Crystal Palace midfielder Tyrick Mitchell said winning the UEFA Conference League on Wednesday felt like “pure delight” after a decade at the London club. Jean-Philippe Mateta’s second-half goal took Palace to a 1-0 win over Rayo Vallecano and a maiden European triumph. “It’s amazing, it’s the same feeling that we had when we won the […]
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Chris Richards’ Crystal Palace moves closer to UEFA Conference League final
• Shakhtar Donetsk 1-3 Crystal Palace: Chris Richards has won two domestic trophies with Crystal Palace in the last year. Palace moved closer to playing for its first European trophy, beating Ukraine’s Shakhtar Donetsk 3-1 in Shakhtar’s home leg of the UEFA Conference League semifinals played in Krakow, Poland. 📈 Stats: Richards played 90 minutes, extending […]
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Crystal Palace beat Shakhtar to close in on Conference League final
Crystal Palace took a giant step towards the UEFA Conference League final in their first season of European football with a 3-1 semi-final, first leg win over Shakhtar Donetsk on Thursday. Goals from Ismaila Sarr, Daichi Kamada and Jorgen Strand Larsen in Poland put the Eagles in command of the tie despite a spirited performance […]
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Mateta inspires Palace win over Fiorentina in Conference League
Jean-Philippe Mateta inspired Crystal Palace to a 3-0 win over Fiorentina in their Conference League quarter-final, first leg on Thursday.
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Americans Abroad: Napoli stifles Christian Pulisic in Supercoppa semifinal
Christian Pulisic’s quest for his second title with AC Milan ended with a 2-0 loss to Napoli in the Supercoppa semifinal in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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Chris Richards’ Crystal Palace extends unbeaten streak to 19 games
Chris Richards started for Crystal Palace, which extended its unbeaten streak to a club record 19 games across all competitions with a 2-0 road win over Dynamo Kyiv in the UEFA Conference League. The match, played at the Motor Lublin Arena in Lublin, Poland, was the first Palace has played in the league or group […]
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Glasner says demotion to Conference League would punish ‘innocent’ Palace
Oliver Glasner believes that if Crystal Palace is demoted to the Conference League it would feel “like we are punished, but being innocent.”
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Johnny Cardoso aims for a European crown with Real Betis
U.S. midfielder Johnny Cardoso is set to start in Real Betis’ midfield against Chelsea in Wednesday’s UEFA Conference League. He’ll become just the fourth American to play in a UEFA cup final. Americans in UEFA men’s cup finals:UEFA Champions League:2021: Christian Pulisic, sub-25 minutes: Chelsea beat Manchester City 1-0.Europa League:2010: Clint Dempsey, sub-66 minutes: Fulham […]
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Antony rebuilds career at Betis after escaping United nightmare
Standing between Chelsea and the Conference League trophy is Real Betis winger Antony, and that means significantly more than it did five months ago. The Brazilian winger, 25, escaped his Manchester United nightmare in January as he joined the La Liga side on loan, looking to rebuild a career that had stalled miserably at Old […]
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Johnny Cardoso’s Real Betis reaches UEFA Conference League final
Johnny Cardoso went the distance for Real Betis, which advanced to the 2025 UEFA Conference League final against Chelsea when it tied Fiorentina 2-2 in Florence and advanced 4-3 on aggregate.