Fulham and Atletico Madrid in the spotlight in the final of the European league.

Fulham came out a team and Atletico Madrid from the shadow of more prestigious clubs in Medintehma, to strate the spotlight when they meet in the final match of the European league football (UEFA Cup earlier) on Wednesday in the city of Hamburg, Germany.
Real Madrid and holds a record of more successful and more attention from rivals Atletico in the Spanish capital, and the Fulham lag far behind Chelsea, Arsenal, Tottenham London, in terms of victories and track record.
But after the arrival of Bayern Munich and Inter Milan to the final of the Champions League, hopes are English and Spanish in the continental title, hung on Fulham and Atletico Madrid.
The biggest obstacle in the way of Atletico de Madrid to Champions League final, are to meet Liverpool in the semi-final.
Fulham, it was his most difficult, where he faced a number of big teams are, Roma and Juventus Popular and Shakhtar Donetsk, the Ukrainian champions, VfL Wolfsburg, who won the German League (Bundesliga) last season, as well as Hamburg, who had hoped significantly to reach the final match held at home .
Will take part in Fulham's first final of the continental championship, which was won by Atletico Madrid won the European Cup of Clubs Champions Cups in 1962 and reached the final of European Cup Champions (Champions League for now) in 1974 and the final European Cup Cup Winners 1963 and 1986.
Said Roy Hodgson, manager of Fulham "It's a great season and will remain stuck in the memory for a long time."
"We make glory, and access to the European final is an achievement, of course .. we will be eager to win in the final as we were in the semi-final, depending on our backs in very good shape adequately."
Hodgson and feel some concern about the fitness of Bobby Zamora, who was suffering from a problem in the Achilles.
The striker Zamora scored critical goals helped the team reach the final of the European championship, and is expected to be covered by the provisional list of the English team participating in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
As well as doubt about the participation of Damien Duff, was also switch defenders John Pantsil and Bjorn Helge during the match defeat against Arsenal zero / 4 on the first Sunday in the Premier League.
Hodgson said referring to the two stars Zamora and Dave "have a good chance to participate in the final of Europe.
And pay Hodgson team players from the second row in Sunday's game, so did Kiki Flores coach Atletico Madrid in the match draw with host Sporting Gijon 1 / 1 in the league, to rest some players, including stars of the attack Diego Forlan and Sergio Aguero.
The Forlan is the most prominent player in the ranks of Atletico Madrid in the European Championship, where he scored critical goals of the team against Liverpool, Valencia and Galatasaray of Turkey and Sporting Lisbon.
Atletico had qualified for the European championship after finishing third in their Champions League group in December last year.
Atletico Madrid and has only two victories in 14 European matches this season, but condemned Thanks for the great Forlan, who scored the goals for the team away.
Will depend Forlan and Aguero on the flanks, Jose Antonio Reyes, Simao to receive passes to the two sides, during the final in Hamburg.
Simao said "It's a beautiful moment for the club, which will disappear any tiredness."
"The game is a final important for the club .. and the only thing we are thinking about now is to win in Hamburg."
He explained, "there's no candidate to win, ratios are equal. We want to form a pressure on their defense and play in the middle of their court. Fulham plays a manner more direct from us. We know that the English club teams use high balls well so we will have a big focus."
He was more concerned about the two teams and their supporters numbering in the thousands, is to travel to Hamburg under the influence of volcanic ash cloud, resulting from the volcano, Iceland, on the movement of air transport.