Crystal Palace boss Oliver Glasner has been talking to the media earlier than Saturday’s FA Cup sport in opposition to Macclesfield City at The Leasing.com Stadium (kick-off 12:15 GMT).
Listed below are the important thing traces from his information convention:
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Striker Jean-Philippe Mateta “won’t journey” for the cup sport and as a substitute will “relaxation” as he “has some points together with his knee”.
Extra from Glasner on Mateta: “The whole lot’s beneath management however we do not need to danger that he performs on astro [turf] and it will get worse, that is why he stays in London.”
He does not anticipate Mateta’s knee to be a problem for subsequent week’s Premier League sport in opposition to .
There are not any new harm considerations however no participant just lately sidelined will return both.
Captain Marc Guehi, who has been linked with a transfer away from the Eagles, will begin on Saturday.
On defending their FA Cup honour: “We need to win one other trophy. That is our method. It isn’t defending one thing, it is profitable one thing. We will not defend it as a result of we have already got gained it. This trophy will keep perpetually in Crystal Palace historical past books. But it surely’s including one other trophy – that is how we enter the FA Cup.”
He mentioned it may be Macclesfield’s’ “match of the last decade,” but when “we present our requirements, we’ll win”.
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