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ბაზელი - ფულჰემი 2-3ზამორა 42, 45, ფრეი (პენ) 64, გერა 77, სტრეელერი 87.
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Bobby Zamora continued his sensational run of form to provide warmth to the otherwise freezing travelling Fulham fans as the Whites secured their place in the last 32 of the Europa League with a dramatic if at times nail-biting victory in Switzerland.
With temperatures below zero and snow falling, the team entered the impressive and noisy St. Jakob Park arena knowing that only a win would be good enough to secure progression, but they refused to freeze under the pressure, instead turning in a scorching hot performance that sent the home side out of the competition.
Roy Hodgson made several changes from the side that had drawn at Burnley at the weekend. Danny Murphy and Dickson Etuhu returned in the centre of midfield, as Jonathan Greening was pushed out to the left and Bjorn Helge Riise took up his place on the right. Zoltan Gera slotted in just behind sole striker Bobby Zamora.
At the back Chris Smalling partnered Aaron Hughes in the middle of defence with John Pantsil and Stephen Kelly to their right and left respectively.
Despite the cold weather, the game took no time to warm up in a lively first period, which saw both teams playing purposeful, attacking football.
There was action from inside the first minute when Bjorn Helge Riise crossed from the right. Basel centre-back Cagdas Atan failed to clear, but neither Jonathan Greening nor Bobby Zamora could meet the loose ball.
Shortly afterwards, Schwarzer had his first touch as he got down to stop an effort from Carlitos, although it never really troubled the Aussie.
The first real save of the game had to be made on nine minutes when Danny Murphy forced a good stop from Colomba. From the right, Zamora played the ball inside to Gera who controlled and laid the ball back to Murphy whose left foot strike needed a full stretch save to push the ball out for a corner.
On 12 minutes Basel wasted a good opportunity to take the lead. Marco Streller advanced on goal from the left and his square pass to Alexander Frei caught Stephen Kelly napping. Frei had just Schwarzer to beat, but he tried to round the keeper, giving Schwarzer the opportunity to steal the ball away from the striker’s feet. A let-off for the Whites.
From the outset Fulham knew they needed to score and that moment appeared to come just after the quarter hour. Riise broke down the right and played a perfect lofted ball over the head of Cagdas to Zamora. Bobby controlled the ball well and calmly finished into the back of the net, but as he turned to celebrate, he saw the referee disallowing his goal on the linesman’s signal for a very close offside call.
In an open half, Basel too had their moments, causing panic in the Fulham penalty area on a couple of occasions. Just before the half hour mark a hopeful Benjamin Huggel volley flew over, but in truth it never really looked dangerous.
At the other end, shortly after, Zamora received a yellow card for allegedly being overly physical with Cagdas.
Basel threatened again on 37 minutes as an attack from the left switched to the right, stretching the Whites defence and allowing Samuel Inkoom a free shot. However, the Ghanaian lacked composure and his effort sailed high over the bar.
Fulham were looking most likely to profit from activity down the right flank with Riise’s crosses consistently causing panic in the home defence. One such ball as the half neared an end teased, but just skimmed Zamora’s head.
But the threat came to fruition moments later. From a quickly taken free-kick deep in the Fulham half. Pantsil played a neat ball up the line to Riise who hit an early cross across the box, which fell perfectly for Zamora sliding in at the far post. His close range finish gave Colomba no chance. 1-0.
And it was the same combination again within minutes. This time Riise’s cross was a high chipped one, but again Zamora arrived at the far post, this time with a nodded header that doubled Fulham’s advantage just before the break. 2-0.
The second-half started much the same as the first hand finished – with a Zamora chance. This time it was a free-kick from 25 yards, which the striker hit low. The ball took a couple of deflections which caught Colomba unawares, but the keeper was still able to get down to palm the ball to safety.
Clearly shaken by a half-time grilling, the hosts began to pile a little more pressure on. Although calm and resolute defending saw the Whites deal with their opponents well, restricting them to a couple of ambitious pot-shots at first. With bodies behind the ball, the visitors sought to frustrate the hosts.
Still, substitute Federico Amerares had the best chance of the opening 15 minutes, but his header from a Stocker cross from the left couldn’t find the target. Schwarzer then had to get down low to hold a well placed Huggel drive.
Just after the hour though Basel’s pressure reaped its rewards. Amerares escaped Kelly on the right and entered the box. His cross appeared to hit Chris Smalling in the stomach, but after a moment’s pause, the referee took the indication from his linesman and awarded a penalty. Alex Frei stepped up and placed his spot kick high to Schwarzer’s right. 2-1.
Moments later there was a chance for an equaliser as Amerares again crossed from the right. Stocker got up to head at goal, but his effort went just over.
On 69 minutes a dangerous back-pass gave Zamora a sniff of his hat-trick, but Colomba raced off his line to get to the ball first. Seconds later Fulham made their first change, introducing Clint Dempsey for Greening.
A couple of minutes later, Basel came closer still to levelling the scores. Amerares got his head to another cross from the right, but his effort flashed narrowly wide, much to Fulham’s relief.
However, with 15 minutes remaining, Fulham won themselves some more breathing space.
From the midfield, Murphy played a well weighted ball to Stephen Kelly in an advanced position on the left. Rather than crossing into the packed box, the left-back played a low square pass to Gera on the penalty spot. The Hungarian had time to control the ball before placing a low, right-footed shot to Colomba’s left. 3-1!
Basel weren’t ready to give up yet though and with nine minutes remaining, Frei struck the crossbar with a powerful volley, reminding Roy’s boys that the game was not over yet.
And there was further proof when Schwarzer had to tip over an accurate distance effort from Xerdhan Shaqiri. And from the resulting corner, Streller breathed a new lease of life into his side as he climbed highest in the box to head in a lifeline goal for his side. 3-2.
With the game wide open, Fulham attacked next. And Dempsey found himself with a free header inside the six yard box. But the American’s effort was straight at Colomba.
As the gripping tension of the last few moments grew to palpable levels, even the Basel keeper came forward for set pieces as Basel took one last throw of the dice.
But it wasn’t enough, and the Whites held out for a memorable, dramatic and deserved victory - the final whistle one of the most relieving sounds in recent memory to the 1200+ travelling supporters.
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Bring It On 
Bjorn Helge Riise turned provider for Fulham on Wednesday night and played a telling role in Fulham’s stunning three-two win over Basel in the UEFA Europa League.
The Whites will now take their rightful place in the knockout stages of the competition and Riise is now looking forward to some more memorable European nights.
“It feels very good,” exclaimed Riise immediately after the final whistle. “We stuck in there and we knew if we played like we have in the last couple of weeks we could go through.
“It was a difficult second half when they pushed everyone forward but we managed to cope with that as well. I just hope we get a good team in the knockout stages.
“It was tense and the atmosphere was excellent. I know Basel from when my brother played at Liverpool and Basel have a very good home record.
“We played very well today to get three points and go to the knockout stage. Bring it on with good teams!”
Riise is clearly enjoying his chance to shine on the European stage and feels that his own game is improving with every competitive fixture he plays.
“I have to take every chance that I get and luckily those chances have come in the Europa League games and I feel like I’m getting better and better.”
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Bobby's Brace in Basel 
Bobby Zamora grabbed a brace in Basel on Wednesday night and Manager Roy Hodgson praised the striker after the game following another outstanding performance by Zamora.
"Bobby Zamora carried on from where he left off in the Premier League," said Hodgson after Wednesday's victory. "I thought he was very unlucky to have a first goal ruled out for offside, and he was a real thorn in the flesh of the Basel defence.
"I took him off as a precaution," explained Fulham's Manager. "He had a slight problem with his back. But he's got to be delighted with his performance.
"Bobby is one of our more popular players, he has a chant of his own and the fans seem to appreciate and like him."
Zamora's all round contribution to the team is now being teamed with a fine goalscoring return this season, as Hodgson explained.
"The one criticism is he hasn't scored enough goals but nine goals is a pretty good return for any forward. We were pretty good value tonight for the goals we scored and we could have scored more."
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The Adventure Continues 
Following Wednesday night's victory over Basel, Roy Hodgson spoke of his delight for the Club's supporters after guiding his team to the knockout stages of the UEFA Europa League.
“I’m very satisfied with what we’ve done," said Hodgson. "I’m particularly pleased for the fans – walking around Basel this afternoon so many fans stopped me and said how pleased they were that we are in the competition and how much they’ve enjoyed the adventure of coming to watch Fulham play in Europe.
“It’s not normal for Fulham to be in Europe, having qualified through our League position, so I’m really pleased for them and the players too. I knew that the team I put on the field today would give it their very best shot and they would work very hard and make life difficult for Basel.
“Certainly I’m looking forward to the draw and the next round and seeing who we get and then we’ll see how far we go. Already we’ve done more than we perhaps set out to do, so it’s been a bonus to get so far and it would be an even bigger bonus in the future."
Fulham now go into mix of the final 32 teams left in the competition and after qualifying from such a tough group Hodgson will await Fulham's next opponents with interest.
“I’m not sure we’ll play bigger teams than the ones we’ve faced to be perfectly honest," explained Hodgson. "I think Roma, Basel and CSKA Sofia are a very difficult group. I know Sofia only had one point before tonight and they are a team of great European pedigree.
“We all how much success Basel have had, in particular over the last ten years. So I’m not so certain that we’re going to be meeting teams in the next round that are necessarily so much stronger than the ones we’ve met here.
“When you talk about teams coming down from the Champions League, and Liverpool being the blatant exception to what I’m about to say, I’m not so certain there are so many big teams coming down into the Europa League. Mostly the top two teams in the Champions League have been the really good ones and the ones that have gone through."
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Murphy's Pride 
As Fulham travelled back to SW6 late on Wednesday night Danny Murphy reflected on a memorable night of European football after Fulham's impressive victory over Basel in the UEFA Europa League.
“It was a big result and I thought it was a great game,” said Murphy. “Coming here we knew we had to get a result, so of course it was going to be end-to-end, but I thought we did terrifically well to go two up just before half-rime and Bobby took his goals really well.
“In the second-half inevitably we were on the back-foot a little bit, but we had more chances of our own to kill it off, so we’d have been very disappointed to have not won and I think it was a deserved victory based on the chances in the game.
“We’ve been unlucky with decisions in the Europa League so far and that seems to be continuing. But to be fair, we picked ourselves up and scored a third.
“That should have been enough to kill them off, but credit to Basel, they kept fighting and got a goal from a set play which is always disappointing."
Fulham striker Bobby Zamora underlined his importance to the Team on Wednesday night after grabbing a brace in Basel to add to this season's impressive goal tally and Murphy spoke highly of the striker's influence on Fulham's European and domestic campaigns this season.
“We know we’ve got quality and when we played them at our place we sensed there was a vulnerability to them. And with the way Bobby’s playing, he’s really causing teams problems and the two centre-halves couldn’t cope with it. We just want him to continue doing what he’s doing. He’s been through his ups and downs, but he’s having a great time at the moment.
“Long may it continue because when he plays like that we’re a good side, because it means we’ve got a big target man who we can play off and that’s been a big factor for us in this tournament and also the Premier League."
On Friday Fulham will learn of their next opponents in the UEFA Europa League and Murphy is clearly intent on enjoying the next stage of Fulham's European adventure.
“Of course, it’s going to be difficult, because, with some of the Champions League teams coming in now as well, we’re going to be playing against real quality over two legs. But we’re at that point in the competition now where it’s about the enjoyment, and the experience.
“A lot of our lads haven’t been this far before and if you were talking to us about being in the last 32 of the Europa League this time last season we probably would have laughed a little bit.
“Let’s be grateful for what we’ve done, pat ourselves on the back and then get back to business with a nice easy game on Saturday against Manchester United!”
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გამოხმაურებები premiership.ru -ში 17.12.2009 02:34 #
parlourай да Фулхэм молодчики..есть хоть кто-то из англ клубов на кого стоит расчитывать.. это радует
17.12.2009 02:37 #
clubВсех "Дачников" с выходом в плей- офф Лиги Европы!
17.12.2009 02:53 #
judeМолодцы! Мои поздравления! Удачи им в плей-офф! Думаю за счет домашних матчей далеко смогут пройти =)
17.12.2009 02:53 #
muxpyctmuМолодцы... Удачи в плей-офф!!! Надо их будет немного притоптать в матче АПЛ
выдохлись явно..
17.12.2009 02:57 #
vladonchegggага))надо потоптать))а то помню в том сезоне мы им проиграли(
17.12.2009 13:29 #
soodпомню как вы им проиграли, победный гол фулхэма еще долго не забуду
17.12.2009 03:18 #
zinokУРРРРРРРРРАААА да дачникир в плей офф , как же это здораво , всю жизнь мечтал что бы они туда попали!!!ЕЕЕЕЕ
17.12.2009 03:21 #
wiglafМолодцы! Желаю вам попасть на Ливерпуль в плей-офф и надрать его!
17.12.2009 13:30 #
soodэто ты так зол из-за того что уже третью игру подряд с нами НЕ можете выиграть????конечно, самим то слабо
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17.12.2009 03:42 #
skauzer1991мечтай))xDDD
17.12.2009 03:46 #
pipolloэто радует) В субботу Мы уверенно их обыграем.
17.12.2009 03:53 #
skauzer1991не буть таким уверенным,фулхэм дома-это не подарок)
17.12.2009 03:55 #
pipolloдык раз сегодня они на выезде выиграли в Европе, через 2 дня врятли они будут в состоянии даже дома потягаться с отдохнувшим МЮ.
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17.12.2009 07:59 #
ray-blackа во вторник вы чего делали?
18.12.2009 01:51 #
pipolloа во вторник мы играли ДОМА, полурезервом с Волками.
+ Эвертон только-только отыграл в Европе. Опять.
17.12.2009 03:57 #
skauzer1991тяжёлая игра будет для вас,это 100%
17.12.2009 04:18 #
tuttИ как БобБи не взять на ЧМ ?
17.12.2009 08:00 #
ray-blackНафига? Там и так есть крепкие парни Коул и Хески. Куда еще один?
17.12.2009 07:06 #
kanonir-tomskмолодцы!
17.12.2009 08:53 #
mozillasпоздравляю дачников)
17.12.2009 08:56 #
nazar73Фулхем просто замечательный футбол демонстрирует уже 2й сезон подряд. Клуб, который в АПЛ всегда был ниже среднего, мало того, что сейчас выше среднего, так еще в еврокубках мастеркласс показывают. Успехов Ходжсону и его команде!
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17.12.2009 09:01 #
jubadze
Фулхэм - красавцы!!!с прошлого сезона мне нравится их игра.с того матча против мю, когда 2-0 они выиграли,стал следить за ними...в этом году ещё лучше дела...не зря я за них в фифа10 три сезона отыграл уже)))
17.12.2009 09:04 #
abzalcfcПоздравляю дачников. На поле один из лучших был Замора. Гол Геры красивый получился. разыграли трехходовку Мерфи-Келли-Гера и гол!:)
Базель дома проиграл
17.12.2009 10:07 #
mufan1985Дачники просто молодцы!!!! Молодцы!!!
17.12.2009 10:13 #
win1942Крепкая команда. Уважаю
17.12.2009 11:39 #
gagarin158Фулэм чемпион! Даешь лигу Европы
17.12.2009 11:42 #
sterix009Молодцы! Желаю вам попасть на Ливерпуль в плей-офф и надрать его повторно!!!! с.
17.12.2009 12:20 #
bmw-x5рад за Фулхэм! удачи дачникам в ЛЕ
17.12.2009 12:27 #
meds Да Гагарин мы молодцы!!!
А я счет угадал!
Но когда было 2-3 секунды тянулись как года...
17.12.2009 13:02 #
gagarin158Да... meds, подайте нам МЮ! Повторим прошлый год, поможем соседям Челси, и Арсеналу.
17.12.2009 13:52 #
lashikoпридется Вам постораться )))
17.12.2009 12:41 #
advanМолодцы!!!!!
Не досмотрел до конца ушел на 70 минуте, а там еще 2 гола)))
С победой, соседи!
Удачи вам в ЛЕ...!!!
17.12.2009 13:10 #
arsenal11Оч хорошо, поздравляю
17.12.2009 13:51 #
spartianмолодцы дачники
17.12.2009 13:53 #
lashikoмолочики дачники , чем больше англ.клубов тем лучше.
17.12.2009 13:57 #
alex1892Поздравляю Фулхем! Рад за них и удачи в дальнейшем!
17.12.2009 15:20 #
monarchМолодцы,Фулхэм,не подвели.Замора-карсавчик.Второй гол как забил,молодец!Ждем завтрашней жеребьевки...
17.12.2009 15:36 #
winslowКрасавцы болел за них !!!
17.12.2009 16:42 #
valoНу какие красавцы!Брависсимо дачникам:вот это команда!Бравоооооооо!)
17.12.2009 17:25 #
blancoмолодцы..
у базеля форма как у барсы
17.12.2009 19:01 #
sethМои поздравления, дачники! Ходжсон как команду поднял. Не перестаю восхищаться его работой. Удачи вам в плей-офф!
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