Fulham handed Wolfsburg reward after Juventus victory
Fulham and Wolfsburg star strikers Bobby Zamora and Edin Dzeko
Friday, 19, Mar 2010 05:42
By Matthew Champion.
Fulham have been rewarded for their heroic Europa League victory over Juventus with a quarter-final tie with Bundesliga outfit Wolfsburg, while Liverpool will play Portugal's Benfica.
Roy Hodgson's team beat the Turin giants 4-1 at Craven Cottage last night for a famous 5-4 aggregate win.
There could be an all-English final at the HSH Nordbank Arena on May 12th after the Premier League opponents were kept apart in the semi-final draw.
Liverpool secured their place in the last-eight with a 3-0 home win against Lille, seeing them through 3-1 on aggregate.
If the Reds overcome Benfica they will face one of the two La Liga sides in the draw, Valencia - Rafa Benitez's former team - or Atletico Madrid - Fernando Torres' boyhood club.
In the final tie, Hamburg were drawn against Belgian champions Standard Liege.
Fulham are just one of four teams in the quarter-finals to have started the season in the Europa League.
Wolfsburg, Atletico, Liverpool and Standard all qualified after being eliminated form the Champions League at the group stage.
Earlier, the Champions League quarter-final and semi-final draw was made, pitting Arsenal against Barcelona and Manchester United against Bayern Munich.
Quarter-final draw
Ties to be played on April 1st and 8th
Fulham v Wolfsburg
Hamburg v Standard Liege
Valencia v Atletico Madrid
Benfica v Liverpool
Semi-final draw
Ties to be played on April 22nd and 29th
Hamburg or Standard Liege v Fulham or Wolfsburg
Valencia or Atletico Madrid v Benfica or Liverpool