"Crystal Palace were held to a 1-1 draw by Zrinjski in their first leg of their Conference League play-off tie. Ismaila Sarr's first-half strike was cancelled out by Karlo Abramovic at Stadion Bijeli Brijeg, with the Eagles' hopes of making the last 16 remaining in the balance ahead of next week's return fixture at Selhurst Park. Palace thought they had gone ahead in the 12th minute through Sarr, after he tapped in from Daniel Munoz's flick on, but the linesman raised his flag as Chris Richards was found to be offside in the build-up."
"Glasner would have been hoping for a big win in order to rest his key players for the second leg, but Zrinjski had no intentions of giving in at 1-0 down. The hosts produced 1.24 expected goals (xG) from five shots, to Palace's 0.8 from 11 attempts. And despite getting an assist to his name, it was a disappointing outing for Strand Larsen. He did not register a single shot, only had three touches in the box and lost all three of his aerial duels."
Crystal Palace drew 1-1 with Zrinjski in the first leg of the Conference League play-off at Stadion Bijeli Brijeg, leaving the tie finely poised before the return at Selhurst Park. Ismaila Sarr opened the scoring just before half-time following a lay-off from Jorgen Strand Larsen, while Karlo Abramovic equalised early in the second half after capitalising on a turnover. Strand Larsen made his major European debut but registered no shots, only three touches in the box and lost all three aerial duels. Zrinjski produced 1.24 xG from five shots to Palace's 0.8 from 11, and all nine of Zrinjski's competition goals have come at home.
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