FA Cup & Community Shield holders Crystal Palace start their Premier League season with a 0-0 draw against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.
Eberechi Eze looked to have given #CPFC the lead with a free-kick in the first half — but his goal was ruled out due to Marc Guehi being within a metre of the #CFC wall.
Enzo Maresca's side had lots of the ball, but produced little — they could only muster three shots on target.
“It’s not football any more,” #CPFC fans chant. It risks becoming football by review. It’s football where no defenders complain and a spectacular goal disallowed by somebody in front of a screen with a digital tape measure miles away. Eze free-kick ruled out after review because Guehi “is less than one metre away from the wall as the shot is taken. Therefore, it's an indirect free-kick and a disallowed goal”. Laws are laws, even little-known ones, but this sets a level of intervention that now requires consistent application. Every wall is going to be scrutinised closely for any movement by an attacking player. “I’m a metre!” At least the decision was explained by the ref to the crowd, a welcome development in the PL this season #CHECRY
Eberechi Eze thought he had given #CPFC the lead — but his free-kick was chalked off following a VAR check.
The reason VAR disallowed the goal: Marc Guehi was within a metre of the Chelsea wall as the free-kick was taken.
Liverpool have held talks with Crystal Palace over a move for Marc Guehi.
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Where Eagles despair. John Textor is the culpable one here, not Uefa’s rule-book and the European governing body being sticklers for regulations and deadlines. So no surprise that Crystal Palace failed in their attempt to persuade CAS to overturn Uefa decision to demote them to Europa Conference League for breaching multi-club ownership regs. Textor needed to divest himself of stake earlier.
“After considering the evidence, the Panel found that John Textor, founder of Eagle Football Holdings,
had shares in CPFC and OL (Lyon) and was a Board member with decisive influence over both clubs at the
time of UEFA’s assessment date," CAS says. "The Panel also dismissed the argument by CPFC that they received
unfair treatment in comparison to Nottingham Forest and OL. The Panel considered that the UEFA
Regulations are clear and do not provide flexibility to clubs that are non-compliant on the assessment
date, as CPFC claimed.”
Palace will still feel aggrieved, and feeling that so-called bigger clubs would have got away with it. Palace have to use this frustration as fuel to galvanise them further, building on that defiant spirit they showed at Wembley (again), and go and embarrass Uefa by winning the Conference League in Leipzig next May. More likely to win a European trophy now. West Ham and Chelsea celebrated winning the UECL.
Important time now for Steve Parish and Oliver Glasner together to rally the club - fans, staff and players - and remind everyone of the special bond they have and the special journey they are on (albeit now via Leipzig) and try to ensure they don’t lose Marc Guehi to Liverpool and/or Eberechi Eze to Arsenal, as seems possible. Time to be strong. #CPFC
Crystal Palace’s appeal against their demotion to the Conference League has been rejected by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
#CPFC chairman Steve Parish and the club’s lawyers had their appeal heard by a three-person panel at CAS on Friday after the south London side were demoted from the Europa League to the Conference League for breaching UEFA’s multi-club ownership rules.
A CAS statement released on Monday read: “After considering the evidence, the Panel found that John Textor, founder of Eagle Football Holdings, had shares in Crystal Palace and Lyon and was a board member with decisive influence over both clubs at the time of UEFA’s assessment date.
“The Panel also dismissed the argument by Crystal Palace that they received unfair treatment in comparison to Nottingham Forest and Lyon.
“The Panel considered that the UEFA Regulations are clear and do not provide flexibility to clubs that are non-compliant on the assessment date, as Crystal Palace claimed.”
..., Adam Wharton offers something different to others, passing between the lines; the uncapped Will Hughes seized his chance; while Eberechi Eze was slightly below par but where does this big talent fit England best? Column here... #CPFC #ENG
https://open.substack.com/pub/henrywinte…
“Yes,” Parish said when asked if he would sell Guehi if a suitable offer arrived. “Of course, for players of that calibre to leave on a free (next summer) it is a problem for a football club.” Steve Parish on Marc Guehi #CPFC via @BobbyManzi@twitter.com
https://newsshopper.co.uk/sport/25379169…
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After waiting 119 years for a trophy, Crystal Palace have their second in a matter of months.
The Selhurst Park side beat Liverpool, the Premier League Champions, on penalties to win the Community Shield, having beaten Manchester City to win the FA Cup in May.
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Crystal Palace:
Crystal Palace win the 2025 Community Shield on penalties!
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