‘The biggest success is not the trophy – it is giving fans a moment’

Oliver Glasner praised Crystal Palace’s FA Cup victory over the fans and predicted that the club’s historic win at Wembley would not come to an end until Sunday.

In a match that spanned 120 years of the club’s history, Palace won the first major trophy and moved them to the top of Europe.

More than 30 000 South London club supporters flocked to the national stadium to celebrate their tireless celebrations at full speed, and Glasner was quick to applaud them for keeping up the team.

In their first eight Premier League games of the year, Palace lost to Newcastle and Manchester City 5-2, respectively, in back-to-back Premier League games in April.

However, they come to an FA Cup final at Selhurst Park, and Glasner, who led Eintracht Frankfurt to glory in the 2021-2020 season, can begin making plans for a second Europa League campaign.

No one anticipated Crystal Palace to win the FA Cup or Frankfurt to win the Europa League, according to Glasner, who is the first Austrian manager to win the competition.

When you are patient, you can see what you can get.

The biggest success for football managers and players isn’t winning the trophy. It’s reviving a moment for our fans, who are tens of thousands of miles away. letting them enjoy themselves.

“We did it for our fans because they might have some issues at home,” he said.

Glasner responded to a question about how he felt after taking over as Palace’s first manager and winning a major trophy, saying, “I feel empty.

Tomorrow or Monday, I’ll start to realize it. The crazy thing is that we have to consider the Wolves game on Tuesday on Monday.

We already had a significant chapter in our history written before the game, and we will do that once more when we play in Europe next year.

Dean Henderson of Palace’s side won, saving Omar Marmoush’s first-half penalty, despite City’s claim that the goalkeeper should have been sent off earlier because he handled outside his area when Erling Haaland had pressed against him.

After the game, Henderson paid a moving tribute to his late father.

The former Manchester United stopper, who made a number of excellent saves to frustrate City, said, “I lost my dad at the beginning of the season, but he was with me today.”

Every second of the game, he was there with me. I give him credit for that victory.

“We were incredible today,” he said. It seemed to be our day, we thought. We put together a game plan for the manager, who had it. This is truly our duty.

Henderson’s ex-teammate George Baldock, who he was close to, passed away last October, which also affected him.

Eberechi Eze scored the winning goal in Palace’s opening meaningful attack of the game.

The England-born forward, who grew up in a Christian household and regularly attends church, declared, “This is special, I don’t even know what to say.”

“Thank you, God.” Only God could accomplish this.

Faceing a team that has been the best in the world for years, demonstrates that spirit and drive.

Eze continued, “I couldn’t breathe!,” about the decision that gave him the lead to his winner, his fourth goal of the FA Cup this season. You have to work so hard to get anything from City because they keep the ball so well. You must make the chance count when you enter their box.

Before becoming famous, Eze had to work hard to achieve a breakthrough.

Before landing his big break at Queens Park Rangers, he faced rejection from a number of clubs, including Arsenal, Fulham, Reading, Bristol City, Sunderland, and Millwall.

He joined the England squad after leaving Palace in 2020. Eze has now won the FA Cup.