Oliver Glasner and his team will play for the first title of the club history of Crystal Palace on Saturday. Club legend Ian Wright finally wants the title for Palace after two missed opportunities.
With Crystal Palace, Oliver Glasner wants to get the first title in club history in the FA Cup final. The whole club hopes to overcome a trauma.
All the memories of May 12, 1990 come up again, the tragic moments rattle through Ian Wright’s head.
Oliver Glasner can create historical on Saturday
“I would have loved to win this trophy and we were only seven minutes away,” says the English storm icon: “Seven minutes! To be honest, I still can’t believe it.”
A game that left wounds
This Saturday, 35 years ago, the triumph that was so narrowly missed in the FA Cup final with Crystal Palace against Manchester United, has left a wound with the former English international that could still close.
After a felt eternity, the Middle Class Club from London, which the New York Times also described as the “most boring club of the four highest English play classes”, has the great chance. Palace also failed in 2016.
On Saturday (from 5:30 p.m. in the live ticker), the team of ex-Bundesliga trainer Oliver Glasner now wants to win the silver trophy in the final against Manchester City. And with it also to redeem Wright.
Palace remains Titellos
“With Crystal Palace against a team from Manchester – of course the wrong team from Manchester – and Palace wins …”, said Wright: “It would almost be like we had won back then and as if I had been there.”
At that time, Mark Hughes’ goal for Manchester United led to a 3: 3 in extra time after Wright’s lead.
The following repetition game in Wembley won the “Red Devils” 1-0, Palace remained Titellos. 26 years later, United was defeated 1: 2 after extra time.
“This is the childhood dream”
Now the third attempt follows the first large trophy in the 119 -year history of clubs – as a clear outsider.
“We do not feel a burden,” said Glasner, who took over in the club at the time in February last year and gradually stabilized it: “To play in a cup final means that you can achieve something incredible. That is what we all play for. Now everyone has the chance to fulfill this childhood dream.”
Glasner is aware that it will be extremely difficult against City, Pep Guardiola and Erling Haaland. Especially since it is a chance for the successful “Skyblues” to take a title in a heavily mixed season.
But the outsider senses his great opportunity – and the Idol Wright hopes for late relief in his pain.
“This is what I want more than anything,” he said. A title for the “Adler”.