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Palace Boss Sage reacts to 4-0 Demolition Job of Lech Poznan in the Europa League - Post match press conference reaction

17/09/2026

Selhurst Park

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00:25Hi everybody, we're going to review today's match
00:29and then preview our game against Leeds on Sunday.
00:33Who'd like to start for tonight?
00:36Chris?
00:39Good evening.
00:404-0 in your first ever, Crystal Palace's first ever Europa League match,
00:44but how did you review the game?
00:48A lot of satisfaction because we scored four goals in a different way
00:52with four different players, with a clean sheet too.
00:58That's really important for us because we worked a lot on these things
01:01after the game in Ipswich.
01:05And I remember during the first half and in the second half,
01:10we have two periods when we struggle a little bit in the play
01:14and we have to be more consistent, especially with the ball
01:17because when we recover the ball in these two times,
01:20we give it back too quickly because I think we want to play too quick forward
01:26and we need to have more control.
01:30It was a very positive night, but you mentioned kind of giving the ball away
01:34and that did lead to two very clear chances for Leeds, wasn't it?
01:38How worried are you still about the chances and the shots that your team is creating,
01:43despite such a positive thought?
01:46I'm not worried, especially with this kind of thing.
01:49I'm worried with a lot of things because if there's not because you have success in a domain
01:57or in a part of the play that it will be like this every day.
02:00That's why we have to continue to work.
02:03We have to continue to improve because we have a lot of gaps, I think.
02:08We have to manage more details in our way of defending, as we said, after the previous game.
02:17But now the most important thing is to recover and to prepare our game against Leeds.
02:22How is the confidence of the team now compared to maybe after the Epswich game
02:27where I guess things were pretty low?
02:29How is the confidence of the team now?
02:31Better, because we, as we said, I think the players are aware of what happened this evening.
02:40They are aware of the way of scoring, the way of defending, the win.
02:47They are aware that a lot of players came back in the team this evening.
02:53That's why we have more options.
02:55And maybe the confidence sometimes is in the diversity of options.
03:00And I think it's another way to win something this evening.
03:05How good was it to have Ishmael a start-back?
03:08And how positive was the reception that he got from the fans?
03:11What did you make of that?
03:13I know the fans love him.
03:16And I think he deserves to be loved like this.
03:20And it's always difficult when you come back after a long injury like this.
03:24But the most important thing for us is to put him on the pitch for his first steps.
03:30And with times and with minutes, it will be better and better.
03:35You know, this afternoon I saw the clips of his goals last year in the Conference League.
03:43And I think if he is able to do that and he will be able to do that with us
03:49anymore, it will be very, very, very, very positive for the team.
03:55If you have any questions, we will be able to use them in the Polish language.
04:00Okay, good.
04:04J.D. Campbell, back in the matchday score, can you explain why you made that decision after what you said
04:10after the game?
04:12Like I told you, he gave good message in the preparation of this game.
04:19And I think he understood why I did that and what I expect from him.
04:30It's really a good player.
04:31You know, I have managed some talents, young talents in my career, like Ryan Schalke or others.
04:40And I know sometimes they need this kind of thing because when you are good, it's not sufficient.
04:47You have to be very good.
04:49And it's a daily process.
04:51They have to understand that and they have to deal with that because they are young and the improvement is
04:58a continued process.
05:00That's why they need endurance, especially mental endurance.
05:06And just going back to Jmeigson on the reception, you can see if it was overall positive.
05:11There were a few views from some Crystal Palace fans.
05:14Do you have an opinion on that side of the reception?
05:20Yeah, for me, it's normal because everybody thought he would leave, everybody waited for his comeback.
05:29Now he's here.
05:30Everybody is happy to see him on the pitch.
05:32And now we have to enjoy all together with goals and wins with him.
05:44How much satisfaction do you take from the clean sheet and the performance of Walter Benitez as well?
05:50Because that's going to be a key part of what Palace need to do moving forward, isn't it?
05:54Not concede goals.
05:55Yes, because this evening we didn't concede goals because he made some saves too and we have to remember that.
06:04You know, it's always difficult when the second keeper played because he has less information than the first one.
06:12And that's why he needs time and I think this evening it's his third official games with us and with
06:23two clean sheets.
06:25That's why he will give confidence and he will take confidence too.
06:33Come to you next.
06:59We have to do with and we are waiting for them.
07:04But I expect they will come back quickly.
07:07I know they are here, but now they have to be here to sing, to share all these emotions with
07:14us.
07:15And at the end, I think they called the players to do a communion or celebration altogether if you want.
07:25And the players are not ready for that for the moment, but I will push them to do.
07:31And just to go back to the football as well, we just had the Lech Posner, our manager in here
07:36today.
07:37He was saying how his team were punished by all the teams ruthless finishing, considering in so many previous matches
07:43like Everton or that previous one,
07:45your team missed some chances.
07:47Is that pleasing to hear, the manager of appraising your team's ruthlessness?
07:53It's an advice, an opinion, it's difficult to comment this thing, but you know, in my mind, I prefer to
08:04create chances.
08:05I prefer to miss chances.
08:07I prefer to score, first of all, you know, but I prefer miss chances than to don't have.
08:14Okay, gentlemen at the back.
08:19Good evening, coach, of course.
08:20Good evening.
08:24I wanted to ask you about what you said before the match.
08:28So you said, you said, you said, you know, everybody knows him, and he had two chances, but you, I
08:41think, yeah, you took good care of him.
09:03It's a good question.
09:08I know the result is heavy, but I think we create really a lot of chances.
09:14Maybe 4-0 is not a good score.
09:17Maybe it was a 6-2.
09:20But, you know, like, Poznan is really a good team.
09:25And I think when they play, as they play during the minute 15 to minute 30, they are able to
09:32do really good things.
09:34I think the manager is in this way of thinking and he pushes their player to do a lot of
09:41good things.
09:42And I think they are able to do it because we watch the games, especially in their league, and they
09:49play well.
09:52Could you pass the mic down?
09:58Good evening here.
09:59Good evening.
09:59How was it, in terms of, was it easy to pick the same team as you did on the weekend,
10:05given the defeat?
10:07As you previously spoke about, the continuity within the team, and then how happy were you with the contributions from
10:14what you played as you get more players back available?
10:20I prefer to think like this.
10:23I know you have to compare which starting eleven played against Ipswich, which one played this evening.
10:34But at the end, it's the club, it's the team, and we can start with different players.
10:41The most important thing is to continue to compete.
10:45And when we change players and we keep the level of the team and the tempo of the team, it's
10:51good.
10:51I really like, especially, Dwight Magnil this evening because he didn't play too much for a long time.
11:02And this evening he gave a good message and I think we won a player.
11:10Okay.
11:11Are there any others on this evening?
11:13Okay, we'll go.
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