The day after their coronation in the community shield against Liverpool (2-2, Tab: 3-2), Sunday in Wembley, with a penalty and shot to the goal processed by Jean-Philippe Mateta, Crystal Palace received the long-awaited news. She is bad. The winner of the FA Cup in front of Manchester City (1-0), on May 17 in the same temple of English football, had offered the right to compete in the Europa League. Result of the races, the Eagles will enter into play -offs of the league conference!
Due to the rules concerning the multi -ownership, Palace was demoted in the third European Cup due to the presence of OL in the Europa League. Owner of the Gones, John Textor held 40% of the London club but the sale of its shares was formalized before the deadline set by UEFA. Crystal Palace appealed before the TAS (Arbitral Tribunal of Sport), but the independent institution did not give it a favorable opinion.
There Breaking News From the day in England thus is the happiness of Nottingham Forest, who finished 7th in the Premier League and who finds himself directly qualified in the Europa League. Palace finished 12th in the ranking, with 12 points less than Forest, but seems to have a better team, especially if it is able to resist or beat the two monsters that are Man City and Liverpool.
LOSC and OL in front of heavy
LOSC and OL, qualified directly in the Europa League (pending the elimination of the OGC Nice in the Champions League), now know that they can fall on Aston Villa (where Lucas Digne and Boubacar Kamara evolve) and therefore Nottingham Forest, led by Nuno Espirito Matz and led by the former goalkeeper of Strasbourg Matz Sels. The plateau is rather raised in the Europa League, with Porto, Real Betis, Roma or Bologna, Celta de Vigo and Stuttgart already qualified. Draw on Friday August 29.
In conference, where all the teams come from the dams, Crystal Palace will face the loser (in the Europa League) of Fredrikstad-Midtjylland (3-1 victory of the Danes in the first leg), Thursdays August 21 and 28. The RC Strasbourg, for its part, awaits the winner of Vikingur Reykjavik-Brondby (Success 3-0 of the Icelanders in the first leg). If they are qualified for the main phase, the Alsatians could therefore find themselves facing the winner of the England Cup. And discover the boiling Selhurst Park.
