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00:00Okay, hello everyone.
00:29If you won't mind using the mic when you've got a question, please.
00:33Who would like to start?
00:39Hi, Oliver.
00:40Congratulations on your win.
00:42That was perfectly executed game plan.
00:45And when Palace plays like that, you can probably beat any team.
00:48Is that correct?
00:49Thank you very much for this great analysis.
00:54Yes, but it's easy to talk about it.
00:57But it's really difficult to execute it like the players did today.
01:00So really all the credit to them, how they stick to the play and how hard they were working.
01:05And also what was great to see today, you know, after the missed penalty,
01:10we had two, three situations to overcome.
01:13Dean Henderson, one big save and two, three dangerous situations.
01:16But we didn't lose our head.
01:18And 10 days ago when we had a similar situation at Newcastle Hill,
01:21we went too early all-in and then we were punished and 4-0 at halftime and game was over.
01:26And today we stayed calm, waited for our situation,
01:29always stick to the plan and working so hard.
01:32And then we got the reward and it was a really amazing performance today.
01:37Hi, Oliver.
01:43Before the game, you weren't too keen on talking about whether Palace can win a trophy for the first time.
01:48Now can we ask you whether it's a real possibility?
01:52Yes, because it's the final.
01:54So now we can play the final.
01:56And so most teams who will play the final can win the trophy.
02:00So it's nothing new, I think I tell you.
02:03Do you think that this team is ready then now to go that final step?
02:11I don't know at the moment.
02:13And I don't want to talk about the final today.
02:16I think it was crucial to show a performance like this today
02:19that we really entered every single game in this.
02:22It was the fifth game in two weeks.
02:24Every single game we entered with the approach to win it.
02:27And we couldn't do it four times.
02:30We had two heavy defeats away.
02:31I think we learned from it.
02:33And we had to play 50 minutes or the second half against Bournemouth with one player less.
02:38We keep the clean sheet.
02:39We had a great performance at Arsenal.
02:41And all these steps helped us, I think, to perform like we did today.
02:46And this will be the same in the final in three weeks.
02:49Now we can't say, okay, two weeks.
02:52We're just laying in the sun, enjoying and celebrating.
02:56And then we press the button and we will be ready.
02:58No, now, yes, the players can party tonight and they will and they fully deserve it.
03:02They have a few days off, but also that's regardless of the result today.
03:06And we will meet on Thursday and there we will prepare Nottingham and Tottenham.
03:11Because I think the best approach for the final A is to show two great performances.
03:15Because then we have belief, we have confidence.
03:19But of course we can watch the second semifinal quite relaxed tomorrow on the sofa.
03:24So, yeah, it's a good moment for us.
03:27The 1990 Palace team that got to the final, the first FA Cup final in the club's history,
03:35they're very fondly remembered in this country because they were such an exciting attacking team.
03:39And I think we saw a lot of that in your side today.
03:42Is it important to you, obviously you want to win,
03:44but to play with this style and this flair that your players showed today?
03:49Oh, yes, of course.
03:50And I think we showed this quite often.
03:52And we also showed it that when we really work so hard as a team,
03:59then it's not so easy to create chances against us.
04:02And that we always can threaten their defense with our transitions.
04:08And we have a lot of pace.
04:11We can solve the situations.
04:13And I think all three goals we scored when we won the ball in their half,
04:17but wait for the right moments.
04:19It's not always possible because these are their traps.
04:21Yeah, they want that you step up and then there was the quick passes.
04:24And they showed it a few times in the first half,
04:27but then the back three, four, five, they were so sharp today that we have a clean sheet again.
04:36But I just can repeat myself.
04:40It was really a great performance from every single one.
04:45Don?
04:45Oliver, you just won 3-0 in a major semifinal against an excellent team who were Champions League quarterfinalists a couple of weeks ago.
04:53And to do that, it takes seven, eight, nine out of ten performances from each individual player.
04:58Did it feel to you like you had that today from your team?
05:01Yes, from everyone, from every player who started, from every player who came in,
05:07and from every player on the bench and also behind the dugout there.
05:10Because with every player, also the injured ones were here and we had such a great atmosphere before.
05:16And it was very, very relaxed today and also I felt very calm and because I mentioned it in the pre-match press conference that I have to take a few tough decisions and I had to take care.
05:28I mean, not starting Will and Jeff Lerner who played so well for us and they also had deserved to start.
05:39And I told them today that I decided after the excellent performance at Arsenal to start with Adam and Daichi in midfield.
05:48And, you know, then they could be disappointed or upset, but their reaction was,
05:55OK, Gaffa, if the team needs me, I will be ready.
05:58And from that moment, I was really calm and I knew such a great group of players.
06:03Then everything is possible and they showed it today.
06:08Oliver, could you give us a little insight into what the scenes were like in the dressing room afterwards?
06:12A lot of celebrations, a lot of happy faces.
06:14I don't know if we will. Did we film it? I think we will release it and you will see the big man dancing in the middle of the dressing room.
06:25Did you have a dance?
06:26Me?
06:26Yeah.
06:27No.
06:27You see, just have a little.
06:28No, no, it's better not.
06:30It's better not.
06:30And especially, again, with all the happiness and really proud how we performed, it was not the last step to go.
06:39It was one more step, but an important step, but we have still one step to go.
06:47And, yeah, then when you play a final, you want to win it.
06:50And so, for me, I'm really proud and I'm enjoying then walking in front of the stand, seeing all the people, how happy they are.
07:03And then in the dressing room, everybody.
07:06It's a great moment, but I think when I start dancing, I destroy this moment, so it's better not to do it.
07:13Oliver, how concerned were you, though, when the penalty was saved that it could be, or it was missed, rather, that it could be a turning point?
07:21And what was it that happened between you and a couple of the Villa coaching staff?
07:26There seemed to be a bit of a, what should I say?
07:29Ah, no, no, I have thought they, they said it's no penalty, and I said to them, I think it's the same one you got with Marcus Rushford against City,
07:40where the VAR intervened and gave the penalty.
07:44I think they just crossed, I don't know, who was fouled?
07:50Is it?
07:51Yeah, Iveragic takes the ball with a great ball from Adam Walton, and I think the legs are crossed, and then it's a foul.
07:57Well, how I could see it, and that's how I told them, but it was everything fine.
08:02Can we, just a couple of words about the goals today, though, because Eze's goal was, you know, an absolute thunderbolt,
08:08but then Sarr produces something, you know, pretty much as good in the second half as well.
08:13They were incredible strikes.
08:15Oh, yes, they were always finishing after the training and from the edge of the box,
08:20and, yeah, we know that they have amazing finishes, and so, yes,
08:25we created a couple of really good chances, first half, Tim Mitchell,
08:29so he was really disappointed that he missed it, so he has no goal,
08:33so maybe he saved it for the final, and this Mela also had a great header,
08:37and he missed it in front of the goal, but always then it's important to stay calm
08:43and wait for the next situation, and I think this is what the players did today,
08:48and that's why we could win this game 3-0 at the end.
08:51Oliver, when you've been here and before that, this club has recruited very effectively,
09:04especially from the Championship with Wharton, Michael Alise, Eze, Guayi.
09:10How much of a credit to that recruitment policy is a result like this?
09:15100% credit to the recruitment, to the, not just the player profile,
09:22to the character of the players, to the, it's a great group to manage, to coach,
09:28and, yeah, makes a lot of fun, so, again, it's great recruitment,
09:33and I think also the new players who came in this year, like Maxence Lacroix,
09:38like Daiichi Kamala showed an outstanding performance today, and also at the Emirates.
09:45Adrian KTR, you know, he won the ball before the third,
09:48and then also then passed the ball in the right moment to his Mela Saar,
09:52so, yeah, it's all about recruitment, and it's all about talent, and especially character,
09:59and then you can build a group, and I think this is what we all did really well,
10:03and so now we got, let's say, the first small reward, that we can come back in three weeks
10:10and play here in this really fantastic stadium again.
10:15Gentlemen, over here?
10:17Did you want on?
10:18No?
10:18Okay.
10:19In front of you, then, please.
10:20Just in front.
10:22Oliver, you promised when you reached the final you would wear a suit.
10:25Is that still on?
10:26I don't know.
10:29I was told that it's traditional to wear a suit in the final,
10:34so if I have to wear one join, will tell me, and then I will, maybe,
10:41but, you know, I also like this jumper.
10:43It's a little bit, it's not the newest one, but it's...
10:46Black suit, then.
10:48I know it's a little bit superstitious, so let's see.
10:55Okay, thank you.
10:57Did you want one now?
10:58Yeah.
11:00And then we'll end with Bobby.
11:01Oliver, just on Ismail Asar, really, I mean, how happy are you for him,
11:04but also the decision to bring him back last summer to the Premier League,
11:08given, obviously, he'd been before.
11:10Whom? Sorry?
11:11Ismail Asar.
11:12How happy are you for him, and just what was the reasons behind bringing him back last summer?
11:15Is it proving to be the right one for you?
11:19He showed it the whole season.
11:21You know, he's hard, I love his hard working, and of course his physicality,
11:29his great finishing, you know, and he's doing so well,
11:33and he had also very, very exciting weeks, you know.
11:37He got twins, and then, I don't know, is it a surprise?
11:44Nobody knew?
11:45I don't know.
11:46So, yeah, I think 10 days ago or something like this, and, no, one week ago.
11:53Yeah, and, yeah, he's such a great, great guy, and, yeah, he's really an important part of the group,
12:01and he has a skill, maybe, I think we have a great fit together, you know.
12:07We have sprinters, we have physicality, we have technical players, we have dribblers.
12:13Everyone has a great finish in their attack, and, yeah, this helps to score goals.
12:18The last one is Bobby on the end.
12:21Yeah, thank you.
12:24Hi, Oliver.
12:25Tyrek Mitchell went off injured for about the last time.
12:28No, no, cramp, cramp.
12:28With cramp, so everything's okay with him.
12:30And also on Ebreche, it seems like he's massively upped his level since the March international break.
12:36Do you think he's kind of hitting his best run of form now?
12:40Ebreche?
12:41Yeah, yeah.
12:41Ah, yes, of course, you know, this is what he, I see this many times in training, it's just such a great finish,
12:49and it's, it's now he comes more into these situations again, yeah, because it's easy to have a finish at the end of the training,
12:57yeah, when somebody passes the ball to you and there are no, no opponents, but today, and it was, yeah,
13:05Moses Miller winning the ball, the dribbling, and then he had the movement into this space,
13:09we showed them that very often this space is free, and we passed, and then, yeah,
13:14and when he gets the ball there and he gets a free finish, then it's very often a goal,
13:19but it's important that he comes into these situations, and therefore he has to move, he has to run,
13:26he has to come away from his opponent, and this is what he did today.
13:32Okay, thanks very much, everybody. Oh, just one, go on then.
13:39Nice call, there's a lot of traffic outside, I think, so we have time.
13:45Sorry, just to pick up, I don't attend lots of your news conferences, so forgive me if you've already explained,
13:49but you say you're superstitious about your black jumper that you're wearing. Why is that? What's the history?
13:55No, no, I changed it, I was wearing blue one, and then we had two heavy feet, and I changed it to black,
14:00and since then we aren't beaten, so...
14:02When was that?
14:03Yeah, when did we lose two, you know, after the Newcastle game, you know, I said...
14:08So are you going to keep wearing it?
14:10The blue has done its job, the blue has done its job, so now I need something different,
14:14and then it's black, so I can't wear a white jumper and a white suit, and so that's why I changed it.
14:21So are you going to keep wearing that until you have a heavy defeat?
14:23Pardon?
14:24Will you keep wearing that black jumper until you have another heavy defeat?
14:28I don't know.
14:29I hope we don't have a heavy defeat until the end of the season, and then next year, I think,
14:34when it gets washed a few times, then it's maybe more grey than black, and then I think I have to change it.
14:39Thanks very much.
14:47I didn't think we'd be talking about each other.
14:49Oh, yeah.
14:49There we go.
14:50All各位, thank you.
14:53Ah, thank you, thank you.
14:54Thank you very much.
14:55Welcome to more.
14:56Ah, Mr. Winter, Newcastle.
14:58All right, everyone.
14:59Bye-bye.
15:00Bye-bye.
15:00Bye-bye.
15:00Ciao.