Fenerbahce has secured a place in the playoff round of the UEFA Champions League by defeating Vaslui by 4-1. Dirk Kuyt scored twice in the match and helped Fenerbahce in winning the match easily. Kuyt has joined Fenerbahce in June this year and he is performing brilliantly for the club in his very first season. Fenerbahce has bought Kuyt from Feyenoord after paying a transfer fee of 1 million Euros and it seems that the Turkish club has done the correct thing by investing in Kuyt. The Dutchman has joined Fenerbache on a contract of three years.
In the match against Vaslui, Kuyt scored both the goals in the second half. The Vaslui players started the match pretty well and were ahead till the 61st minute of the match. But, after that, they lost their control on the game and Fenerbache fired four goals in a space of 29 minutes. Vaslui took the lead pretty early in the match and got the opportunity to double the lead in the 52nd minute of the match. But, the team wasn’t able to take the advantage of the penalty kick. That was the turning point of the match. After that, the Fenerbache players played very aggressively. Stoch, who came to play as a substitute, scored the leveler in the 61st minute of the match. Kuyt took Fenerbahce ahead by scoring his first goal in the match in the 71st minute. He made the score 3-1 by scoring his second goal a few minutes later.
After scoring two goals, Kuyt was replaced by Moussa Sow in the 85th minute of the match. Immediately after coming on to the ground, Sow scored the fourth goal for Fenerbahce. Kuyt was named as the player of the match for his impressive performance.