Glasner, Henderson and Pino looking to make history against Vallecano in Conference league final

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00:00Can we just move over to the board?

00:05Oliver, in the middle.

00:06But this is...

00:07Ah, it's okay.

00:09Go to English.

00:12Spanish or English?

00:22Spanish.

00:24If the English ones,

00:25just finish the Spanish.

00:29In English, no.

00:30It's English, English.

00:32And if the Spanish are asking?

00:34If the Spanish are asking,

00:35we'll hear it in English.

00:36Ah, okay, perfect.

00:37Just put it in.

00:38Okay.

00:41Hello, welcome to the UEFA Conference League

00:43final Matchday Minus One press conference

00:45with Crystal Palace.

00:48Questions are permitted in English, German and Spanish.

00:51And for questions, please raise your hand

00:54and identify yourselves and your media.

00:55Yeah.

00:56Joe, over to you.

00:58Okay.

00:59Who would like the first question, please?

01:01Gentleman there at the back.

01:05Tom Bachmann, Deutsche Presse Agentur.

01:08Brauchen wir die Kopfhörer nicht?

01:09Herr Glasner.

01:10Die Conference League,

01:12das ist ja jetzt schon das fünfte Finale,

01:14was wir haben.

01:15Sie sind mehr,

01:16also Sie sind nicht ganz so freiwillig dabei

01:19in diesem Wettbewerb.

01:20Und der hat immer so einen Beigeschmack,

01:22wie die Preisgelder sind niedrig,

01:23die Gegner vielleicht nicht so attraktiv.

01:25Jetzt, wo Sie den Wettbewerb mal erlebt haben,

01:28zwei Fragen dazu,

01:29was halten Sie von der Champions League?

01:30Und die zweite Frage,

01:31was würde es Ihnen bedeuten,

01:32persönlich,

01:33wenn Sie zum zweiten Mal

01:34einen Europapokal gewinnen würden?

01:44So,

01:48ähm,

01:51was war die Frage,

01:51habe ich wieder vergessen?

01:52Zu viel.

01:54Ähm,

01:55klar,

01:56wir haben eigentlich damit gerechnet,

01:57dass wir Europa League spielen,

01:58was wir auch verdient hätten nach dem Gewinn des FA Cups,

02:01aber wir haben das vom ersten Spieltag angenommen

02:04und

02:05äh,

02:06ähm,

02:07es ist jetzt,

02:08vielleicht für Mannschaften,

02:09die gewohnt sind,

02:10Champions League zu spielen,

02:12ähm,

02:12nicht der attraktivste europäische Bewerb,

02:15aber wenn du

02:16ein Verein bist,

02:17der das erste Mal in seiner Geschichte

02:19in einem europäischen, äh,

02:21äh,

02:23ähm,

02:24ähm,

02:27ähm,

02:27der ersten Spieltag an Genossen,

02:28unsere Fans haben es genossen,

02:30quer durch Europa zu reisen,

02:31und wir sind ja so gefühlt wirklich von,

02:32wir haben in Friedrichstadt begonnen

02:35und sind bis nach Fiorentina,

02:36wir haben an der Ostgrenze in Polen, äh,

02:40in Lublin gespielt,

02:41bis nach Schelbern in, in, in Irland,

02:43also so quer durch Europa,

02:45haben wir alles mitgenommen

02:47und, ähm,

02:48ähm,

02:49ja,

02:49freuen uns jetzt,

02:50quasi in der Mitte im Zentrum zu sein,

02:52hier in Leipzig und das Finale spielen zu dürfen.

02:54Also für uns ist es, äh,

02:56äh,

02:56der Wettbewerb, äh,

02:57wo wir uns auch zurechtfinden mussten,

03:01auch Erfahrungen sammeln mussten, äh,

03:03und all diese Spiele und Erfahrungen haben uns dann geholfen,

03:07eben jetzt im Finale zu stehen.

03:14Ja, ich denke für, ähm,

03:17ist für jeden Trainer natürlich herausragend, äh,

03:21äh,

03:22äh,

03:22quasi binnen vier Jahren, äh,

03:24äh,

03:25mit zwei verschiedenen Klubs,

03:26zwei europäische Finale zu spielen,

03:28und, äh,

03:28dazwischen noch zweimal, ähm,

03:30das Pokalfinale, ähm,

03:32also auch hier in Berlin mit dem DFB-Pokal,

03:34und das FW-Cup-Finale in England, ja,

03:36ist natürlich schon, ähm,

03:38ähm,

03:38das ist für mich persönlich immer wieder ein Highlight,

03:40und, äh,

03:41es würde mir, ähm,

03:42ähm,

03:42einfach wahnsinnig viel bedeuten mit diesen Spielern,

03:45mit dieser Gruppe,

03:46wo wir jetzt über zwei Jahre wirklich gemeinsam, ähm,

03:49ähm,

03:50sehr, sehr hart dafür gearbeitet haben, ähm,

03:52und dann unseren Fans das auch zurückzugeben.

03:55Ja, das wäre schon,

03:55hätte einen sehr hohen Stellenwert für mich.

03:58Danke.

03:58Das steht von hier an der Left.

04:00Harald Bartlow,

04:01bis Deutsche Nachrichten.

04:01Hallo, Oliver.

04:02Ähm,

04:03von privater Seite,

04:04wenn du es vergleichst,

04:06der Hype vor der Europa League vor dem Finale,

04:08vor dem FA Cup-Finale,

04:10vor dem Community Shield,

04:11wie ist das einzuordnen?

04:14Wie ist es bei dir zugegangen in letzter Zeit

04:16im Vergleich zu den anderen Finale?

04:19Ja, die Ticket-Anfragen sind gleich groß,

04:22ist jetzt von Österreich nicht so weit hier,

04:24also von mir zu Hause ist es fünf Stunden mit dem Auto,

04:27dementsprechend viele werden morgen hier im Stadion sein,

04:31ähm,

04:32und für mich ist es immer wieder ein Highlight,

04:33also ich persönlich werte das nicht und renke das nicht,

04:36sondern wenn du ein Finale spielen kannst,

04:40dann musst du einfach sehr, sehr viel richtig gemacht haben

04:42in einem Bewerb,

04:43nämlich entweder in einem Pokal,

04:45im nationalen Pokalwettbewerb alle Spiele gewonnen haben,

04:49oder wenn es europäisch ist,

04:50um sich gegen ganz viele Gegner durchgesetzt zu haben,

04:53aus verschiedenen Ländern,

04:54aus verschiedenen Fußball,

04:56und das haben wir gemacht,

04:57und deswegen hat jedes Finale für mich

04:58einen sehr hohen Stellenwert.

05:01Vielen Dank.

05:04Vielen Dank.

05:08Vielen Dank.

05:09Vielen Dank.

05:29Vielen Dank.

05:34Vielen Dank.

05:35you can't understand German.

05:37It was all a similar question.

05:39No, no, it's fine.

05:41Um,

05:43it would mean a lot,

05:44but not for me personally,

05:46I think especially for the players,

05:48for the group,

05:50because I know how hard

05:53every single player,

05:54every single one in the staff worked

05:56throughout the season.

05:58it will be our sixth game of the season.

06:02uh,

06:03this would mean a lot for me,

06:04that we then

06:05could have a fantastic ending

06:07to the season.

06:08But however,

06:09the game ends tomorrow,

06:10because it's sports,

06:11it's football,

06:12you never know.

06:13But,

06:14I really enjoy it,

06:16and we all enjoy it,

06:17this journey together.

06:18And yeah,

06:19we will give our best

06:20to get the happy ending tomorrow,

06:22and this would be to win the game,

06:24of course.

06:25Hello,

06:26to Jeremy,

06:27Lucas Garcia,

06:28Radio Nacional de España.

06:29Jeremy,

06:30I wanted to ask you about this

06:30invitation to the World Cup.

06:32I don't know if you were going to expect it,

06:33and if you were going to expect it,

06:34and if you were going to expect it,

06:36and if you were going to expect it,

06:37in the best moment before the final.

06:39Well,

06:41you already know what it means for one,

06:43defending your country

06:44in a tournament so important

06:46as the World Cup.

06:47The truth is,

06:49I've been with the last few months

06:50with a lot of confidence

06:51and I don't see it as a plus,

06:53but I do see it as a motivation.

06:56And well,

06:56it's the last game,

06:57and we're going to give it all

06:58to get to the home cup.

07:21We said,

07:22when we end the training 36 hours

07:24to the start of the game

07:26at the medical department,

07:27we work hard

07:29until late in the night

07:31and we'll start tomorrow.

07:32But at the end,

07:33we will nominate the starting eleven

07:36who is 100% fit.

07:38So,

07:39I will talk to them tomorrow morning again,

07:41and if the player doesn't feel 100% fit

07:45or I have a bit of concerns,

07:47then they don't start.

07:48But the positive thing

07:49is that they could make the training

07:52without big issues.

07:53Of course,

07:54they still have pain,

07:55but I think many players

07:56are feeling some pain

07:58after such a long season.

07:59But everybody wants to participate,

08:02but the final decision

08:04will be taken tomorrow.

08:04Okay,

08:05could you pass it behind,

08:06please?

08:07The mic.

08:11Vlad Verpov,

08:13Oka Sport.

08:13Oliver,

08:14good evening.

08:15Mikel Artete has recently won

08:17the Premier League

08:18and will play in the Champions League.

08:20Unai Emery won

08:21the Europa League final.

08:24Tomorrow,

08:24you will face Nigga Paris.

08:26All of them are from Basque Country

08:28or Pamplona.

08:29Do you believe in the Basque Lobby

08:32in the world football?

08:34Because they are everywhere.

08:37I will go there this summer

08:39and then let's have a look

08:40what they are eating there

08:41because there must be something good.

08:43Probably Jeremy knows it better.

08:45He's Spanish.

08:47But yes,

08:48they are doing something really well.

08:53All of them.

08:53also the clubs there,

08:55with Bilbao,

08:56I think Sociedad,

08:59playing international football,

09:01doing really well.

09:02But what is the secret is...

09:04Jeremy.

09:05Jeremy.

09:07You are the right man to answer.

09:10Here.

09:11A question for Jeremy in Spanish.

09:39Hello Jeremy.

09:55Andy.

09:55Andrew McSteen, New Shopper.

09:57Question to Oliver,

09:58or Dean as captain.

10:00How important was it that

10:01Cech and Eddie were in the travelling squad?

10:04What does it mean for them to be part of it

10:07and for you guys to have them here with you?

10:08And the last training session at Beckenham today,

10:11I guess,

10:12was emotional as well.

10:14Yeah, I think it's great to have the boys with us.

10:16They've worked so hard throughout the season.

10:18They've had setbacks.

10:20And it's difficult.

10:21We live the pain with them as well.

10:23And it will be great for them to be in and around it tomorrow night

10:27and hopefully we can give them something to celebrate.

10:31Kit.

10:33Oh, sorry.

10:34No, it's just a shame.

10:35Okay.

10:36Hi Oliver.

10:38After you announced you were leaving in January,

10:40there was a little bit of pressure from fans.

10:42You yourself raised the possibility of Crystal Palace

10:46maybe having another manager before the end of the season.

10:48But here we are.

10:50Did you ever think that you wouldn't make it here

10:54and you wouldn't make it to the final game of the season

10:56as Crystal Palace manager?

10:57Would not?

10:58Yes, would not.

10:59I never think about...

11:01I always think positively.

11:04I try to.

11:09But when you play such a long season with so many games,

11:12there will always be some moments that are a little bit tricky, challenging.

11:16We had these moments probably in December, January.

11:22Yeah, it were some tough moments.

11:24But I knew as soon as we get the injured players back

11:28and as soon as we do a few things in January, what the club did,

11:34we will be competitive again and we will go, let's say,

11:38we will definitely stay in the league, in the Premier League.

11:41We will get enough points and can focus on the conference.

11:44I guess this was always when we talked about it.

11:47And I think honestly, and I told this quite often,

11:52that there was more noise around the club than within.

11:57And let's say the most important ones are the players.

12:00And we always had a very close relationship

12:02even when the results were not what we wanted,

12:06how we wanted them.

12:07And on the other side is especially the chairman.

12:09And yes, we had some discussions, but that's completely normal.

12:12So because if you always just agree to everything from both sides,

12:21you don't get the best out of a company, of a club

12:25and of the players.

12:25So if the player, I wanted the player to ask me,

12:28why should I do this?

12:30Or say, no, I think probably something else is better.

12:35Because this is then we raise our level.

12:38So if I'm telling a player and he's always just saying,

12:41yes, yes, yes, yes.

12:43Or it's the opposite.

12:44If somebody tells me and I would say, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.

12:49Then we'll always have flowers flying around the training ground,

12:53but we never win anything.

12:54So that's why we need also these conversations

12:57where we say, hey, I think it's the wrong decision.

13:01It's probably the wrong way.

13:02We have to change it, you have to change it.

13:04And I like if players, if staff members,

13:08if somebody of the club gives me a feedback and says,

13:12Oliver, probably something, think about this, think about that.

13:18And then I think about it and then I change my opinion.

13:20And this is where you, this is how development happens.

13:25And at the end, we are in the next final.

13:29So playing the second final in the second year with Crystal Palace,

13:33I think it's quite okay.

13:36Good evening.

13:37Jeremy Esparati, la pregunta.

13:39In Malidon, del diario El Mundo.

13:40Tú ya tienes experiencia en vivir primeras finales europeas con equipos.

13:45Lo viviste en el Villarreal hace unos años.

13:47No sé si Emery se parece al entrenador actual.

13:50¿Qué sensaciones percibes?

13:51¿Son similares a las que viviste aquellos días previos en Polonia?

13:56Gracias.

13:57Sí, bueno, los nervios a flor de piel creo que sí.

14:00Tengo mucha experiencia en finales.

14:02Ya esta es mi sexta final europea y la vivo con los mismos nervios,

14:07con la misma ganas, con la misma ilusión.

14:08Creo que es un trofeo que mucha gente desprestigia

14:11y es un trofeo, un título que en la vitrina es muy importante para el equipo,

14:17para el club, para personalmente también.

14:20Y vamos a ir a por ello.

14:26Una pregunta para Oliver.

14:28¿Quién es el Camada solo en la primera mitad de la última temporada?

14:33¿Por qué es el campeón de mañana?

14:36¿Cuánto importante es el Camada para el Crystal Palace ganar el título?

14:41Sí, el Camada es muy importante,

14:43pero, como todos, no quiero agradecer a alguien más que el otro.

14:48Porque, lo que definitivamente no,

14:50vamos a empezar con 11,

14:52y diferentes 11 van a terminar el juego.

14:54Y mi último y último experiencia

14:58en el final europeo fue

14:59con los penaltis,

15:01con seis sustentaciones.

15:02Eso significa que 60% de los starters

15:04están en la mesa,

15:05y seis nuevos jugadores están en la mesa.

15:09Y, por lo tanto,

15:10necesitamos que cada uno

15:12estén listos para ayudar el equipo

15:13a cumplir su trabajo.

15:16Pero Daiji, sí.

15:18Daiji parece que

15:19un jugador para grandes games.

15:22El jugador es más grande,

15:24el jugador es más grande,

15:25el jugador es más grande.

15:26El jugador es más grande.

15:27Hemos trabajado por cuatro años,

15:29ahora dos años en Frankfurt,

15:31y en el Europa League final

15:34ha sido una excelente performance

15:35y también jugando un penal.

15:37Cuando jugamos en la Champions League

15:40jugador,

15:41jugamos a ganar a Sporting Lisbon.

15:43Él jugó a 2-1,

15:45el penal,

15:46cuando jugamos a la Champions League

15:57y, por lo tanto,

15:58el jugador es más grande.

16:00Gracias.

16:01Ryan?

16:01Hi,

16:03Ryan Taylor,

16:03Daily Mirror.

16:04Una pregunta para Oliver,

16:05si es ok.

16:06Si te permitas, Oliver,

16:08a pensar y visualizar

16:10el prospecto

16:10de ganar mañana?

16:12Porque,

16:12realmente,

16:13sería un esfuerzo

16:14para ganar el FA Cup,

16:16la Comunidad Shield

16:17y un gran tráfico europeo.

16:19Es casi no conocido

16:20para un club como Crystal Palace.

16:24No,

16:25no sé por qué,

16:26pero no creo así.

16:28Hoy les jugadores,

16:30no me gusta decirles

16:32lo que les jugadores me dicen,

16:33pero hoy les jugadores

16:36tuvieron un buen saludo

16:39para mí,

16:40y luego dije algunas palabras,

16:43y dije que para mí,

16:47la mejor cosa sería,

16:48por supuesto,

16:49ganar mañana,

16:50pero no para ganar mañana,

16:52porque luego ellos jugaron

16:53Europa League en el año

16:56y luego llegaron

16:56lo que deberíamos haber

16:58tenido este año,

16:59y luego dije

17:00que me gustaría ver

17:01en televisión,

17:02que empiezan

17:03la Europa League

17:04con el deseo

17:05y la confianza

17:06de que podamos

17:06ganar la Europa League

17:07también.

17:08Esto me hace muy feliz

17:09porque creo que

17:11nosotros creamos

17:12una idea de que

17:14en el final

17:15siempre es sucesivo,

17:16no significa que

17:16ganar el Trophy

17:17cada año,

17:18pero en el final

17:19ganar el mejor

17:20de cada player

17:49de cada

17:52de cada uno

18:03de cada uno

18:11de cada uno

18:12de cada uno

18:34y es un gran honor,

18:35pero en general

18:35tengo que enfocarse

18:36en el proceso

18:37y no en el resultado

18:37en este momento

18:40pero sí,

18:41un montón de emociones,

18:41estoy esperando

18:42a la temporada.

18:52en el final

19:11de la temporada

19:12de la temporada

19:12Spanish teams always play well, they always do good campaigns in Europe,

19:16and we're going to try to win, which is important, and go out and fight.

19:42What's your role in the dressing room before a big game like this?

19:47Because if there is someone who makes jokes or who is a serious person, or if it's you, thanks a

19:53lot.

19:54No, I think all the boys are pretty calm, we've been here before, we know what it takes,

19:59so everyone's calm within the dressing room, come tomorrow night we'll obviously be focused,

20:04but we'll just be excited to get out there and show what we can do.

20:08Okay, thank you. There's one at the back there, the gentleman with his hand up. Thank you.

20:17Hello, Herr Glasner, it's the only one of the BILD.

20:20Sie haben vor vier Jahren mit Eintracht Frankfurt auch das Abschlusstraining weggelassen

20:24und in Frankfurt trainiert.

20:25Jetzt haben Sie wieder in England trainiert und sind jetzt erst später gekommen.

20:29Inwieweit ist da Aberglaube eine Rolle und welche Rituale von damals haben Sie heute auch noch,

20:33damit Sie morgen den Pokal in den Himmel recken?

20:40Nein, eigentlich begonnen hat das im Laufe der Europa League Saison,

20:46dass wir nicht in den Auswärtsstadien trainiert haben, weil du sowieso sehr wenig Zeit hast zu trainieren

20:52und in der Regel wir immer noch Standardsituationen trainieren am Tag vor dem Spiel,

20:58aber du natürlich dann das im gegnerischen Stadion nicht blickdicht machen kannst.

21:03Deswegen haben wir gesagt, okay, lass uns doch das Abschlusstraining zu Hause trainieren,

21:08da können wir die Vorhänge zuziehen.

21:13Und das war eigentlich so hat das begonnen und das haben wir dann bis zum Finale durchgezogen

21:16und haben das jetzt in der Conference League immer so aufrechterhalten.

21:20Und dieses Jahr hatten wir die UEFA einen Strich durch die Rechnung gemacht,

21:23weil nicht nur die ersten 15 Minuten öffentlich waren, sondern das gesamte Training.

21:28Deswegen wäre es auch möglich gewesen, hier zu trainieren.

21:31Aber dann haben wir gesagt, nee, mit diesem Rhythmus sind wir vertraut, das passt gut für uns,

21:34wir sind in der gewohnten Umgebung und fliegen dann später her.

21:41Okay, Matt.

21:43Nein, es ist jetzt nicht so, dass ich denke, dass der einzige Grund ist,

21:50warum wir morgen gewinnen können.

21:51Okay.

21:52Matt Wusenum, The Athletic.

21:54Hi Oliver.

21:55What do the next sort of 24 hours look like in terms of the final preparation,

21:59the final moments?

21:59Do you give the players a bit of free time to do anything in the morning?

22:03Or is it set out and structured?

22:05And how does that compare to, say, the FA Cup final

22:07or the Europa League final of Eintracht?

22:11Yeah, tomorrow the day is longer than the FA Cup final day

22:15because the final was at 4.30pm and tomorrow starts at 9pm local time.

22:19No, quite relaxed.

22:21So, for me, it's everything we haven't done right now,

22:24everything we couldn't transport right now,

22:27we can't do tomorrow regarding the tactics we have.

22:30So, we had a meeting today, we had already meetings last week.

22:34What we usually don't do when we play a league game,

22:38but we started showing the players via Kano last week.

22:41So, we really watched many, many games from La Liga,

22:46from the Conference League when they played the back three,

22:50when they played against the back three,

22:52when they played against the back four,

22:54when they played.

22:55When they had more possession, less possession,

22:58so really to be prepared.

22:59This is what we showed the players.

23:03And so, today, depending on the questions,

23:07we will go to the dinner.

23:09And then, I don't know what the players are doing,

23:12so they're all adults.

23:14And then they can spend the evening.

23:16I hope nobody goes into a bar, but I'm pretty sure they want.

23:21And then, also tomorrow, they can sleep quite long.

23:24It's a very long day.

23:26And we're having an activation.

23:29We always play head tennis.

23:30And this is one of the, to be honest,

23:32because everybody is a little bit excited,

23:34and me as well.

23:35And, you know, it's a long day.

23:37And then, this 30 minutes when the players play head tennis

23:42is one of the best moments for me,

23:44because I see kids playing football.

23:48They have so much fun.

23:50Everybody wants to win,

23:51but they are laughing and joking.

23:53And I'm sitting there just watching,

23:55having a big smile.

23:56And they always get a good feeling

23:59how the group is, how the players are.

24:02And I hope they're also laughing tomorrow and joking

24:04and they're not calm and introverted

24:09because they're nervous.

24:10Because I think they should be how they are.

24:13They should be who they are.

24:14And then, we have the best chance to show a great performance.

24:17And this is what we want to be.

24:18Of course, we will have a meeting.

24:20The players will hear the starting line-up,

24:22a small summary.

24:24And then, it always feels like just eating, resting,

24:27eating, resting, eating, resting.

24:28And then, we go into the stadium.

24:30OK.

24:31We've got time for just one more,

24:32and then we need to go, I'm afraid.

24:34It's the gentleman right at the back.

24:35Hi, Adrian Durham, Talk Sports.

24:36Question for Dean.

24:37I noticed you were smiling when your manager was going on

24:40about how he doesn't want the players saying yes,

24:42yes, yes, all the time.

24:43I wondered if you had any kind of interaction with him like that

24:47or any stories relating to that that made you smile during that.

24:50And also, how much are you going to miss the manager?

24:53Yeah, no, it'll be a huge miss.

24:54I think he knows that.

24:57From yesterday, the players did a send-off video to him.

25:00They spoke from the heart.

25:03Yeah, and the reason I was laughing is because I would never cross him,

25:05to be honest.

25:06So, I don't know why he was saying that.

25:09So, yeah.

25:11OK.

25:11Thanks very much for your questions.

25:14Thank you very much.

25:14We'll finish it really.

25:15We'll be back, Chair.

25:15We'll be there.

25:17Bye.

25:19Bye.

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