Crystal Palace booked a date in Wembley Stadium while progressing to the FA Cup semi-final with a hugely impressive 3-0 win against Fulham in Craven Cottage.
Both parties had opportunities in a lively opening of 20 minutes, with Andreas Pereira saw his driven effort flashing past the post before Jefferson Lerma cracked the bar with a brilliant volley.
Palace -midfielder Adam Wharton was also lucky that he was not sent for an early bath after flashing a boot in Rodrigo Muniz while he was already on a yellow card.
The potential feeling of injustice of Fulham was added when the Eagles, in particular Ebereechi Eze, got into the room of four minutes with a double loser.
The attacker of England cut from the left and curled a stunning effort along Bernd Leno from the edge of the box in the 34th minute before the provider became for Ismaila Sarr.
Eze was given far too much room to hit a cross to the nearby pole, where the Senegalese attacker was present to bend and enter the Fulhamnet.
Marco Silva made various changes in the second half, but for all possession of his side they could not find a way back in the game, where Calvin Bassey came closest to a goalmouth -scramble.
Instead, it was two of the substitutes of Oliver Glasner who sealed the victory for Palace.
Daichi Kamada put Eddie Nketiah loose from the left, and he just stayed aside before he finished cool along Leno to confirm the place of Palace in the semi -final for the second time in four seasons, because in 2025 they fly higher and higher in 2025 and a very first big trophy.
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– Crystal Palace FC (@CPFC) March 29, 2025
Data debrief: Eze does it again
It had already been an incredible week for Eze, who scored his first goal for England on his first performance under Thomas Tuchel, before he ended it with a leading role on Saturday.
The palace droppizer, who also achieved his 10th assist this season while he scored SARR at the opening goal, scored the opening goal to set his way, and again, it came from a distance.
Of the six goals he scored for his club this season, there are four of Outside The Box, a count only Matheus Cunha and Bruno Fernandes (both six) can be better under Premier League players.
With the score 3-0 in favor of Palace but the XG (expected goals) only 1.46 to 1.21, it is safe to say that Eze proved the difference.
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