Crystal Palace Lift Their First European Trophy 🏆

It also shows you what Glasner has built at the two clubs that he's been at and been successful. There's no egos. I can't tell many egos. Mateta's the main guy, he's the striker, he's celebrating. And even he was linked away from Milan at that time in the transfer window, so there was a big issue. He was made to stay. Sometimes that can cause a problem, but no, he's been completely committed to the group. And you can see what the togetherness is like. And they're fighting against stronger teams, wealthier teams, every single week. This is a very special moment. Here we go. The man who led the celebrations of the FA Cup is going to get it started. And Crystal Palace have got a European trophy. And that's the official start of things that will probably last a few days, as we saw with Aston Villa. Well, the good thing is, though, for Crystal Palace, they don't need to go back and play any more games. It's done. It is proper party time. It was nice. Again, we said before, the game was important for them. I thought they looked a bit tired in the last 20 minutes when they were trying to close down. Obviously, it was great for them that they could rest people on the weekend. That's important. I think there's something like nine players out of this squad who are actually going to the World Cup, including Mateta there, of course, and others. So what a season, or what a kind of 18 months it's been for them. Just exceptional. All of a sudden, picking up trophies, having the time of their lives, and now you're off to the World Cup. But a moment that every fan, as I said before, these clubs like Palace, they have generations. They have families in that area and elsewhere who support them over decades and decades and decades. They stay loyal. They stay loyal. In the last 12 months, they've been able to taste this. And you see the tears. It means so, so much. It's been a wonderful moment for them. You said in the last 20, they were maybe physically just waning a little bit. I reckon they've got their adrenaline back. I think they made a conscious decision. Like I said, I thought it was quite risky. Basically, I would have come from the manager to say, right, that's it. We're just going to hit them on the break because that's how they're comfortable to play like that. But it's a dangerous thing to do at any time, especially when they're only 1-0 up. Because during that period, it should have been 2 or 3. So I think they're much more comfortable in that role as well with their pace that they have up front. But like I said, fully deserve their win. When they put their foot on the pedal at the start of the second half, these boys here just couldn't deal with it.