Diego Forlan scored with just four minutes of extra time remaining to give Atletico Madrid a 2-1 win over Fulham in Wednesday's Europa League final and end the club's longest ever spell without a major trophy. Forlan got his second goal of the game when he flicked Sergio Aguero's cross under his leg, the ball rolling past goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer via a deflection off Fulham defender Brede Hangeland. “You always enjoy goals like that, especially given the timing,” Forlan said in a television interview. Man of the Match Forlan, who also hit the post and put Atletico ahead in the 32nd minute, was the only Atletico player not to celebrate at the final whistle as the club won its first trophy since the Spanish league and cup double in 1996. The Uruguay international instead shook hands with the exhausted Fulham players, who had been trying to clinch the west London club's first major title. Forlan's goals earned Atletico only its third win from 15 European games this season but still gave his club the distinction of being the first to win the title in its latest guise. The tournament was known as the UEFA Cup until it was revamped and renamed for this season at the behest of UEFA president Michel Platini. Forlan scored his first goal by redirecting a mis-hit shot by Aguero, but Fulham equalized just five minutes later through Simon Davies' fierce right-foot volley. “I couldn't be more proud of the players for this season and this performance tonight,” Fulham manager Roy Hodgson said. “This performance summed up what we are at Fulham. All season we have been performing against the odds.”
