After Thursday night’s draw in Hamburg, Fulham Captain Danny Murphy praised his Team following an intelligent, professional display against Hamburg in Germany.
“I thought the overall performance was good,” explained Murphy. “It was a clever performance in many ways.
“We knew about their attacking threat and if we were disciplined we would limit them to chances. We’re good at that. We’ve shown in this competition that we can go away from home and shut up shop if you like.
“With a bit more quality later in the game on the counter attack we could have damaged them but it wasn’t meant to be and that would have been a bit harsh on them.
“Other than a few saves in the last 15 to 20 minutes Mark [Schwarzer] didn’t have much to do, so considering the quality of opposition and what’s at stake, I thought it was a really good performance.”
Murphy was happy for Hamburg to be tagged as favourites on Thursday night and is clearly looking forward to taking the tie back to the Cottage next week.
“We don’t mind being the underdogs and tonight we showed maturity and rode the pressure well.
“I don’t think they’ll fancy coming to the Cottage. They won’t dominate the game like they did tonight and I think overall we have to be pleased with tonight’s performance.
“We’ve done it again and the journey continues but we’ll not be complacent because we’re at the Cottage. They’re a good side and it’s going to be a tough one.
“It’s hard to equate what it would mean [to reach the Final]. It's one step at a time and if we did manage to get to the Final it would be the Club’s greatest achievement.”