Oliver Glasner left Selhurst Park with humour, saying the best day was still to come in Leipzig. Crystal Palace can win a third trophy in 12 months by beating Rayo Vallecano in the Conference League final. The run follows dark January days after Macclesfield stunned the holders in the FA Cup, when Glasner criticized chairman Steve Parish for abandoning him after the sale of captain Marc Guehi to Manchester City. Glasner urged supporters to stay humble after Wembley successes. Dean Henderson, who became captain after Guehi’s departure, saved a penalty in last year’s FA Cup final and later revealed he experienced depression after that historic win. Henderson also said the team’s Europa League demotion for multi-club ownership rule breaches inspired their Conference League push.
"Now I'm leaving, I don't have to agree with the chairman, he said with a smile. He said the best day was the FA Cup final but I don't agree. The best day is still to come in Leipzig. Should Palace beat Rayo Vallecano in Wednesday night's Conference League final to win a third trophy in 12 months, Glasner's stay will have a fairytale ending that barely seemed possible in the dark days of January."
"After the holders were stunned by Macclesfield in one of the biggest FA Cup shocks recorded, he accused the chair, Steve Parish, of abandoning him by then selling the captain Marc Guehi to Manchester City and told supporters who had chanted his name on three successful trips to Wembley last year to stay humble. What a difference three and a half months and a maiden European adventure have made."
"Somehow Glasner managed to galvanise Palace to reach another final and he has the chance to follow up his Europa League triumph with Eintracht Frankfurt in 2022. It would be a great way to finish the movie off, said the goalkeeper Dean Henderson, who replaced Guehi as captain. Everyone wants that happy ending and everyone's working towards that."
"The England goalkeeper achieved instant hero status after saving a penalty in last year's FA Cup final against City and put 1,000 behind a bar on his way home from Wembley. Henderson revealed this week that he experienced depression that left him not wanting to get out of bed for three days after Palace won that first major trophy in their history. He also said after the team beat Shakhtar Donetsk 5-2 on aggregate in the semi-finals this month that Palace's controversial demotion from the Europa League, after they were deemed to have breached rules on multi-club ownership, had been the inspiration for their Conference L"
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