📸 A French scorer sets the Europa Conference League final alight 🇫🇷 | OneFootball

Hello Didier Deschamps!

In a European cup final, all it often takes is a flash of brilliance. And in tonight’s Conference League showdown, it came from the inevitable Jean-Philippe Mateta.

Against Rayo Vallecano, Crystal Palace’s French striker managed to break down a Spanish defense that had until then been well organized.

From an Adam Wharton effort, Mateta timed his run perfectly to find the net early in the second half (51', 1-0).

Crystal Palace have taken the lead and moved closer to their dream of lifting their first European trophy.

📸 Mateta’s goal in pictures

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