Crystal Palace continues to fly high this season - Photo: REUTERS
Don't be surprised with Crystal Palace
5th place in the table, just 1 point behind 4th place Chelsea, does not really reflect the full potential of Crystal Palace. They are also the reigning FA Cup champions, Community Shield holders and English football representatives in the Conference League.
So don't be surprised if Crystal Palace end up with a cup title and a place in next season's Champions League. If the English teams in Europe continue to play well, the Premier League will have five places in next season's Champions League. That makes dark horses like Crystal Palace even more determined.
Earlier this season, Crystal Palace suffered a huge injustice when they were demoted from the Europa League to the Conference League because the club's owner - John Textor - also owns another Europa League-qualified club, Lyon, because UEFA does not allow two clubs with the same owner to participate in the same tournament. And because Lyon's domestic league (Ligue 1) ranking is higher than Crystal Palace's in the Premier League, the English team had to give up.
The turning point named Marc Guehi
Also in the summer, Crystal Palace agreed to sell star Eze to Arsenal for 70 million euros - a significant amount of money to reinvest in the transfer market. The board of directors used most of this money to buy new stars such as Pino, Canvot... In addition, owner Textor sought to divest from the team to avoid repeating the tragedy of "co-existing" with Lyon like last season.
Finally, it was the shock of the transfer market in the "90th minute", when coach Oliver Glasner asked to resign because the team planned to sell captain Marc Guehi to Liverpool. Coach Glasner's determination helped Crystal Palace keep Guehi for another season. And the captain of Crystal Palace proved to be extremely professional when still playing with all his heart.
Few expected at that time that the turning point of the season had appeared. By September, Liverpool, with a shortage of personnel in defense (due to the failure to buy Guehi) and a number of other problems, were in a serious crisis, while Crystal Palace had a strong breakthrough.
And now, fans suddenly realize that Coach Glasner really owns a powerful team, approaching the Premier League giants in quality. According to Transfermarkt, Crystal Palace's star players are valued at 485 million euros, just a little less than the team that has fought fiercely to join the giants in recent seasons, Aston Villa. And they are also one of the youngest teams in the league with an average age of only 25.5.
The final factor is ambition. To join the ranks of the big guys, performing well for 1-2 seasons is not enough.
Source: https://tuoitre.vn/crystal-palace-tham-vong-den-dau-20251207094255207.htm
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