Once again Diego Forlan has broken the hearts of many British fans. After knocking out Liverpool in the semi finals of the Europa Cup Diego Forlan was at it again today scoring two goals to give Atletico Madrid it’s first major European trophy since 1962. Los Rojoblancos started the match strong and opened up with a 32nd minute goal from none other than Diego Forlan himself. Troubled Fulham fans would be relieved as Simon Davies would equalize 5 minutes later on a nice volley from 6 yards out. As the match went on it seemed that nothing could separate the two teams and there was just something that kept Fulham in this. Throughout the season Fulham have made some amazing comebacks and have had great upsets. A 3-0 victory against Manchester United, a 4-1 second leg victory over Juventus just to name a few.

The match would eventually move on to extra time, and it really seemed like the match would be heading into extra time. This would all change after Sergio Aguero gave a nice chase of the ball and sent in a cross for Forlan to tap in again. The match winner was his 24th goal in all competitions this season and has high hopes for this summer’s World Cup.

Although many are celebrating Atletico’s triumph in Germany, thousands across the globe were heart broken after the most deserving underdog were finished off in the dying minutes of extra time. Roy Hodgson has really turned this London club around from battling relegation over a year ago, all the way to Europa League Final. The manager had nothing but praise for his players saying, “I don’t have any word of criticism for the teams. I thought the players were magnificent as usual and I think the fans will realise we did the best job we could possibly do.”

Although Fulham fans won’t be seeing any European action next season, we can certainly expect them to finish off higher in the table and have domestic success in the FA and Carling cup next season. Whether or not they win any of these trophies of course is a crapshoot, but Hodgson has certainly proved himself to be the best manager in the Premier League this season. For now all Fulham fans can do is pray.