When you find yourself down by three goals to a squad containing David Trezeguet, Fabio Cannavaro and Alessandro Del Piero, you'd be forgiven for believing it's game over.
That's the situation Fulham were in on March 18, 2010, as they battled for their Europa League survival.
"We were 3-1 down from the first leg, just taking each game as it came," former Cottagers man Chris Baird, who played the full 90 minutes that night, explained to Sporting Life.
"Trezeguet scored in the opening minutes, which put them 4-1 up, and mentally you're thinking that we're out of this.
"The mentality that we had, though. We were strong and having a really good season up until that point and at home, we knew we could give anyone a game, no matter who it was.
"We knew that if we kept going, things can happen in football and, well, it did that season."
Wednesday marks the ten-year anniversary of one of the greatest nights in Fulham Football Club's history.
The Cottagers went into their round of 16, second-leg clash with the Serie A giants 3-1 down on aggregate after a fairly comprehensive defeat in Italy.
But, against all odds, Roy Hodgson's side battled back and found the four goals they needed to progress and write their legend.
Bobby Zamora got the ball rolling when he cancelled out Trezeguet's effort inside the opening ten minutes.
Zoltan Gera would give Fulham the lead at half-time before the Hungarian added another, converting a penalty just after the break.
Then, with the tie finely balanced between one side carrying the momentum and the other holding an away goal threat, Clint Dempsey became the hero as he scored with an audacious chip in the 82nd minute.
"The stand-out memory of the game was obviously Clint's goal at the end," Baird continued.
"We got one back quite quickly after going behind on the night. We got another and then Cannavaro got sent off which helped us.
"We go in at half-time and the confidence was up. Roy's giving out the instructions and we came out, started brightly and got the third.
"I can still picture the goal now from Clint. It was an absolutely amazing night, the atmosphere was great as well as the outcome of the game.
"We're thinking we're done, we're out of this competition and it wasn't to be that way - we're still in it!"
That night still remains ingrained in the memory of those involved for a number of reasons.
The occasion, the competition and the final outcome can all be pointed at as the main factors for that.
But then there's the opponent. Juventus. Italy's most successful club and a name that sits proudly and prominently at the top of world football.
That night belonged to Fulham though. For Baird, the fact that it happened against the Turin outfit made the occasion that bit better.
"Against Juventus at the time, the players they had at the time, they were one of the biggest teams in Europe," he said.
"We're thinking that we'll go out and give it all we've got. That's all you can do really when you're 3-1 down. Juventus scoring early on didn't help the matter.
"We just said to ourselves that we'll go out and give 100% and if it's not to be, it's not to be. It happens in football, as we know it does all the time.
"We all had a real go though, we all clicked and it just happened for us.
"It was just one of those unbelievable nights and we had a few of them previously as well.
"But to do that against a team like Juventus was like a one-off for us."
The former Northern Ireland international is under no illusions of where that night sits in his football life.
Baird enjoyed a career that spanned 15 years and it took him to the likes of Southampton, Derby and the Cottagers.
He featured at the top tier of international football, representing his country at Euro 2016, while playing in a domestic cup final in 2003.
But that result against Juventus, the comeback of all comebacks, takes its place at the top of his career reflections.
"It was definitely up there with one of the best moments of my career," he stated.
"It was one of the best nights ever. I've played in an FA Cup final, of course the Europa League final too, but because it was Juventus, it was more because it was that for me.
"You don't come up against these teams unless you're in the top European competitions. For a little team like Fulham, and we were a little team at the time, but we were a good team, it was just fantastic for everyone involved.
"Not just for the players but for the whole club, it was one of those nights that until this day, and into the future, nobody will ever forget."
It was a campaign filled with excitement but one that significantly added to the workload.
The meeting with the Italian giants at Craven Cottage was their 14th game of the Europa League campaign - that's despite it being a round of 16 contest.
"I remember it all really well. The very, very first qualifying round was away in Lithuania. So right from the start you're playing home and away," he concluded.
"So in total we had to play 19 games including the final. That's half the Premier League season.
"It was tough physically, of course it was. There's so much travelling as well and it does take it out of you. We'd been to Lithuania, Russia, Germany and Italy - we'd been all over Europe.
"It was draining, particularly for those who were playing as there's not much training.
"I played 52 games that season, which I had never done before. It was physically demanding and mentally as well.
"But it was really, really enjoyable. To this day, that group of players, the staff and the fans will never forget it."