Moussa Dembele remains confident of Fulham's progress to the last 32 of the Europa League despite their defeat to FC Twente.
Fulham midfielder eyes victory over Odense
Fulham midfielder Moussa Dembele remains confident of his side's progress to the last 32 of the Europa League despite their 1-0 away defeat to FC Twente on Thursday.
A Marc Janko strike on 89 minutes condemned the Cottagers to a loss in the Netherlands in their penultimate game in Group K, meaning that they will need to secure maximum points against Odense at home in two weeks' time to qualify for the knockout stages.
Martin Jol's side are currently second in the group with seven points from five matches, one more than Wisla Krakow, who won 2-1 at Odense and host Twente in their final game, with the Dutch club have already booked their berth in the next round of the competition.
Dembele, though, believes that his side have what it takes to qualify for the round of 32 of the Europa League.
"Everybody will work hard enough to win the final game," he said. "It's very important to us and I think we'll win it."
On the setback in Enschedee, the 24-year-old Belgian added on
ESPN: "We tried to play our way and we would have been happy to take a point, but Twente had most of the game so maybe they deserved to win.
"What happened at the end is a bit disappointing for us, but we're not playing badly as a team."
