Fulham striker Bobby Zamora happy to win over Craven Cottage fans

Bobby Zamora is happy to have won over the Fulham fans with his goal scoring exploits this season.

At the start of this term some fans booed him but that seems like a long time ago. The former Tottenham striker has scored 15 times this season, a stark contrast to the previous campaign, in which he netted on just four occasions. 

Zamora has even been mooted as a potential member of Fabio Capello's 23-man squad for the World Cup in South Africa.

"I have silenced one or two that aimed criticism at me and it's now all been swept under the carpet," he said in pre-match press conference.

"I have turned a few people and I suppose I have rubbed their noses in it a bit by scoring so it's nice now to just go out, score goals and enjoy it.

"Now I'm just looking to continue to do well and score goals and try and push on with the club."

The Cottager's next assignment is a tough one - Roy Hodgson's men must overturn a 3-1 first leg Europa League defecit against Juventus to progress in the competition.

Zamora will face up to defener Fabio Cannavaro once again, and he is hoping to give the World Cup winning captain a torrid time. He said: "I thought I did well in the first leg against him to be honest.

"I held it up well and one thing I noticed is that he didn't like to be run down the channels.

"He's getting a bit older now; he wants to fight, pull and push you, so I'm sure I'll try to turn and push him the other way."

Hodgson knows what it would mean to the club if the Italian giants were disposed of.

"I think it's fairly obvious that if we were able to knock out a team like Juventus it would be a massive achievement, especially given the circumstances that we are facing in that we are missing quite a few players," he said.

"I'm sure that it would be a massive feather in Fulham's cap."

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