Back in the summer, I was one of those who thought our participation in the Europa League would hamper our season rather than enhance it.
I couldn`t have been further wrong!
Tonight, after memorable wins in the knockout stages over Juventus and Shakhtar, we take on the German champions, Wolfsburg, in a mammoth quarter-final tie.
It`s a tie that Craven Cottage cannot wait for as it represents yet another chance for Fulham Football Club to proudly stamp its name on the newest of European competitions.
Ahead of the clash though, (Sir) Roy Hodgson has taken time out to discuss the Europa League but also comparing it to when he was actively involved in European competition with Milan when he remarks,
“Ten months is a long time to be playing.’
“These will be our 16th and 17th games in this competition. When I got to the final with Inter, which was a double-headed final, we played 12 games.”
‘Now we’ll have ended up playing 17 even if we go out, so it’s half the season longer.”
‘That shows what we have achieved, and in reaching that final at Inter we did not encounter anything like the standard of opposition that we have had to meet here.’
On reflection, have UEFA made the Europa League too long a competition?
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