks to goals from Caner Erkin and Alex but Mathieu Valbuena halved the deficit in the 82nd minute before Ayew's last-gasp heroics earned the in-form Ligue 1 leaders a point.
Fener, who lost in the Champions League play-offs to Spartak Moscow, wasted no time in testing out visiting goalkeeper Steve Mandanda with Alex trying his luck inside the opening 30 seconds with a 20-yard shot.
The home side threatened again on the quarter-hour mark when Gokhan Gonul saw a close-range header blocked before, later in the same attack, Alex fired wide from six yards.
Marseille, for whom Joey Barton was making his debut as they sought to build on their perfect record in Ligue 1, were not so fortunate in the 28th minute though as Fener took the lead.
Erkin and Hasan Ali Kaldirim combined on the left side of the area and Erkin finished off the move by drilling a low left-footed shot through Mandanda's legs from an acute angle.
The home side continued to push forward and recent signing Raul Meireles drilled a shot over the bar before Marseille's Valbuena did likewise at the other end just before the break.
That was a rare Marseille effort in the first half, but they started the second period looking much more threatening as Valbuena again shot over before Ayew headed over.
Ayew went even closer in the 51st minute as his shot from Loic Remy's cross struck the crossbar.
Fener weathered that storm, though, and went 2-0 up in the 57th minute when Alex headed home Mehmet Topuz's cross.
Marseille tried to force a way back into the game and Charles Kabore and substitute Jordan Ayew - on for Barton - were unable to make the most of their chances before Valbuena set up a frantic finale by drilling home with eight minutes remaining.
That looked to be too little too late for the French side as the match entered stoppage time but, in the fourth minute of added time, Andre Ayew got on the end of Valbuena's corner to head home the equaliser.