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The snow was falling when Fulham arrived in Turin on Wednesday afternoon and after the Whites had settled into the Team hotel, Roy Hodgson's side headed to the Juventus training ground for an evening practice session.
Before taking Wednesday night's training, Hodgson spoke to the English and Italian press about this season's remarkable European journey, which now sees Fulham take on the Italian giants Juventus at the Stadio Olimpico di Torino on Thursday night.
"To reach the last 16 of this Europa League competition, especially considering how many teams started out in the competition, and how many good teams are now in the competition, not least of all after the Champions League teams dropped out, we're really pleased to have got this far and done so well in the previous matches.
"It's a great reward for an exciting European adventure when you get the chance to play a club of Juventus' stature in the last 16. We're all looking forward to it and it's something the Club is rightly proud of. There's no way we're going to be nonchalant about these two matches against Juventus because if we could progress further it would be a magnificent feather in our cap."
Hodgson has taken Fulham from the brink of relegation to the top half of the Barclays Premier League, the Quarter-Final of the FA Cup and the last 16 of the UEFA Europa League, in just two years. It's a quite remarkable achievement and Hodgson paid tribute to his players for their efforts fighting on three fronts this campaign.
"I think that given our position when I came to the Club at the start of 2008, not many people would have given any credence to the fact that we could be this far forward now in our development. Having said that I don't think I ever considered such an event, either positively or negatively. My focus all the time has been to do the best possible job at any given moment.
"We've been fortunate this season that we've been given some very good moments and the Team has responded every time a challenge has been put before them."
