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Socceroo brilliance sinks Mourinho in Champions League

By AAP Newswire

Aug 7, 2025

Celebrating Feyenoord players. — Jordan Bos (15) has helped seal a dramatic Champions League winner for Feyenoord in Rotterdam. -EPA

Former Melbourne City defender Jordan Bos has had a first UEFA Champions League night to remember in the Netherlands.

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Having minutes earlier received a yellow card, the Socceroos left wingback set up Feyenoord's late winning goal with a wonderful cross to sink Jose Mourinho's Fenerbahce 2-1 in the first leg of their play-off round.

The 22-year-old Bos, who only joined the Dutch giants last month on a four-year deal after two seasons in Belgium with Westerlo, found the head of Anis Hadj Moussa with a long diagonal ball as it ticked over to added time in Rotterdam on Wednesday night (Thursday AEST).

It sent his coach, legend of club and country, Robin van Persie and the 52,000 home fans wild ahead of next week's return game in Turkey.

Dutch international midfielder Quinten Timber had opened the scoring for the hosts on 19 minutes before Moroccan Soyfan Amrabat equalised in the 86th.

Elsewhere, another of Tony Popovic's European-based Socceroos in Daniel Arzani didn't feature in Ferencvaros' 0-0 draw in Bulgaria against Ludogorets.

Two-time European champions Benfica, 1991 winners Crvena zvezda, Club Brugge and Kairat Almaty also enjoyed first-leg victories.