Palace train ahead of FA Cup final against Man City

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VIDEO SHOWS: CRYSTAL PALACE TRAINING

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SHOWS: BECKENHAM, ENGLAND, UK (MAY 15, 2025) (CPFC - Must on-screen credit: "CPFC")

1. CRYSTAL PALACE TRAINING GROUND SIGN

2. FORWARD JEAN-PHILIPPE MATETA, FOLLOWED BY MIDFIELDER JEFFERSON LERMA GREETING PLAYER WORKING OUT

3. VARIOUS OF PLAYERS WORKING OUT WITH POLES & WEIGHTS

4. MATETA WITH POLE AMONGST TEAMMATES

5. MIDFIELDER ADAM WHARTON HOLDING WEIGHT

6. LERMA HOLDING WEIGHT

7. VARIOUS OF MIDFIELDER EBERECHI EZE GOING THROUGH HURDLES WORK OUT

8. CAPTAIN & DEFENDER MARC GUEHI STRETCHING

9. GUEHI HOLDING WEIGHT

10. MATETA WALKING OUT FOR TRAINING & JOKING WITH MEMBER OF COACHING STAFF

11. WHARTON & WINGER ROMAIN ESSE PASSING BALL TO EACH OTHER IN THE AIR

12. PLAYERS WARMING UP

13. RONDO DRILL

14. RONDO DRILL WITH DEFENDERS TYRICK MITCHELL & NATHANIEL CLYNE CHASING BALL

15. DEFENDERS MAXENCE LACROIX (LEFT) & DANIEL MUNOZ (RIGHT) DURING RONDO DRILL / MATETA CHASING BALL / MIDFIELDER ISMAILA SARR DURING RONDO DRILL / MUNOZ

16. VARIOUS OF PLAYERS GOING THROUGH ATTACKING DRILLS & ENDING BY TAKING SHOTS AT GOAL

17. PLAYERS TAKING SHOTS AT GOAL WITH GOALKEEPER DEAN HENDERSON IN GOALS

STORY: Crystal Palace carried on training preparations on Thursday (May 15) ahead of their FA Cup final against Manchester City at Wembley.

Palace may be 12th in the Premier League but have matched their record points tally with two games still to play.

In the FA Cup they have clicked impressively, winning 3-0 at Fulham in the quarter-finals and then beating Aston Villa by the same margin at Wembley in the semis.

Now they have one last obstacle to get over and claim the south London club's first major trophy in its 120-year history.

City, who are appearing in their third successive FA Cup final, have endured a humbling season and are still not guaranteed a top-five finish in the Premier League.

Palace drew 2-2 with City at Selhurst Park in the league and led 2-0 in the return fixture only to lose 5-2. They also lost 4-2 last April, a couple of months after Glasner took charge.

(Production: Stefan Haskins)