Romelu Lukaku scored his first goal for Fenerbahçe in his 11th appearance, after going goalless in his first 10 games for the club. The breakthrough came in the 40th minute of a comfortable home win over Alanyaspor, but it arrived only after an earlier miss in the 13th minute drew plenty of social media mockery.
Lukaku's long wait
The sequence matters because the wait had started to look awkward. Lukaku was the headline name, but he had not found the net until this 11th outing, and the miss before half-time gave the night a different kind of tension before the goal finally arrived.
A Bola reported that Fenerbahçe won clearly against Alanyaspor, and the result also kept the club in the title mix. So Foot added that Fenerbahçe moved back up to third place and sat three points behind Galatasaray, which gives the goal a little more weight than just a personal relief.
Kerem Aktürkoğlu's part in the win
Kerem Aktürkoğlu also ended a drought, scoring his first goal of the season after 14 goalless games and later setting up Vedat Muriqi in the 87th minute. He did not need to carry the story, but his contribution helped turn the night into a fuller attacking response from João Pereira's side.
So Foot's report also said, 'We want this duel between Lukaku and Osimhen.' That is the next layer of interest around Lukaku, but the immediate story is simpler. He has finally scored for Fenerbahçe, and the club have done enough to stay close enough to the top of the table heading into the next round of league fixtures.
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