00:05Hello, Mr. Glasner.
00:08Sie haben vor 4 Jahren mit Eintracht Frankfurt
00:10auch das Abschlusstraining weggelassen
00:11und in Frankfurt trainiert.
00:13Jetzt haben Sie wieder in England trainiert
00:15und sind jetzt erst später gekommen.
00:17Inwieweit ist da Aberglaube eine Rolle
00:18und welche Rituale von damals haben Sie heute auch noch,
00:21damit Sie morgen den Pokal in den Himmel recken?
00:28Nein, eigentlich begonnen hat das im Laufe der Europa-League-Saison,
00:34dass wir nicht in den Auswärtsstadien trainiert haben,
00:37weil du sowieso sehr wenig Zeit hast zu trainieren
00:40und in der Regel wir immer noch Standardsituationen trainieren,
00:43am Tag vor dem Spiel,
00:46aber du natürlich das im gegnerischen Stadion nicht blickdicht machen kannst.
00:51Deswegen haben wir gesagt, okay, lass uns doch das Abschlusstraining zu Hause trainieren,
00:56da können wir die Vorhänge zuziehen.
01:00Und das war eigentlich so, hat das begonnen
01:02und das haben wir dann bis zum Finale durchgezogen
01:04und haben das jetzt in der Conference League immer so aufrechterhalten.
01:08Und dieses Jahr hatten wir die UEFA einen Strich durch die Rechnung gemacht,
01:11weil nicht nur die ersten 15 Minuten öffentlich waren,
01:13sondern das gesamte Training.
01:16Deswegen wäre es auch möglich gewesen, hier zu trainieren,
01:18aber dann haben wir gesagt, nee, mit diesem Rhythmus sind wir vertraut,
01:21das passt gut für uns, wir sind in der gewohnten Umgebung
01:26und fliegen dann später her.
01:29Okay, Matt?
01:31Nein, es ist jetzt nicht so, dass ich denke,
01:35dass das der einzige Grund ist, warum wir morgen gewinnen können.
01:39Okay.
01:40Matt Wooseln, The Athletic.
01:42Hi Oliver.
01:43What do the next 24 hours look like in terms of the final preparation,
01:47the final moments?
01:47Do you give the players a bit of free time to do anything in the morning
01:51or is it set out and structured?
01:53And how does that compare to, say, the FA Cup final
01:55or the Europa League final of Eintracht?
01:59Yeah, tomorrow the day is longer than the FA Cup final day
02:03because the final was at 4.30 and tomorrow it starts at 9 local time.
02:07No, quite relaxed.
02:09So for me it's everything we haven't done right now,
02:12everything we couldn't transport right now,
02:15we can't do tomorrow regarding the tactics we have.
02:17So we had a meeting today with already meetings last week.
02:22What we usually don't do when we play a league game,
02:26but we started showing the players via Cano last week.
02:29So we really watched many, many games from La Liga,
02:34from the Conference League when they played the back three,
02:38it was not they, when they played against the back three,
02:40when they played against the back four when they played.
02:43When they had more possession, less possession,
02:45so really to be prepared, this is what we showed the players.
02:51And so today, depending on the questions,
02:55we will go to the dinner.
02:57And then, I don't know what the players are doing,
03:00so they're all adults and then they can spend the evening.
03:04I hope nobody goes into a bar, but I'm pretty sure they want.
03:10And then also tomorrow they can sleep quite long,
03:12it's a very long day.
03:14And then we're having an activation, we always play head tennis.
03:18And this is one of the, to be honest,
03:20because everybody is a little bit excited and me as well,
03:23and you know, and looking and it's a long day.
03:25And then this 30 minutes when the players play head tennis
03:30is one of the best moments for me,
03:32because I see kids playing football.
03:36They have so much fun.
03:37And everybody wants to win, but they are laughing and joking.
03:41And then I'm sitting there just watching and having a big smile.
03:44And then, and they always get a good feeling,
03:47how the group is, how the players are.
03:49And I hope they also laughing tomorrow and joking,
03:53and they're not calm and introverted because they're nervous.
03:58Because I think they should be how they are.
04:01They should be who they are.
04:02And then we have the best chance to show a great performance.
04:05And this is what we want to be.
04:06Of course, we will have a meeting.
04:08The players will hear the starting line-up, a small summary.
04:12And then it always feels like just eating, resting, eating, resting,
04:15eating, resting.
04:16And then we go into the stadium.
04:18Okay, we've got time for just one more.
04:20And then we need to go, I'm afraid.
04:22It's the gentleman right at the back.
04:23Hi, Adrian Durham.
04:24And fulfilling his job.
04:26But Daiichi, yes.
04:28Daiichi seems to be a player for big games.
04:31You know, so very often he has, the bigger the game is,
04:34the better his performance is.
04:36I know him now for, we worked together for four years now,
04:39two years at Frankfurt.
04:41And it was the Europa League final.
04:44He had a fantastic performance, also scoring a penalty.
04:47Then when we played Champions League football,
04:50we had to win at Sporting Lisbon.
04:53He scored the 2-1 penalty when we won
04:56and qualified for the round of last 16 in the Champions League.
04:59And he had a fantastic performance in the FA Cup final.
05:02So it seems that the bigger the games are, the better Daiichi is.
05:06And hopefully he proves me right tomorrow.
05:10Thank you. Ryan.
05:11Hi, Ryan Taylor, Daily Mirror.
05:14Question for Oliver again, if that's okay.
05:16Have you allowed yourself, Oliver, to dream and visualize the prospect
05:20of winning tomorrow?
05:22Because it would be quite an achievement really,
05:24if you, to win the FA Cup, Community Shield and a major European trophy.
05:28It's almost unheard of for a club like Crystal Palace.
05:34No, I don't know why, but I don't think like this.
05:38I told the players today, I don't like to tell what I'm telling the players,
05:43but it was yesterday they had a nice farewell to me.
05:50And then I said a few words.
05:52And I said, for me, the best thing would be, of course, winning tomorrow,
06:00but not for winning tomorrow.
06:02Because then they play European football in the Europa League next year,
06:06and then they get next year what we should have got this year.
06:08And then I say, I would like to watch on TV,
06:11that they start the Europa League with the desire and the confidence
06:15that they can win the Europa League as well.
06:17This would make me really happy.
06:20Because then I think we created a mindset all together,
06:23that we're at the end is always successful.
06:25That doesn't mean that you win a trophy every single year,
06:28but at the end you will always get the best out of every single player
06:31and every single team.
06:38And that's why I hope that we win tomorrow,
06:41that these players can play European football next year again.
06:45That would be helpful, please.
06:47Ed, if you can put your hand up.
06:49You need the mic.
06:52Hi, Oliver.
06:54Dean said the other day that this would be,
06:58to win in the Conference League final would be a great way
07:00to finish the movie off for your career at Palace.
07:04What would it mean to you to win this season with another trophy,
07:08given everything that you've been through this season?
07:13Unfortunately, you can't understand German.
07:16It was all a similar question.
07:18No, no, it's fine.
07:21It would mean a lot, but not for me personally,
07:25I think especially for the players, for the group,
07:29because I know how hard every single player,
07:33every single one in the staff worked throughout the season.
07:37It will be our 60th game of the season.
07:41And this would mean a lot for me,
07:43that we then could have a fantastic ending to the season.
07:47But however, the game ends tomorrow,
07:49because it's sports, it's football, you never know.
07:51But I really enjoyed, and we all enjoyed this journey together.
07:57And yeah, we will give our best to get the happy ending tomorrow.
08:01And this would be to win the game, of course.
08:08Oliver, we saw Adam Wharton and Chris Richards train today.
08:12Chris left training early.
08:14Are both players available to start tomorrow?
08:18I want to tell you if they can start or not,
08:21but they were available today in training.
08:25Yeah, we've still, we said when we end the training,
08:2836 hours to the start of the game at the medical department,
08:32we work hard until late in the night and we'll start tomorrow.
08:37But at the end, we will nominate the starting 11 who is 100% fit.
08:43So if I will talk to them tomorrow morning again,
08:46and if the player doesn't feel 100% fit or I have a bit of concerns,
08:52then they don't start.
08:53But the positive thing is that they could make the training without big issues.
08:58And of course, they still have pain,
09:00but I think many players are feeling some pain after such a long season.
09:04But everybody wants to participate.
09:07But the final decision will be taken tomorrow.
09:09Okay, could you pass it behind, please?
09:12The mic.
09:16Vlad Verpov, Oka Sport.
09:18Oliver, good evening.
09:20Miquel Artete has recently won the Premier League
09:23and will play in the Champions League.
09:24Unai Emery won the Europa League final.
09:29Tomorrow you will face Inigo Paris.
09:31All of them are from Basque Country or Pamplona.
09:34Do you believe in the Basque Lobby in the world football?
09:39Because they are everywhere.
09:42I will go there this summer and then let's have a look what they are eating there
09:46because there must be something good.
09:48So probably Jeremy knows it better.
09:50He's Spanish.
09:52But yes, they are doing something really well.
09:57All of them.
09:58Also the clubs there with Bilbao, I think Sociedad,
10:04playing international football, doing really well.
10:07But what is the secret?
10:11Jeremy, the right man to answer.
10:14After you announced you were leaving in January,
10:17there was a little bit of pressure from fans.
10:19you yourself raised the possibility of Crystal Palace
10:22maybe having another manager before the end of the season.
10:25But here we are.
10:27Did you ever think that you wouldn't make it here
10:30and you wouldn't make it to the final game of the season
10:32as Crystal Palace manager?
10:34Would not?
10:35Yes.
10:36I never think about, I always think positively, I try to.
10:45But when you play such a long season with so many games,
10:49there will always be some moments that are a little bit tricky, challenging.
10:53We had these moments probably in December, January.
10:59Yeah, it were some tough moments.
11:01But I knew as soon as we get the injured players back
11:05and as soon as we do a few things in January, what the club did,
11:10we will be competitive again and we will go, let's say,
11:15we will definitely stay in the league, in the Premier League,
11:18we will get enough points and can focus on the conference.
11:21I guess this was always when we talked about it
11:23and I think honestly, and I told this quite often,
11:28that there was more noise around the club than within
11:32and let's say the most important ones are the players
11:36and we always had a very close relationship
11:39even when the results were not what we wanted them,
11:43how we wanted them.
11:44And on the other side is especially the chairman.
11:46And yes, we had some discussions, but that's completely normal.
11:51So, because it's, you know, if you always just agree to everything,
11:56so from both sides, you don't get the best out of a company,
12:01of a club and of the players.
12:02So, if the player, I wanted the player to ask me,
12:05why should I do this?
12:06Or say, no, I think probably something else is better,
12:11because this is then we raise our level.
12:14So, if I'm telling a player and he's always just saying,
12:17yes, yes, yes, yes.
12:20Or it's the opposite.
12:20If somebody tells me that we say, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.
12:25Then we always have flowers flying around the training ground,
12:29but we never win anything.
12:30So that's why we need also these conversations where we say,
12:34hey, I think it's the wrong decision.
12:37It's probably the wrong way.
12:39We have to change it.
12:40You have to change it.
12:40And I like if players, if staff members,
12:44if somebody of the club gives me a feedback and says,
12:49Oliver, probably something, think about this, think about that.
12:54Yeah.
12:55And then I think about it.
12:56And then I change my opinion.
12:57Yeah.
12:57And this is where you, this is how development happens.
13:01And at the end, yeah, we are in the next final.
13:06So playing the second final in the second year with Crystal Palace,
13:10I think it's quite okay.
13:13Good evening.
13:13Jeremy Esparati, la pregunta.
13:15Imaledon, del diario El Mundo.
13:18A question for Oliver.
13:20What's Kamada used only in the first half of the last match
13:25because of the tomorrow's game?
13:28And how important is Kamada to Crystal Palace winning the title?
13:34Yeah, that is very important, but like everyone,
13:37I don't want to praise somebody more than the others
13:40because I would definitely know we will start with 11
13:44and different 11 will end the game.
13:47So it also, and I, my last, or my only and last experience
13:50playing European final was going into penalties
13:53and we had six substitutions.
13:55That means 60% of the starters are on the bench.
13:58And six
13:59and six.
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