Oliver Glasner promised that he would do everything in his power to end his Crystal Palace career on a high after reaching the Conference League final on Thursday. 

Glasner, who has confirmed he would be leaving Palace at the end of the season, will take charge of his final game for the Eagles in Leipzig against Rayo Vallecano on May 27. 

Palace booked their place in the showpiece match with a 2-1 victory over Shakhtar Donetsk in the second leg, which sealed a comfortable 5-2 victory on aggregate.

Pedro Henrique's 25th-minute own-goal was cancelled out by Eguinaldo's fine strike nine minutes later, but Ismaila Sarr confirmed their progression early in the second half. 

Palace are only the third English club to reach the final in their first-ever season in major European competition, after West Ham in the 1964-65 Cup Winners' Cup and Newcastle United in the 1968-69 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.

The Conference League final will be Glasner's fourth showpiece match in as many full seasons in management, having guided former club Eintracht Frankfurt to Europa League glory in 2021-22 before reaching the DFB-Pokal final the following season, where they, coincidentally, lost to RB Leipzig.

In his first full season in charge of Palace, they won the FA Cup before following it up with a first-ever European final this term, but Glasner does not want to stop there. 

"It's my fourth consecutive final in my fourth consecutive full season; Europa League, German Cup, FA Cup and now this," Glasner said. "It's massive for me personally.

"Everyone around me knows that when I announced to leave, it was my duty to work even harder and deliver as a manager to make our fans proud.

"We have three weeks to prepare and analyse Rayo Vallecano, a very good team. It will be fantastic.

"You always want your last game to be for something, for silverware. I promise that we will give everything we have to bring it back to Selhurst."

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It would be a fitting end to Glasner's time at Selhurst Park should he win the trophy, with victory in the final booking Palace's place in the Europa League next season. 

The Eagles now have three league games before facing Vallecano, who beat Strasbourg 2-0 on aggregate in the other semi-final, the first of which comes against Everton.

Palace's chances of securing a European place for 2026-27 via league position are all but over, but Glasner said his team will still be competitive when they welcome David Moyes' European chasers to Selhurst Park on Sunday. 

"I just gave them [Friday] off. We had a bad experience after the first leg against Shakhtar. We trained the next day, and they weren't sharp," Glasner added.

"Maybe this will help when they are out somewhere in London.

"I said to the players that we won't wave the white flag against Everton, but I think it's important they enjoy themselves, rest, and we will meet on Saturday to prepare for Everton.

"It's about getting everything planned in the right way."