Thursday 18th August 2011 (Europa League playoff 1st leg)
Fulham 3 (Hughes 39, Dempsey 43, 49) Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 0
Attendance: 14,823
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Photo by Stephen Taylor
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A comfortable victory for the Black and Whites that should be enough to get them through to the group stages of the Europa League. Aaron Hughes opened the scoring after turning in a cross from youngster Matthew Briggs.
Clint Dempsey doubled the tally five minuted later and rammed home the difference in quality between the two sides with Fulham’s third goal less than five minutes after the break.
Dnipro showed some attacking prowess towards the end, with centre forward Nikola Kalinic looking quite impressive. I found out later that he had spent some time with Blackburn Rovers and had only moved from the Lancashire side last month.
The next game at Craven Cottage will be an international between Brazil and Ghana, which should be a fantastic experience, especially if the Brazil fans are accommodated in the Putney Stand.
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