This is upset week, the week where you NCAA brackets go to die No. 14 seeds over No. 3 seeds, heart-attack finishes and dagger shots. And that's just basketball.
But for those of you at work or watching basketball all day, you probably missed the biggest upset of the week, which happened just minutes ago in West London at Craven Cottage.
Down 3-1 on aggregate to Juventus after the first leg in Turin, Italy - Fulham came from behind at home today after David Trezguet scored the first goal the match just two minutes into the game. Bobby Zamora and Zoltan Gera 
scored each later in the first half and Juventus captain Fabio Cannavarao picked up a red card in the 27th minute for a take down of Gera as the last defender.
scored each later in the first half and Juventus captain Fabio Cannavarao picked up a red card in the 27th minute for a take down of Gera as the last defender. From there Fulham came on like gang-busters the rest of the way. Gera equalized on the aggregate score just four minutes into the second half on a PK after Diego was adjudged to have played the ball with his hand. And in the 82nd minute, American substitute Clint Dempsey hit the chip of his life and the biggest goal he's ever scored for his English club, neatly placing the ball over the Italian keeper from the right side of the box into the far upper left 90 - a magical goal.
The final 4-1 Fulham, the final on aggregate 5-4 Fulham. An upset of epic proportions and one of the greatest wins in Fulham team history.
Earlier in the week Inter Milan sent ripples through the Champions League when the "Special One" - Jose Mourinho - returned to Chelsea and handed the Blues a shock 1-0 defeat at home and sent them packing for the Champions League season on the 3-1 aggregate victory.
Samuel Eto'o, who has been a Chelsea killer his whole career, did the Blues in with a piece of sublime skill taking Wesley Sneijder's pass touching it once before slipping it in the near post. Here's the clip:
Sevilla also suffered a shock defeat at home to CSKA Moscow, the first in over 40 games in Europe at home for the Spanish side, 2-1 due to an absolute collosal error by their keeper Andres Palop, which also sent them packing for the Spring.
Barcelona and Bordeaux each took care of business yesterday as they were expect to, and the final 8 were set for the quarterfinals - Manchester United, Arsenal, Bayern Munich, Lyon, Inter, CSKA Moscow, Barcelona, and Bordeaux now will wait for the reseeding.
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