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Jol plans to play Fulham kids in Euro second-leg

Fulham boss Martin Jol hopes to utilise his squad in the second-leg of their Europa League qualifier.

But Jol refuses to accept their Europa League qualifier is already won after their 3-0 first-leg victory over NSI Runavik.

Fulham dominated the game from start to finish and Jol admitted the only disappointing aspect of the evening was that they did not win by five or six goals, especially after naming the strongest possible starting line-up.

He had hinted that he would blood in youngsters during the early rounds but named Danny Murphy as skipper, while also picking the likes of Brede Hangeland, Bobby Zamora and Damien Duff.

Jol may deploy some youngsters for next week's away leg after the 3-0 win, but quashed fears over the detrimental effect of the long journey.

"If we were playing on Sunday, for example, it would be a problem, but we don't have another game for a week," he said.

"We will use a principle of tapering off, so we will meet again on Sunday - maybe Monday."

He added: "Bobby Zamora is fit but, of course, he is not completely fit.

"But I think 80 per cent of the players are not completely fit.

"But to be match fit now it will take a couple more weeks.

"It is possible that we may use some youngsters for the second leg."

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