Crystal Palace vs. Fredrikstad match thread

Many of the other favourites for the competition were also in action last night. Fiorentina won 3-0 away, Mainz lost 2-1 to Rosenborg, Besiktas drew away. Alkmaar won 2-0 away, Vallacano won 1-0 away, Sparta Prague won 2-0 at home, Anderlecht drew 1-1 with AEK Athens at home

So a bit of a mixed bag but Fiorentina and Alkmaar seemed to have secured their places, unlike Palace, and we were fortunate with our opponents
 
We were very good in possession with only a couple of scares and hit the wood twice, but our passing in that crowded last third was not great.

Devenny and Sosa had a lot of possession/opportunities but were both disappointing.

Next week will be an even tougher test on their artificial turf, but I suspect (hope) we will scrape through.

Our opponents are way into their season and have already played 2 games in Europe.

My positive is that we are slow starters to a season (e.g. transfer market), we are clearly miles better, and we will build into this tournament, especially if we get new recruits.
 
NMPalace said:
Benteke was signed by Pardew that season and scored 9 of his 15 goals before Pardew was sacked in Dec.

Sakho played 8 games for us, including the one where he went of injured.

Clearly they both played a part under BFS but difficult to argue they were major reasons we stayed up that season IMHO
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Fair enough. My take on that season re these two is that both of them (and Van Arnholt) had a huge impact - we looked a totally different team, maybe the highlight being the 3-0 win over Arsenal.
 
Last year, Chelsea struggled in the initial home/away versus Servette.
They squeaked by via a narrow 3-2 aggregate.

They then went 6-0 in the group stage, outscoring their opponents 26-5.

After that:
Beat FC Kobenhvn by a 3-1 aggregate.
Beat Legia Warszawa by a 4-2 aggregate.
Beat Legia Djurgarden by a 5-1 aggregate.
Won the title by a 4-1 score over Real Betis.

Turned out their toughest test was where Palace is currently!

Given that Chelsea fans tend to be entitled, pompous ***holes,
I wonder if they had the same feeling of gloom and doom after the Servette matches
that seems to have settled over the Palace faithful.

I remain optimistic that Crystal Palace will progress far in the UEFA Conference League 2025/26.
 
FrankieD108 said:
Last year, Chelsea struggled in the initial home/away versus Servette.
They squeaked by via a narrow 3-2 aggregate.

They then went 6-0 in the group stage, outscoring their opponents 26-5.

After that:
Beat FC Kobenhvn by a 3-1 aggregate.
Beat Legia Warszawa by a 4-2 aggregate.
Beat Legia Djurgarden by a 5-1 aggregate.
Won the title by a 4-1 score over Real Betis.

Turned out their toughest test was where Palace is currently!

Given that Chelsea fans tend to be entitled, pompous ***holes,
I wonder if they had the same feeling of gloom and doom after the Servette matches
that seems to have settled over the Palace faithful.

I remain optimistic that Crystal Palace will progress far in the UEFA Conference League 2025/26.
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I tend to agree. The playoff and then the knockouts are our hardest matches
 
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