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Crystal Palace: Eagles on verge of 'unbelievable' glory after reaching Conference League final

Crystal Palace will face Rayo Vallecano in the Conference League final on 27 May Crystal Palace desperately did not want to be in the Conference League - now they are one game from winning it and creating more club history. On one of the greatest nights the club has known at a passionate and raucous Selhurst Park, the Eagles beat Ukrainian side Shakhtar Donetsk 2-1 to seal a 5-2 aggregate success in the semi-finals. Having won the FA Cup and Community Shield in 2025 at Wembley, their remarkable European journey started in a Swiss courtroom, unsuccessfully appealing against demotion into the Conference League from the second-tier Europa League. But since then, Palace have not looked back. They have travelled to Norway, Poland, France, Republic of Ireland, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Cyprus, Italy and back to Poland, with one last stop to come - the final in Germany. And should Palace lift the trophy on Wednesday, 27 May, in Leipzig against Spanish side Rayo Vallecano, who defeated Gary O'Neil's Strasbourg 2-0 on aggregate in their semi-final, it would complete an unprecedented phase of success for the club. Boss Oliver Glasner, who will leave in the summer having only been appointed in Febr

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As the club prepares for one of the biggest matches in its history, Crystal Palace supporters have gone to remarkable lengths to reach Leipzig for Wednesday's Conference League final against Spanish side Rayo Vallecano. Their 13,000-ticket…

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