In the penultimate round, Crystal Palace travelled to West Bromwich Albion, who had already qualified for promotion, finishing second in the league and topped by Newcastle, whose side were in some sort of mystery pill like Crystal Palace, and they had an unstoppable scoring rate in the second half of the season.

West Bromwich Albion have no title to fight for and no relegation worries, so they are absent-minded at their home turf, and their manager Roberto Di Matteo, the Italian coach who has been dubbed the immobile "Buddha coach" by Chinese fans, led Chelsea to the Champions League trophy.

Di Matteo used plenty of substitutes in what appeared to be a crucial matchup, resulting in a 3-0 defeat to Crystal Palace at home.

After the game, other teams expressed their dissatisfaction, thinking that West Bromwich Albion was suspected of releasing water, and it is simply unreasonable and illogical for you to be beaten by a group of youth troops.

In fact, before the game, England's local bookmakers were not optimistic that West Brom could beat Crystal Palace at home, of course, the handicap is more complicated, not necessarily related to the actual game, but people are professional analysts, at least the balance in the heart is tilted to think that Crystal Palace has the ability to win away from home.

Not only the bookmakers, but also the critics generally believe that the desireless West Brom will be difficult to stop Crystal Palace, and the teams that are not satisfied are those who are committed to competing for a place with Crystal Palace.

Blackpool is very dissatisfied, but it is useless for them to make noise, they can only accept the reality.

The Championship Manager of the Year in April was given to Wen Sheng, and Crystal Palace only lost one game to Preston North End in April, they won too many other games, and the only threat to him was Newcastle manager Chris. Hughton, perhaps because he was a little handsome, Wen Sheng defeated Hughton.

Wen Sheng specially sent Hughton an "apologetic" text message, but Hughton replied that the Championship Coach of the Year must not have your share, which immediately made Wen Sheng a little disappointed.

Needless to say, the blind can see it, except for Chris. Hughton, it's hard for anyone else to get this award.

The final round was held at home, on May 2, Crystal Palace welcomed the last opponent of the league, Sheffield Wednesday, this game can not be lost, because of the rival make-up, the current 72 points of Crystal Palace fell to sixth place, still by Blackpool overtaken chance, and Sheffield Wednesday is in the relegation zone and has a chance to go ashore, they are only two points away from the 21st-placed Scanthop, if the final round of games Scunthorpe loses, they win away against Crystal Palace, then they can be relegated.

There is a glimmer of hope, of course, which cannot be given up.

On April 28, the consortium formed by Parish reached an agreement with Carlton to complete the acquisition of Crystal Palace, Carlton completed his mission, it is a very satisfactory kind, the fans are always very simple, the team has good results, the management seems to be good, Carlton's prestige in the fan base did not expect to be okay.

The sold-out Selhurst Stadium also had some short slogans congratulating Parrish and thanking Carlton.

Carlton in the stands almost shed tears, damn, Lao Tzu finally lived up to his mission!

In the last game, the battle of Tianwang Mountain, Crystal Palace fans were extremely enthusiastic about this game, not only the stadium was full of spectators, but also countless fans outside the stadium followed this game.

But it was too heavy for both sides and Sheffield Wednesday had to win, while Palace had to get a draw or a win, it wasn't easy.

Neither side wants to concede a goal, everyone knows that it is difficult to concede a goal, so the game was played ugly, at least in the first half, it seemed intense, but everyone was careful.

Normally mixed to the point of Sheffield Wednesday, that is not good, the attack is not good, the defense is not good, but in this game at least the defense is decent, the first half did not leave too many gaps for Crystal Palace.

A good team should be like a cheetah, lying quietly in the grass and waiting for its opportunity.

Crystal Palace can be called such a team, the temperament of the team has been changed by Wen Sheng, they are now more patient than ever, Wen Sheng's first half tactics can be said to be quite conservative, but the players still unconditionally executed, they believe that waiting will always see the light of day.

Sheffield Wednesday didn't think so, they didn't want to play 90 minutes, if only there were 20 minutes to decide the winner, they would boldly attack Crystal Palace directly.

With this in mind, Sheffield Wednesday tend to focus on set-pieces, so it's a game that doesn't look good.

However, the Crystal Palace fans were still singing and dancing in the stands, and the situation was well known to everyone, if they maintained such a scoreline, even if Blackpool on the other side won by a big score, it would be useless, and Crystal Palace could still hold them down for sixth place.

It wasn't until the 70th minute that the unbearable Sheffield Wednesday finally began to exert its strength, but unfortunately Crystal Palace was waiting for such an opportunity, they have used the opponent's mentality many times in the second half of the season, and now it is no exception, Kante went straight, Vardy went to the meeting alone, helping Crystal Palace take a 1-0 lead, and then Sheffield Wednesday withered, fortunately, Crystal Palace's shot felt cold for too long and did not expand the score.

Crystal Palace claimed a win, finished sixth with 75 points and qualified for the play-offs.

Selhurst Stadium is full of jubilation, although there is no confirmation of promotion yet, but at least Crystal Palace have a chance to fight for that spot, and it is still unclear who will die in the play-offs.

The new chairman, Parish, said in an interview: "We didn't buy the team because of the results, we are just locals, we love Crystal Palace, this is the only thought we want to help the team!" ”

"Now we have the opportunity to fight for promotion places, which is a blessing to our fans! Thank you, thank you, thank you to the players of the team, they finished the season in such difficult conditions and achieved excellent results, which is not easy! I hope they can continue to work hard and bring more joy to our fans! ”

Good fellow, how sanctimonious you are to speak of yourself.

Carlton said, "Seeing how much the team has improved under my management, I feel like I can leave with peace of mind!" The eagle will always be in my heart! ”

Yes, he can fuck off!

Wen Sheng calmly stated after the game, "At this stage, we have completed the first goal and succeeded in relegation!" ”

Jordan. Miles and a couple of other media reporters almost knocked the microphone off, good guys, you're too modest.

'We're not done yet, we still have play-offs and the FA Cup to fight for! Everyone has to calm down, it's not the end, it's just the beginning, and I hope we can get a good result in the future! At this point, none of us wants to miss the opportunity, but so do our opponents! I want my guys to keep reminding themselves and stay focused! ”

"Daniel, your next opponent is Nottingham Forest, what do you think your chances are?!" Miles pointed the microphone at Wen Sheng.

The play-off opponents do not need to draw lots, the draw only determines who will go first, according to the rules, sixth against third, fifth against fourth, third in the league is Nottingham Forest, and the opponent of Crystal Palace in the semi-finals is them.

"Jordan, you know, I'll always say the game is played before it happens!" Wen Sheng doesn't talk big, and he doesn't engage in psychological tactics, he is more cautious than ever, in case he steals chickens and rice, it will be miserable.

'They've shown they're a good team, my team is the same, we're just as good, so it's hard to say what the end result will be, I'm hoping it's us!' Wen Sheng added.

Crystal Palace players are naturally happy with the result of the game, driven by the atmosphere of the home fans, everyone seems very happy, Wen Sheng originally wanted to pour cold water on everyone to cool down, but finally gave up, to the training ground to talk about it, the first round is held on May 8, who will play at home first has to draw lots to decide, Wen Sheng hopes to be away first and then at home.