A Mateta goal ruined Iñigo Perez's Lightning dream and made Crystal Palace champion
The French striker has taken advantage of a ball cleared in the area by Augusto Batalla to decide an equal final, and to ruin the dream of a Lightning that has gone further than ever in its history.
Moment of Mateta's finish. Photo: EFE
Chantrean coach Iñigo Pérezhas lost the Lightning A0Vallecano (1-0) to the Crystal Palace at the Red Bull Arena inLeipzig ,Germany.
The Vallecas team has surrendered tothe English team. Crystal Palace's goal was to release its international champion . The players of Navarro coach Iñigo Pérez have been willing and unable to play throughout the meeting. They have been serious in the first half, with two clear occasions for Alemao and Unai Lopez, but have not been able to match the vitality of the London team in the second half.
Mateta has taken advantage of a ball cleared by Augusto Battalion in the area to decide a matching final, to ruin the dream of a Lightning that has gone further than ever in its history.
After two and a half years, in a game in which he said goodbye to the Palace bench,Oliver Glasner led the London team to the first European trophy after winning the FA Cup and Community Shield in England.
Thus, in Leipzig, the German city where the musician Johan Sebastian Bach is buried, the Palace has brought the Rayo Vallecano tohis knees, and the Madrid team is only one step away from glory . However, the Vallecas team has taken the step in the final to make their fans and their working-class neighborhood proud.
YeremyPino threw a foul and the ball hit first on the right post, then on the left and in a mess, Oscar Valentine hit a goal post.
Until the end, the Lightning has tried in every way and, although it has given a sense of danger, it has not put Henderson in trouble, because the English doorman has lived too comfortably the last leg of the match.
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