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Glasner wants Palace to give all against Everton despite reaching Conference League final

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Alex Roberts / Tribal Football

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Crystal Palace manager Oliver Glasner insists his side "won't wave the white flag against Everton" after reaching the Conference League final.

[p]The South London club were ultimately too much for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/shakhtar/4ENWX2OA/"]Shakhtar Donetsk[/a], beating the Ukrainians 5-2 on aggregate.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/crystal-palace/AovF1Mia/"]Palace[/a] will now face Spanish side [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/rayo-vallecano/8bcjFy6O/"]Rayo Vallecano[/a], who beat [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/strasbourg/nP6UzIU1/"]Strasbourg[/a], in the final on May 27th in Leipzig.[/p][p]Speaking to TNT Sports after [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/crystal-palace-AovF1Mia/shakhtar-donetsk-4ENWX2OA/?mid=AVlNTLpn"]the game[/a], Glasner insists his side will be giving their all against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/everton/KluSTr9s/"]Everton[/a], although his players have been given time off to “enjoy themselves.”[/p][image alt="Second leg stats" id="935bf577-9d09-40c8-994c-1cc00368e9cf" credit-line="Opta by StatsPerform" guid="39b0a90b-fe98-4436-8fd5-12fdb30207be" original-width="1080" original-height="1080" /][p]"[b]I just gave them tomorrow off. We had a bad experience after the first leg against Shakhtar, we trained the next day and they weren't sharp[/b],” he said.[/p][p]“Maybe this will help when they are out somewhere in London.[/p][p]"[b]I said to the players that we won't wave the white flag against Everton but I think it's important they enjoy themselves, rest and we will meet on Saturday to prepare for Everton. It's about getting everything planned in the right way[/b].”[/p]

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