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Glasner and Eagles win FA Cup on a day… 🎶

May 17, 2025 at 6:41 pm Leave a comment

…which brought yet another victory for Austria:

Austria’s operatic JJ took the win in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest with his soaring, emotional song “Wasted Love”. The 24-year-old who is a counter-tenor at the Vienna “Staatsoper” took the title with a tempestuous electro-ballad, a story of heartache.

No heartache at Wembley though: much contrary to West Ham in 2006, when an injury time goal by Stephen Gerrard frustrated the Hammers, this time the outsider which also was in front after the first half, could hold on to defeat Manchester City and win the FA Cup.

Due to Eberechi Eze‘s early goal (16′) and a sublime team performance Crystal Palace beat Manchester City to lift the FA Cup and win their first major trophy. Austrian manager Oliver Glasner who already had won the Europa League with Eintracht Frankfurt had drawn up a perfect game plan and stunned Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City! Palace keeper Dean Henderson made numerous spectacular saves including a penalty (Omar Marmoush). This win came after the south Londoners’ worst start to a season in more than 30 years. However the chairman hold his nerve back in August and September 2024 when the team failed to register a win in eight games and so it came that Oliver Glasner remained being their manager and now the 50-year-old has steered Crystal Palace to victory and the club’s anthem “Glad all over” echoed around Wembley!

FA Cup video ▶️ youtu.be

Celebrations at Wembley ▶️instagram.com

JJ, Wasted Love ▶️ youtu.be

There are going to be more finals at Wembley with the upcoming playoffs to determine promotion to the Premier League and the English football leagues, including Wimbledon v Walsall on Monday next week (26 May, 3 p.m.).

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