BOBBY Zamora sees no reason why Fulham cannot end the season as Europa League champions.
The Cottagers are within touching distance of making the last four of the competition thanks to an impressive 2-1 win over German champions Wolfsburg in last night's quarter-final, first leg at Craven Cottage.
Zamora's form has been instrumental in guiding the Cottagers through a difficult European campaign, which began back in July and has seen them overcome the likes of Shakhtar Donetsk, Basle and Italian giants Juventus.
The 29-year-old opened the scoring against Wolfsburg with a well-crafted left-foot curler for his 18th goal of the season.
And although European heavyweights such as Valencia, Benfica and Liverpool are still in the competition, Zamora is confident his side can beat anyone on their day.
"How far can we go? Why not all the way?" said the former Spurs striker.
"We have some great form here at home and we're not playing too bad away in the competition so why can't we go all the way?"
Fulham will take on either Standard Liege or Hamburg in the semi-final if they overcome Wolfsburg in Germany next week.
Alexander Madlung's last-minute header gave Wolfsburg a vital away goal ahead of next week's clash at the Volkswagen Arena.
Cottagers boss Roy Hodgson is confident his side can avoid defeat in Germany next week and Zamora shares his optimism.
"It will be a massive game, it is the quarter-final of the Europa League," Zamora added. "For us it will be one of the biggest games of the season and we will try our best to go there and win.
"They are a hard-working, big, strong and tough side and we know even more about them now.
"It won't be easy but we have showed that we can score goals if we create those chances so we have to go there and think we can win."
Meanwhile, the Premier League confirmed today that they have received an official complaint from West Ham over Hodgson's decision to field a weakened team against Hull last week.
The Cottagers' 2-0 defeat at the KC Stadium allowed the Tigers to pull level with Gianfranco Zola's side on 27 points.
Hodgson insists that he fielded a team capable of beating Iain Dowie's side and is adamant that he will not change his rotation policy for Sunday's home game against Wigan.
Zamora, Damien Duff and Danny Murphy could all be rested, but Clint Dempsey should start the game against Roberto Martinez's side.
Even though Hodgson has admitted that the Europa League remains his priority for the season, Dempsey insists Fulham must give their all in the league and finish as high in the table as possible.
"We've got to continue the positive home form we've had this season so hopefully we can do that and get the points we need," he said.
"People talk about reaching 40 points, but I think you've got to aim as high as you can. We've still got a few games left and we want to get as many points as possible to finish as high as possible, it's as simple as that."
Zamora's form has been instrumental in guiding the Cottagers through a difficult European campaign, which began back in July and has seen them overcome the likes of Shakhtar Donetsk, Basle and Italian giants Juventus.
The 29-year-old opened the scoring against Wolfsburg with a well-crafted left-foot curler for his 18th goal of the season.
And although European heavyweights such as Valencia, Benfica and Liverpool are still in the competition, Zamora is confident his side can beat anyone on their day.
"How far can we go? Why not all the way?" said the former Spurs striker.
"We have some great form here at home and we're not playing too bad away in the competition so why can't we go all the way?"
Fulham will take on either Standard Liege or Hamburg in the semi-final if they overcome Wolfsburg in Germany next week.
Alexander Madlung's last-minute header gave Wolfsburg a vital away goal ahead of next week's clash at the Volkswagen Arena.
Cottagers boss Roy Hodgson is confident his side can avoid defeat in Germany next week and Zamora shares his optimism.
"It will be a massive game, it is the quarter-final of the Europa League," Zamora added. "For us it will be one of the biggest games of the season and we will try our best to go there and win.
"They are a hard-working, big, strong and tough side and we know even more about them now.
"It won't be easy but we have showed that we can score goals if we create those chances so we have to go there and think we can win."
Meanwhile, the Premier League confirmed today that they have received an official complaint from West Ham over Hodgson's decision to field a weakened team against Hull last week.
The Cottagers' 2-0 defeat at the KC Stadium allowed the Tigers to pull level with Gianfranco Zola's side on 27 points.
Hodgson insists that he fielded a team capable of beating Iain Dowie's side and is adamant that he will not change his rotation policy for Sunday's home game against Wigan.
Zamora, Damien Duff and Danny Murphy could all be rested, but Clint Dempsey should start the game against Roberto Martinez's side.
Even though Hodgson has admitted that the Europa League remains his priority for the season, Dempsey insists Fulham must give their all in the league and finish as high in the table as possible.
"We've got to continue the positive home form we've had this season so hopefully we can do that and get the points we need," he said.
"People talk about reaching 40 points, but I think you've got to aim as high as you can. We've still got a few games left and we want to get as many points as possible to finish as high as possible, it's as simple as that."
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