Crystal Palace sun lashe kofin Turai na farko a ranar Laraba da yamma, bayan sun doke Rayo Vallecano da ci 1-0 a wasan karshe na UEFA Conference League da aka gudanar a Leipzig Stadium. Kwallon da Jean-Philippe Mateta ya zira a rabin wasan na biyu ta rufe dare na tarihi ga Eagles — kuma ta bai wa manajan da ke fita Oliver Glasner bankwana mai girma.

Glasner na barin Selhurst Park bayan ya jagoranci Crystal Palace ta kai mafi girman nasarorin kulob din a tarihi. A cikin watanni kasa da sha biyu, dan Ostiriya din ya kai kulob din ga nasarar FA Cup, Community Shield, kuma yanzu take na Turai. Magajinsa zai karbi tawagar da za ta buga UEFA Europa League a kaka mai zuwa.

Lokacin hankalin Mateta

Kadan ne da za su tsammanin Mateta zai zama gwarzon dare, musamman da ya nuna son tafiya a watan Janairun. Canjin bai faru ba, dan wasan Faransa ya ci gaba da kasancewa — wata shawarar da ta tabbatar da muhimmanci.

Kwallonsa ta samo asali ne daga saurin tunani. Adam Wharton ya harbi raga mai karfi daga nesa wanda Augusto Batalla ya iya kau da shi kawai, sai Mateta ya yi tsalle kan kwallo da ta turo ya sa masoya Palace murna.

Palace sun riga sun batar da dama mai kyau kafin hutun rabi, lokacin da Tyrick Mitchell ya tozarta wata busar da Wharton ya yi daidai, inda ya buge kwalon kai nesa da raga daga kusa. Wannan irin kuskure ne da yawanci ke bin kungiyoyi a wasannin karshe.

Rayo suna gwadawa amma ba su tsorata Henderson ba

A mafi yawan lissafi, Rayo Vallecano sune tawagar da ta fi kyau a mafi yawan sashensa na wasan — sun mallaki kwallon kuma sun isa Leipzig bayan wasanni tara ba tare da an doke su ba a LaLiga. Duk da haka, bangaren Sipaniyanci bai taɓa barazana wa ragar Dean Henderson yadda ya kamata cikin duka mintuna 90 da kari.

Yeremy Pino ya fi kowa kusanci ga Rayo, inda ya karkata wani bugun dabo mai kyau daga wajen akwatin hukunci wanda ya buge ginshiƙai biyu. A wancan bangon, Mateta ma ya buge ginshiƙin gidan bayan rugujewar da ta biyo baya kafin Batalla ya toshe shi da kwazon kiyaye wani dan lokaci bayan haka.

Palace sun jure farmakin na Rayo da ya zo a ƙarshe kuma sun ɗauki gasar da kusan ta tsere musu saboda wani dalili daban — ka'idojin mallakar UEFA sun hana su hanyar kai tsaye zuwa Europa League a lokacin bazara na baya, suka koma tafiya ta Turai ta wurin Conference League maimakon haka.

Gadon da aka tabbatar a Leipzig

Glasner ya ɗaga kofin Conference League a matsayin aikinsa na karshe a matsayin manajan Crystal Palace, barin bayan gado wanda masoya Selhurst Park za su yi murna da shi shekaru masu zuwa. Magajinsa yana fuskantar kalubalen kiyaye wannan gudu — da kuma cimma matsayin sama da aka kafa a cikin wadannan watan sha biyu masu ban mamaki.