{"id":297616,"date":"2023-10-30T13:24:20","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T13:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=297616"},"modified":"2023-10-30T13:24:20","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T13:24:20","slug":"europes-surprising-best-team-win-again-to-make-it-19-straight-wins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/europes-surprising-best-team-win-again-to-make-it-19-straight-wins\/","title":{"rendered":"Europe&apos;s &apos;surprising best team&apos; win AGAIN to make it 19 straight wins"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Europe&#8217;s &#8216;surprising best team&#8217; win AGAIN to make it 19 victories in a row &#8211; with a former Man City star bagging a hat-trick in a 5-0 win away from home<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Fenerbache have won all their 19 games in all competitions this season\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Istanbul giants are top of the Super Lig with a perfect 10 wins in 10 matches\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Fenerbahce&#8217;s line-up boasts a collection of former Premier League players\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>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<p>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<p>But Fenerbahce remain the form team in European football, after racking up a 19th consecutive win in all competitions this season.<\/p>\n<p>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<p>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<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/30\/12\/77173119-12688515-image-a-35_1698669013746.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Edin Dzeko scored a hat-trick as Fenerbahce beat Pendikspor 5-0 away on Sunday<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/30\/12\/77173189-12688515-image-a-40_1698669172439.jpg\" height=\"491\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Fenerbahce have won all their 19 games in all competitions so far this season\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/30\/12\/77173145-12688515-image-a-36_1698669021739.jpg\" height=\"435\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Fred swapped Manchester United for Fenerbahce in the summer\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>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<p>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<p>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<p>The Bosnian, who arrived from Inter Milan on a free transfer in the summer, isn&#8217;t the only Fenerbahce player with Premier League connections in coach Ismail Kartal&#8217;s squad.<\/p>\n<p>Brazilian midfielder Fred signed from Manchester United at the start of the season and has so far featured in 14 of Fenerbahce&#8217;s 19 games, setting up five goals.<\/p>\n<p>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<p>Meanwhile, former United academy graduate Josh King &#8211;\u00a0who played for Blackburn, Bournemouth, Everton and Watford &#8211; has scored four goals this season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>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<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/30\/12\/77173159-12688515-image-a-39_1698669040152.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Former United academy graduate Josh King has scored four times already this season<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/30\/12\/77173157-12688515-image-a-37_1698669034413.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ryan Kent signed for the Turkish giants from Rangers on a free transfer this summer\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/30\/12\/77173151-12688515-image-a-38_1698669036759.jpg\" height=\"501\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Dusan Tadic joined Fenerbahce in the summer after five years at Ajax<\/p>\n<p>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<p>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<p>Guler joined Real Madrid for \u00a317million, while Bayindir moved to Manchester United for just over \u00a34m.<\/p>\n<p>Fenerbahce host fifth-placed Trabzonspor on Sunday, looking to continue their impressive run.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>Flawless Fenerbahce!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>LEAGUE RESULTS<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Gaziantep (H) 2-1<\/p>\n<p>Samsunspor (A) 2-0<\/p>\n<p>Ankaragucu (A) 1-0<\/p>\n<p>Antalyaspor (H) 3-2<\/p>\n<p>Alanyaspor (A) 1-0<\/p>\n<p>Istanbul Basaksehir (H) 4-0<\/p>\n<p>Caykur Rizespor (H) 5-0<\/p>\n<p>Kasimpasa (A) 2-0<\/p>\n<p>Hatayspor (H) 4-2<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Pendikspor (A) 5-0<\/p>\n<p><span>EUROPA CONFERENCE LEAGUE<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Zimbru Chi\u0219in\u0103u (H) 5-0<\/p>\n<p>Zimbru Chi\u0219in\u0103u (A) 4-0<\/p>\n<p>Maribor (H) 3-1<\/p>\n<p>Maribor (A) 3-0<\/p>\n<p>FC Twente (H) 5-1<\/p>\n<p>FC Twente (A) 1-0<\/p>\n<p>Nordsjaelland (H) 3-1<\/p>\n<p>Spartak Trnava (A) 2-1<\/p>\n<p>Ludogorets Razgrad (H) 3-1<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12688515\/Europe-best-team-19-wins-Manchester-City-Premier-League.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Europe&#8217;s &#8216;surprising best team&#8217; 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