Cottagers Leave Hodgson Beaming

Cottagers Leave Hodgson Beaming

Fulham manager Roy Hodgson will see admitted to feeling "at the top of the world" at his side, Juventus knock out of the Euro-League deaf, with emphasis on 4-1 Craven Cottage.

The Cottagers into the game 3-1 after a convincing display against the Serie A giants in Turin last week.

Fulham behind in the second minute with a strike price of David Trezeguet, but somehow, once again pull out a remarkable comeback, thanks to the double doors of Clint Dempsey, Bobby Zamora and Zoltan Gera.

The victory put Fulham 5-4 aggregate in the quarterfinals of the competition could not for the first time in its history and life Hodgson be better.

"I was on the roof of the world," said the 62-year-old bar after the victory.

"I do not know if this is the biggest night in the history of the club, but it is not very close."

Trezeguet second minute strike looked to the side Hodgson condemned to defeat, but if Juventus and lost control of the bond and end the game at nine, following the rejection of the first half of the year Fabio Cannavaro and red late for Jonathan Zebina.

Hodgson has celebrated the character of his players after returning to steal the victory is unlikely.

"I am with the way they come back impressed," said the former chief of Inter.

"We had a worse start.

"We were there for a simple goal, which is a difficult task even faster, but even this point, the team started playing well and the crowd behind us, and even at the half I thought we were not looking good to win the game.

"It was never to be impossible to turn around, and luckily it happened."

In fact, could Fulham Juventus veteran goalkeeper Antonio Chimenti beat six or seven times, with Dickson Etuhu and Simon Davies hit the woodwork in the second half.

But it was Clint Dempsey, Fulham remain in folklore as the man who made by Cottagers.

Crown sealed the victory with a spectacular escape Chimenti chip in the 83rd Minute, the capacity crowd at Craven Cottage Send wildly.

Dempsey told ESPN: "I just thought, what the hell went in and tried it in the mail and

"Nine of the 10 cases, you will do it, but sometimes one must make a risk, do not.

"That's great, we showed a lot of heart and character to defend themselves, but we are in the next round."

Hodgson noted that his next opponent in the team competition, which was the draw for the quarter-finals in Nyon at 2 tomorrow made.

Until then, could sit Hodgson and take stock of what is a remarkable European campaign that began with a 3-0 qualifying victory over minnows Vetra in Lithuania in July.

"If you go to the last quarter of this competition is very good because our first game played at the end of July, and we are still in this competition to play in next month.

"When I finished the final (as head of the Inter-legs), our European campaign is almost as long as it was, I think it consists of 12 games, including two - finally.

"At the end of the next game we have played 16 games now, and I think it is a remarkable result that the boy had done so well."

Juventus manager Alberto Zaccheroni, meanwhile, said Cannavaro red card, which is known for pulling back Gera, throwing the game.

"We are disappointed with the results," he said.

"We had feared Fulham and they played well, but when we went up to 10 people that we've struggled.

"I have a repeat of the incident have seen, and I think the referee was too strict."