History was written under the Wembley arch.
Crystal Palace, the South London faithful, lifted their first-ever major trophy in 2025 and in doing so, showed the footballing world that happy endings don’t just belong in fairytales.
The Eagles stunned Manchester City, the juggernaut of
English football, with Eberechi Eze’s moment of brilliance in the first half, followed by Dean Henderson’s incredible penalty save.
It was a night when underdogs became legends, and where sheer belief and discipline carried a club into immortality.
Now, as Palace face another titan, their story continues.
Liverpool is up next.
Though Eze is no longer with Palace, his mark on the club remains, and so the new lineup stand as virtual talismans, players who carry the weight of expectation and hope of their fans.
Henderson, the goalkeeper whose hands became the wall at Wembley, still carries the trust of every Palace fan who, since his excellent save, dares to dream big again.
But Liverpool will of course arrive, as always, with:
They are giants with a legacy carved in silver and gold.
The expectation is simple: Liverpool will win.
But Palace no longer walk onto the pitch as hopeful outsiders but proven history-makers.
They come armed with credibility that the improbable can be done, that courage can overcome brilliance, and that one goal, one saves, one moment can change everything.
This match will test each team’s resilience for the right to emerge as undisputed dominance, will be all about defiance and will stand as a reminder that football is never scripted, and that even underdogs can triumph.
The underdog has already roared at Wembley.
The question now is: can they do it again?
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