- Crystal Palace beat Fulham 3-0 to reach the semi-finals of the FA Cup
- Eze opened the scoring then transformed the supplier for Sarr four minutes later
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His first objective for England could have required a huge deviation, but his 32nd for Crystal Palace came with all the aesthetic beauty that we expect from Ebelechi Eze.
Pure and true, rolled down beyond the goalkeeper of Fulham Bernd Leno. In the large post and not only decorative, he also transformed the quarter -final of the FA Cup in favor of the palace.
What a week it was for Eze, who created the second for Ismaila Sarr in a 3-0 victory. One to add a fulfillment to what was a disjointed first season without Micheal Olise sharing the creative burden.
Olise left for Bayern Munich last summer, a year after Wilf Zaha made his farewell to Selhurst Park, leaving all eyes on Eze of Origin of Greenwich after fighting interest in keeping it.
Its shape was decent, but it only marked twice in 24 appearances in the Premier League. In Fulham, however, in the biggest match of the season, he certainly answered the call.
The lens supporters will cherish for years by the type of player that we used to say was worth the price of the ticket at one time before the price of tickets became so expensive.
Ebelechi Eze scored one and installed another when Crystal Palace defeated Fulham in FA Cup
Eze opened the scoring with a nice strike just outside the region first half
The boss Oliver Glasner gave him a hug while Eek was replaced in the 90th minute and whispered a few words of appreciation in the ear.
As a reflection of his season, it was not a complete masterclass Eze. His contributions were ephemeral in a very team effort. But they were still delighted. And turned out to be vital.
“EBS has a fairly strange season,” said Glasner. “He doesn’t have a lot of premier League goals, but he was so likely.
“He was so unlucky in so many situations, with prohibited goals, deviated goals, achieving the post. He still continues. He fought against injuries, strange injuries. I think that his goal against Latvia, his first goal for England, means a lot for him as a person and helped him.
If Eze purred, Palace will not fear any team in Wembley. If Eze purred, Palace will face another summer of richer clubs wishing to try the 26 -year -old southern London player.
It would leave a difficult hole to fill. Glasner found a pleasant balance with his invention to the left of the central striker Jean-Philippe Mateta and the burning rhythm of Sarr and voluntary to run to the right.
This trio, especially far from home, can be destructive when he is out of the platform of a strong defensive unit forged around a back, with a back of wings flying from top to bottom of the sides and two versatile midfielders, on this occasion Adam Wharton and Jefferson Lerma.
Crystal Palace, for whom the replacement Eddie Nketiah marked the third in Fulham to avoid late panic, has not conceded on the road since the loss of the quarter -finals of the Carabao Cup in Arsenal in December. They won their last six outside games in all competitions without conceding and attracted the one before 0-0 to make seven successive clean sheets.
The boss of the Palais Oliver Glasner thinks that Eze has no chance of not scoring more goals this season
Glasner challenged his team to finish in the first half of the Premier League. Not only to focus on the FA Cup. They sit 12th after a slow start. They won until the end of October and went to Southampton on Wednesday.
The Austrian, however, could have talent as a cup specialist. He won the Austrian Cup twice as a player with SV Ried and as a manager led Eintracht Francfurt to the Europa League in 2022. His Eintracht arrived at the German Cup final a year later, losing against Leipzig.
Palace in its first full season won seven cutting ties, reaching the last eight of the Carabao Cup and now the last four of the FA Cup.
