Fulham produced a stunning second-leg comeback against nine-man Juventus to make the Europa League quarter-finals.
David Trezeguet appeared to have ended the tie with an early goal for Juve but Bobby Zamora soon fired Fulham level.
Fabio Cannavaro's sending off for a professional foul on Zoltan Gera swung the game in Fulham's favour before the Hungarian's neat finish put them ahead.
Gera's penalty levelled the tie overall and substitute Clint Dempsey's chip won it before Jonathan Zebina was sent off.
Fulham fans have been treated to some inspiring Europa League football this season, and their side did not disappoint, once again putting on a gripping and passionate display.
The Cottagers, trailing 3-1 from the first leg at the Stadio Olimpico in Turin, still retained hope of reaching the last eight due to Dickson Etuhu's solitary away goal.
That Juventus did their utmost to extinguish such fragile belief by taking the lead inside three minutes and still failed is largely a testimony to the spirit and belief that permeates through Roy Hodgson's side, and partly owing to the controversial decision of referee Bjorn Kuipers to send off Cannavaro.
The intent of Cannavaro's foul - the result of a clash with Gera as he eyed a clear route to goal - was uncertain and there was a likelihood that Zebina could have covered the Hungarian midfielder's run but Kuipers felt a goal-scoring opportunity had been denied and showed the Italian national captain a straight red.
The dismissal ended what had been an albeit brief mauling for Cannavaro at the hands of the Fulham front line, and England hopeful Zamora in particular, who made good on his pre-match promise to get the better of the World Cup winner.
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Fulham finished the previous season at the 7th place and reach Europa League. After four rounds in new one, they made 50% record with two wins and same defeats. In the first qualification round, they easy passed Lithuanian side Vetra (both games 3-0), but more problems faced against fourth Russian team Amkar. At the end, 3-1 home win was enough for progress despite the away defeat 0-1. Before the trip to Bulgaria, boss Roy Hodgson surprised the domain audience leaving at home nine players who appear in away win (2-1) over Everton, last Saturday! Goalkeeper David Stockdale and defender John Pantsil are the only players who will probably keep their places. So, chance will be given to some fringe players, like Jonathan Greening, Bjorn Helge Riise, Erik Nevland or Zoltan Gera. Though this team still should be very competitive and English football is miles above the Bulgarian, Fulham don’t have too much experience in UEFA competitions and their previous games showed the focus will be mainly on domain league. Some English clubs successfully played in Europe with the second team, Bolton few years ago for example, but personally I can not see Fulham winning here. And think, they would be fully satisfied with one point from this encounter.
