Fenerbahce striker Dirk Kurt has refused to get carried away with his side's chances of reaching the Europa League final.

The Turkish side beat Lazio 3-1 on aggregate to book their place in the semi-finals and Kuyt said that the overriding emotion in the wake of the result is pride.

"[The final is] getting closer and closer and people are already starting to ask about tickets, but that's not the way I think," UEFA.com quotes Kurt as saying.

"I think one step at a time. Today it was a very big step because it was a very difficult game for us, but we survived it because of a very good result last week.

"Still, when they scored it was very difficult and we knew if we could score a goal, we would make it a lot easier for ourselves and that's what we did, so we're very happy and proud."

Fenerbahce could face Chelsea, Basel or Benfica in the semi-finals.

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Matt Domm