Overview
- Crystal Palace booked their place by beating Shakhtar Donetsk 2-1 in the second leg after a 3-1 win in the first meeting.
- The final is set for May 27 in Leipzig against Spain’s Rayo Vallecano, who advanced past Racing Strasbourg.
- An own goal by Pedro Henrique opened the scoring, Eguinaldo equalized for Shakhtar, and Ismaila Sarr hit the Palace winner, with a Yeremy Pino strike ruled out.
- Manager Oliver Glasner called the achievement a “huge thing” and said the team will give everything to bring the trophy to Palace.
- Lifting the Conference League would secure a Europa League berth for next season and hand Glasner a fourth trophy in four years after the 2022 Europa League, last season’s FA Cup and the Community Shield.