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Crystal Palace created club history as they defeated Shakhtar Donetsk in the Conference League semi-finals to move into their first ever European final.
The Eagles led 3-1 after the first leg a week ago in Poland, and thought they had stretched their advantage when Yeremy Pino raced through and slotted a calm finish into the net.
However, the winger was ruled offside following an extremely tight offside decision when he collected Jean-Philippe Mateta’s flick-on.
But, at a raucous Selhurst Park for the second-leg tie, Palace took the lead in the 25th minute.
Adam Wharton’s powerful 25-yard strike was pushed away by goalkeeper Dmytro Riznyk, but it dropped for Daniel Munoz, whose low cross from a tight angle was steered into his own net by Pedro Henrique.
Shakhtar battled back to make it 1-1 on the night when Equinaldo collected a Pedro Henrique pass and curled a fine effort into the top corner.
Mateta then went close to restoring Palace’s three-goal overall advantage just before half-time, only to hit the post with a spectacular scissor-kick.
But Ismaila Sarr sealed his side’s spot in the final against Rayo Vallecano with a 5-2 aggregate success when he stretched to slide the ball into the net from Tyrick Mitchell’s low left-wing cross.
It was his ninth goal in the competition to make him the outright top scorer this term.
More to follow.
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