Fleetwood boss Joey Barton insists his side still believe they can overturn a three-goal deficit when they travel to Adams Park for the second leg of their League One play-off semi-final at Wycombe.
A madcap first few minutes on Friday night saw Wanderers claim the initiative in the tie, Nnamdi Ofoborh’s strike and Alex Cairns’ own goal sandwiching Ched Evans’ leveller from the spot.
“We are still alive in this and whilst there’s a fight, you’ve got a chance,” he said. “I’m telling you now we will go there believing and give it everything we have got. If we come up short, we come up short.
“We’ve still finished in the play-offs, we’ve still finished above Sunderland, Ipswich, and some big, big clubs to get this opportunity.
“It’s a test of our character and we have got to climb up off the canvas, probably even underneath the canvas. We’ve got to get ourselves in a position to win the game, first and foremost, with enough time on the clock.
“Who knows what can happen?”
“It does feel like I’m talking at half-time in a game, pride before a fall and dreaming of things,” he told the club’s official website.
“Let’s get to back reality. We’ve got to make sure that we do a job in the same we did (on Friday) because that’s going to be a crucial game in the club’s hope to move out of this division.”
