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From optajean on Twitter:](http://twitter.com/optajean)“Fulham’s record after having conceded the opening goal in the Europa League this season: 2 wins, 1 draw, 1 defeat.”
From Nasris_Special_Touch_10 on 606:](http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A68193345)“Great strike by Davies, but I think Simao, Forlan and Aguero have stood out for Atletico. Come on Fulham!”
From Gav via text: “Alone in my ‘One Simon Davies’ chant on the train into London… Nobody else is following the action!”
**BBC Wales’ Peter Shuttleworth at the Cardiff City Stadium: “**The Bluebirds are visibly rattled by Leicester as Steve Howard is winning the aerial bombardment for the visitors - using his height to set up both goals and Cardiff can’t handle the big man dropping off. Cardiff have to regroup and as the psychological edge swings Leicester’s way in this fascinating Championship play-off tie.”
2035: It seems as good a time as any to remind you that away goals don’t count extra in the Championship play-offs. So as it stands, they’re heading for extra time in Cardiff.
2033: HALF-TIME Cardiff 1-2 Leicester [agg 2-2]
2032: Phew… which is largely what the Fulham fans might be thinking. They were second best in that half, and looked very nervous for most of it, but they’re all square thanks to that strike by Simon Davies, his second in two Europa League games.
2030: HALF-TIME Atletico Madrid 1-1 Fulham
From mcwd on Twitter:](http://twitter.com/mcwd)“Just shouted YES! in the silent study room of the uni library for the Fulham goal. Lots of people looking at me weirdly…”
Leicester goal: We’re all square in the Championship play-off semi-final as Mark Hudson unfortunately nods into his own net. Steve Howard is at the centre of the action again as he heads on target but Hudson’s attempt to keep it out only sees him divert it past keeper David Marshall. What a turnaround.
**BBC Sport’s Phil McNulty at the Nordbank Arena: **“Fulham have once again demonstrated how superbly they can react to a setback. Diego Forlan’s goal was a deserved reward for Atletico Madrid’s supremacy - but Simon Davies’ superb volley has changed the mood. Atletico still the more dangerous side but what a lift for Fulham, and how their supporters have responded.”
2026: Atletico’s goal appeared to make Fulham lose some of the shackles, which is exactly what they needed. Absorbing game now… Although that’s a terrible corner by Atletico. Alan Green on BBC 5 live reckons Bobby Zamora is hobbling already.
Fulham goal: Bobby Zamora with a deft turn in the box, controlling the ball brilliantly… and then he appears to ruin it all by refusing to shoot and going for another touch. Zoltan Gera picks up the pieces and his cross takes a slight flick before reaching Simon Davies, who crashes a magnificent right-foot volley past David de Gea.
2023: GOALFLASH Cardiff 1-2 Leicester [agg 2-2]
2022: GOALFLASH Atletico Madrid 1-1 Fulham (Davies)
Atletico goal: Well, it’s deserved, you have to say. The move begins with a barnstorming run by Jose Antonio Reyes down the right and he sweeps a lovely ball inside to Simao, who knocks it on back for Sergio Aguero. The Argentine heads it down brilliantly and mis-hits the shot but it turns into a perfect pass for Diego Forlan, who is just onside as he slots past Mark Schwarzer.
2016: GOALFLASH Atletico Madrid 1-0 Fulham (Forlan)
Leicester goal: It’s game on again in Cardiff as Leicester pull one back less than four minutes after falling behind. Matt Fryatt and Steve Howard combine before Fryatt’s shot slips under David Marshall and just has enough legs to creep over the line.
2013: Sergio Aguero looking very, very dangerous every time he picks up the ball. Fulham are lucky his final ball hasn’t hit the mark yet. Meanwhile, Brede Hangeland has made a very nervy start to the match. He loses out on a header to Antonio Lopez.
2011: GOALFLASH Cardiff 1-1 Leicester (Fryatt) [agg 2-1]
Cardiff goal: Cardiff are ahead and deservedly so after dominating. Michael Chopra is just onside as he latches on to a Jay Bothroyd flick and he slots a shot just under the outrushing Leicester keeper Chris Weale.
2009: Brilliant work from Sergio Aguero on the left. He turns Aaron Hughes twice as he jinks into the penalty area but his low ball in is cleared, with Diego Forlan waiting.
2008: GOALFLASH Cardiff 1-0 Leicester (Chopra) [agg 2-0]
2007: Fulham give the ball away for the umpteenth time and Diego Forlan has a go from distance, but nothing to trouble Mark Schwarzer.
**BBC Wales’ Peter Shuttleworth at the Cardiff City Stadium: **“No resting on their 1-0 first-leg advantage as it’s attack, attack, attack for Cardiff against Leicester as the Welshmen heed the words of boss Dave Jones and go for that crucial first goal here at the Cardiff City Stadium. The Championship’s top-scorer Peter Whittingham should have added to his 24-goal tally this season.”
2005: Simon Davies catches a right-foot shot from the edge of the box beautifully, but it’s expertly plucked out of the air by Atletico keeper David de Gea.
2003: It might be this quick surface, but every time Fulham pass the ball around, they look a bit panicky. Signs they’re starting to settle now, I think. Eighteen minutes gone, still 0-0.
2002: Much better from Fulham. Bobby Zamora heads Paul Konchesky’s shot back for Zoltan Gera, who volleys well over. Decent move though.
2001: And there is Dickson Etuhu… tripping Tomas Ujfalusi from behind to give Atletico Madrid a promising free-kick. Mark Schwarzer catches Jose Antonio Reyes’s effort at the second attempt.
From Uche , from Lagos, via text: "The two Etuhu brothers are both playing tonight. Dickson is fighting for European glory with Fulham, Kelvin for promotion with Cardiff City."Kelvin’s fighting from the bench
1957: HUGE let-off for Fulham. Danny Murphy is caught in possession by Sergio Aguero, who plays in strike partner Diego Forlan. The Uruguayan’s shot beats Mark Schwarzer but hits the bottom of the far post.
BBC Sport’s Phil McNulty at the Nordbank Arena: “Empty seats to be seen around the Nordbank Arena but still plenty of atmosphere. ‘Roy Hodgson For Prime Minister’ reads one banner draped at the Fulham end - maybe another time Roy. Fulham supporters react ecstatically to their first spell of sustained possession.”
1955: Atletico break up a decent spell of Fulham possession and Sergio Aguero gallops over the halfway line before running straight into Brede Hangeland, looking for a free-kick - but the referee’s not having any of that nonsense. Seconds later, Bobby Zamora is caught inches offside before skewing a shot across goal.
1954: Early chance in Cardiff and it falls to the home side. It’s a good chance as well as Peter Whittingham easily outpaces Leicester’s Nobby Solano, but then proceeds to produce a poor finish wide of the post.
1953: Raul Garcia’s speculative shot takes a deflection to give Atletico the first corner of the match - and their fans respond like they’ve just won the World Cup. Bobby Zamora heads it clear - but not that convincingly. Fulham seem a touch more nervous here, which is probably not that surprising.
**BBC Wales’ Peter Shuttleworth at the Cardiff City Stadium: **“Cardiff boss Dave Jones urged Bluebirds fans to transform this sold-out stadium into a ‘hellhole’ for Leicester’s visit - and his followers are responding with deafening gusto.”
1949: Very slick surface at the Nordbank Arena, where the Atletico fans are making a thunderous noise.
1947: And they’re off and running in Cardiff too. First sign of nerves in Hamburg as Brede Hangeland slices a clearance on the halfway line.
1945: The biggest game in Fulham’s history is under way now.
1944: TEAMS Cardiff v Leicester****Cardiff: Marshall, McNaughton, Hudson, Blake, Kennedy, Whittingham, McPhail, Ledley, Burke, Chopra, Bothroyd. Subs: Enckelman, Gyepes, Capaldi, Quinn, Etuhu, Wildig, McCormack.Leicester: Weale, Solano, Hobbs, Bruce, Berner, Dyer, King, Wellens, Gallagher, Howard, Fryatt. Subs: Logan, Morrison, N’Guessan, Waghorn, Kermorgant, Vaughan, Spearing.Referee: Howard Webb (S Yorkshire)
1944: If you’re UK based and on the web, refresh the page now for 5 live commentary from Hamburg or Cardiff.
1943: This atmosphere would be enough to turn even the most experienced legs to jelly, let alone a club in their first European final.
1940: There’s a kid running riot on the pitch with an Atletico flag. This must be the opening ceremony. Excellent, dramatic music to accompany said kid, who appears to have consumed a few too many E numbers.
From Emma from London via Argentina, via text: “I am a lifelong Fulham fan stuck in Buenos Aires working, with my whole family over in Hamburg. I have never been so sad to miss a match yet so proud to be a FFC fan. Do Hodgson proud tonight Whites!”
BBC Wales’ Peter Shuttleworth at the Cardiff City Stadium: “Play-off anticipation reaching fever pitch at the Cardiff City Stadium and Bluebirds fans are unusually buoyant as they head into this home second leg with a goal advantage. But Cardiff boss Dave Jones knows Leicester have nothing to lose - and that makes the Foxes dangerous.”
1936: Aw, some messages now from Roy Hodgson’s fellow managers, who toasted him at the League Managers’ Association dinner the other night. A gushing Sir Alex Ferguson says: “There can only be one ending. You’ve got to win, you will win.” Don Fabio rather threateningly barks: “You have to win.” And then he smiles and everything’s OK again.
Fulham boss Roy Hodgson: “This is a massive final, being beamed all around the world, we’re aware of our responsibility and we realise how well we’ve done to get here. The players are determined to play well. There’ll be some nervousness but I’m pretty sure that’ll be the same in the Atletico dressing room.”
BBC Sport’s Phil McNulty tweeting from Hamburg:](http://twitter.com/philmcnulty)“Fulham PA announcer and lifelong fan “Diddy” David Hamilton is whipping the fans into a frenzy perched on a raised platform.”
1928: Apparently, there is another team apart from brave Fulham in tonight’s Europa League showpiece. It’s Atletico Madrid, and they’ve only won two games on their way to the final, so they should be a pushover, no? Well, no. They’ve got Diego Forlan and Sergio Aguero for a start (and that’s quite a decent start) - and this is their fifth European final.
From Pete in the USA “Biggest game in Fulham history, looking for glory from Dempsey today.. GO ON YOU WHITES!!!”
From Oli the Gunner, via text: “I’m a Gooner through and through, but tonight, I’m sure I’m not alone in becoming an honorary fan of one of the most likeable clubs and managers in the Premier League. Come on Fulham!”
1922: Here’s pop star and Fulham fan Lily Allen on the telly with her Grandad. Aah. “We’re very proud and really nervous,” says Lily. Now, where’s Hugh Grant?
BBC Sport’s Phil McNulty in Hamburg: “Hamburg’s Nordbank Arena is spectacular and atmospheric - and well known to Fulham after their Europa League semi-final win against the Bundesliga side. Roy Hodgson has done a bit of PR to get the locals on Fulham’s side with glowing praise for the stadium, the playing surface and the city itself. Wise ploy as plenty of Hamburg fans will have snapped up tickets in the hope of seeing their own team contest the final on home territory.”
From fredriknygren on Twitter:](http://twitter.com/fredriknygren)"Re 1905: As a Swede I can assure you Roy’s ‘semi-final’ is definitely Swedish! He won seven titles here you know."Apologies. I don’t want to cause an international incident
1913: And just while I’m clearing things up, Burnley’s chance of European football disappeared on Monday with the news that England missed out on an extra Europa League place via the Fair Play rankings. So Fulham will qualify for the competition next season if they win tonight, but not if they don’t. All clear?
1911: Lots of you suggesting this is Bobby Zee’s chance to prove Fabio Capello wrong after he missed out on a place in the provisional squad for the World Cup. Capello explained yesterday that he wanted to include Zamora, but the striker said he needed surgery on his troublesome Achilles and couldn’t play a game without a painkilling injection.
From BBC Sport’s James Doe in Hamburg: “Just out of Stellingen station to be greeted by a sea of fans trying to offload tickets. Party atmosphere on walk to stadium, generated largely by the Spaniards. Cottagers’ presence has been much more low key around town all day.”
1908: You’re excited, I’m excited. Even Uefa head honcho Michel Platini is like a little boy waiting for Christmas… “Football is unpredictable. That is why it is nice and we love it. The small teams can beat the biggest, the biggest can beat the smallest. Everything is possible in football.”
1905: Love the way Roy Hodgson says semi-final… in what I think is an Italian accent. And to think people laugh at Steve McClaren for picking up a Dutch accent.
From Kish, via text: “My mate Jacob who is a Fulham fan is on a year abroad from Uni in Australia and has spent his whole student loan on flights to Hamburg to go to the game. Legend.”
1900: TEAMS Atletico Madrid v Fulham****Atletico Madrid: De Gea, Ujfalusi, Perea, Dominguez, Antonio Lopez, Reyes, Paulo Assuncao, Raul Garcia, Simao, Forlan, Aguero. Subs: Joel, Valera, Camacho, Jurado, Salvio, Juanito, Cabrera.Fulham: Schwarzer, Baird, Hughes, Hangeland, Konchesky, Duff, Etuhu, Murphy, Davies, Gera, Zamora. Subs: Zuberbuhler, Pantsil, Nevland, Riise, Dempsey, Greening, Dikgacoi.Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)
From vimes07 on Twitter:](http://twitter.com/vimes07)“When you look at Middlesbrough and Rangers, these fairytale Uefa Cup runs don’t seem to end very well for the British team.”
1855: Not just the Europa League final tonight. No, no, and thrice no. There’s the small matter of the Championship play-off semi-final second leg between Cardiff and Leicester, with the Bluebirds leading 1-0 from the first leg. Now, it’s only fair I point out that I’ll be mainly concentrating on events in Hamburg - but you can be sure there will be goalflashes and updates from BBC Wales’ Peter Shuttleworth, who’s at the Cardiff City Stadium.
Fulham captain Danny Murphy: “Every player seems to have improved under Roy. But there’s no magic dust that he sprinkles on us before every game. The manager and his staff work damn hard on the training pitch to make sure that the lads in the team know their job. This is a manager who organises his team well, plus there’s a set of good players here. It’s a nice balance.”
From Brian010 on 606:](http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A68193345?s_fromedit=1&s_typedarticle=edit&s_type=15&s_sport=football)“It’s all about the Duffer’s magical left peg opening up Atletico tonight. Come on Fulham!”
1850: Damien Duff starts too in a very familiar-looking Fulham line-up. Diego Forlan and Sergio Aguero are both in the Atletico starting XI.
1847: For Roy Hodgson, already well on course for a knighthood, a sainthood, and the Nobel peace prize, it’s a chance to become the first English manager since Sir Bobby Robson 13 years ago to win a European trophy (Barcelona, Cup Winners’ Cup, 1997) and the first to win one with an English side since Howard Kendall 25 years ago (Everton, Cup Winners’ Cup, 1985).
BBC Sport’s Phil McNulty tweeting from Hamburg:](http://twitter.com/philmcnulty)“Omens suggest a dramatic night ahead. Press bus just survived a shunt with a taxi. Left the Polizei to sort that one out.”
1842: First things first, if you missed the news earlier, Bobby Zamora will start for Fulham for the first time since the semi-final win over Hamburg. He and Zoltan Gera are Fulham’s top scorers in Europe with six. More team news as and when we get it.
1838: More than nine months since they started their second ever European campaign in Lithuania, Fulham are preparing for their biggest game since the 1975 FA Cup final, when Alan Mullery and Bobby Moore graced the Cottagers’ team. Tonight, the likes of Danny Murphy, Zoltan Gera and Brede Hangeland could become Fulham legends (if they aren’t already).
1835: Vetra Vilnius, Amkar Perm, CSKA Sofia, Basle, Roma, Shakhtar Donetsk, Juventus, Wolfsburg, Hamburg… Atletico Madrid?
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