Fulham, who are making a comeback this season, showed a surprising fight to beat Premier League rivals in the early hours of Friday morning (13th) in a thrilling encounter
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The team has jumped to 6th place in the league table, becoming the most impressive promoted team in the EPL in 17 years! Fulham's strong rise is due to the outstanding play of Brazilian winger Willian, a 34-year-old veteran who returned to the Premier League last summer and realized a fairytale rebirth, facing his old hosts in this game.
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It was even more relentless, and after scoring the crucial goal, Willian even refused to celebrate, earning a standing ovation.
Fulham have won 4 consecutive matches in the Premier League and have accumulated 31 points in 19 rounds of league matches, second only to Wigan (34 points) in the 05/06 season, making them the newly promoted team with the highest points in the first 19 rounds of league matches since then. Former Brazilian international Welian is undoubtedly a key figure in this. He played for
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7 years before transferring to
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But the performance was mediocre, and in 2021, he was transferred to the Barclays Premier League to "retire", and his form was still in the doldrums. After joining Fulham, his form rebounded and he contributed 2 goals and 2 assists in 12 rounds of league matches this season, becoming the biggest source of creativity for the team's offense.
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s before the game, Willian made it clear that he would not celebrate after scoring. As expected, he did just that. After the game, Willian said: "This victory is very special, Fulham deserved to win. Although
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Currently in poor form but still a strong team. I'm in the
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had seven amazing years, so I have a lot of respect for them. However, I am a Fulham player and will definitely do my best for the team to win."
