Europa League final: Atlético Madrid v Fulham

The trophy which Fulham and Atlético are contesting. Will it be a fairytale end to Fulham's season which will see the small club from west London do something which their more illustrious neighbours haven't done this season and lift a European trophy? Photograph: Marcus Brandt/EPA Photograph: Marcus Brandt/guardian.co.uk You can take the boy out of fashionable west London, but you can't take the fashion out of the boy. A proud Fulham fan shows of his natty strides which are fashioned from scarves from this season's majestic Europa League run Photograph: Carl Recine/Action Images Photograph: Carl Recine/guardian.co.uk These Atlético Madrid fans are in good voice as they enjoy themselves outside the ground. However, they have let themselves down with their rather amateurish replica trophy which seems to be made of a cereal box, a couple of coat hangers and some silver foil Photograph: Christof Koepsel/Bongarts/Getty Images Photograph: Christof Koepsel/guardian.co.uk That's more like it, a much more professional effort. So Fulham win the replica trophy stakes, lets hope they can replicate that form in the match proper Photograph: Christof Koepsel/Bongarts/Getty Images Photograph: Christof Koepsel/guardian.co.uk Once inside the stadium the fans crank up the volume Photograph: Kay Nietfeld/EPA Photograph: Kay Nietfeld/guardian.co.uk Fulham's version of Jedward are in fine voice too Photograph: Ina Fassbender/Reuters Photograph: Ina Fassbender/guardian.co.uk The opening ceremony - flag waving and women with flares strapped to their backsides. Nice. Photograph: David Hecker/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: David Hecker/guardian.co.uk Tomas Ujfalusi feels the full force of Dickson Etuhu's challenge Photograph: Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Adrian Dennis/guardian.co.uk The Fulham goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer punches clear Photograph: Nigel Treblin/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Nigel Treblin/guardian.co.uk Atlético Madrid's Sergio Aguero attempts to get past Fulham's Danny Murphy Photograph: Marcus Brandt/EPA Photograph: Marcus Brandt/guardian.co.uk Eventually Atlético's early pressure pays off when Forlan re-directs a shot from Aguero into the Fulham net to give the Spanish side the lead Photograph: David Hecker/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: David Hecker/guardian.co.uk Just five minutes later Fulham are back in the match after a smart low volley from an unmarked Simon Davies Photograph: John Sibley/Action Images Photograph: John Sibley/guardian.co.uk Fulham's semi-final hero Zoltan Gera acrobatically keeps the ball away from Alvaro Dominguez Photograph: Joern Pollex/Bongarts/Getty Images Photograph: Joern Pollex/guardian.co.uk Atlético Madrid's David de Gea clutches both the ball and his head after he gets caught by a stray boot Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters Photograph: Phil Noble/guardian.co.uk Sergio Aguero charges forward and makes light work of the challenges of Zoltan Gera, right, and Dickson Etuhu Photograph: Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images Photograph: Laurence Griffiths/guardian.co.uk This time Sergio Aguero comes off second best as he does battle with Breda Hangeland Photograph: Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images Photograph: Laurence Griffiths/guardian.co.uk Fulham press forward and create a number of chances but nothing comes of them. The 90 minutes finishes with the teams tied at 1-1, and the game goes into extra-time Photograph: Christof Koepsel/Bongarts/Getty Images Photograph: Christof Koepsel/guardian.co.uk Then, with only only four minutes left in extra-time, Aguero skips past a challenge and whips in a vicious cross. Forlan manages to get half a yard on Hangeland and flicks the ball goalward, it takes a slight nick off the Fulham defender on it's way past the despairing dive of Mark Schwarzer and into the net to make it 2-1... Photograph: Christof Koepsel/Bongarts/Getty Images Photograph: Christof Koepsel/guardian.co.uk ...to leave the Fulham players crest-fallen Photograph: Carl Recine/Action Images Photograph: Carl Recine/guardian.co.uk Roy Hodgson and his players look shell-shocked after the final whistle Photograph: Carl Recine/Action Images Photograph: Carl Recine/guardian.co.uk Atlético captain Antonio Lopez kisses the UEFA Europa League trophy as his team-mates look on with excitement Photograph: Michael Regan/Getty Images Photograph: Michael Regan/guardian.co.uk The joyous Atlético players celebrate by throwing their head coach Quique Sanchez Flores into the air. No wonder they are so happy, it's the club's first European trophy (discounting the Intertoto Cup in 2007) since they won the Cup Winners Cup 48 years ago Photograph: Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images Photograph: Laurence Griffiths/guardian.co.uk