Glasner’s last Palace TV interview: Thank you for giving me the best day of my life
A visibly emotional Oliver Glasner – true to form – delivered Crystal Palace’s first-ever European trophy in his last-ever match in charge of the Eagles.
The Manager told Palace TV: “Oh yeah – honestly, incredible!
“I’m just grateful, proud, proud of the players, proud of everyone in the staff, proud of our fans. And yeah, of course, having now this ending with winning the Conference League, it’s just incredible. I'm really emotional.
“I don't know. I was delighted. I don't have the right words, but again, it's fantastic. And all the credit to the players again.
“Today was the game we expected. And we had 15 unbelievable good minutes after half-time where we decided the game and then everybody worked hard to get the game over the goal line – and so, great win.”
I know everybody will enjoy travelling in Europe again!
—Oliver Glasner
In winning the UEFA Conference League at the first time of asking, Palace have guaranteed their spot in Europe for next season.
Glasner noted: “I think this is what these players deserve. This is what Crystal Palace deserves. And this is what the fans deserve, with one year delay because due to the regulations we were demoted to the Conference League, but nobody complained.
“Nobody in the club, not our fans, nobody of the players. We took it as a challenge and say, ‘OK, then let's go to win it.’
“It was a lot of hard work from everyone, and now everybody was rewarded. And Crystal Palace gets what Crystal Palace deserved with one year delay.
“And I know everybody will enjoy travelling in Europe again!”
On finishing at Palace after winning three trophies in two years, Glasner smiled “It means a lot. As I said, you know, it’s not just the badge. It's the people I'm working with.
“And it's the people, it's our fans. They're always so passionate supporting us and they're always sticking to to us. And then, you know, today when it was a little bit, well, let's say in the last 15 minutes, you could see players getting a bit fatigued.
“They went all in to support the players. The fans got louder and louder and louder. And this helped us again to get this win.
“We're all now rewarded with lifting another trophy, with extending the European journey, and this is what everybody deserves.
“So really, thank you very much to every single player. Thank you very much to everyone in the staff. And thank you very much to the fans for supporting us and especially and also me.
“Thank you very much. I told the players today, when we had a meeting in the hotel, because I got many messages from fans when they said 'thank you for giving me the best day in my life'... and I forwarded it to the players – and I can forward it now to the fans, because it's not just they who have had the best days in their lives – it's the same for me.
“You know, sharing these moments with my family is incredible, so this is this is why I'm doing this job – because these emotions, this feeling and sharing it with the ones you love most with the family.
“I have to say thank you that I can be part of it. And yeah, thanks a lot!”