{"id":559608,"date":"2026-04-30T23:46:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T23:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/559608\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T23:46:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T23:46:09","slug":"jorgen-strand-larsen-norway-striker-steps-up-after-difficult-start-at-crystal-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/559608\/","title":{"rendered":"Jorgen Strand Larsen: Norway striker steps up after difficult start at Crystal Palace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">On their impressive European run, Palace have shown they are not just about individuals, but a team stepping up when it matters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Japan midfielder Kamada had not scored since October 2024 before his composed finish on Thursday restored Palace&#8217;s lead just as Shakhtar looked to be taking control following their equaliser at 1-1.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Palace fans were in great spirits before the match in Krakow, and there&#8217;s a feeling that all connected with the club are pulling in the same direction.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">There could be an air of sadness for the remainder of the campaign with boss Glasner, who led Palace to a fairytale FA Cup victory last season, just two games away from European glory before he departs this summer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">But spirits instead seem high as the club work together to achieve the goal of winning more silverware.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;It&#8217;s an amazing group of people, of men, of characters,&#8221; said Glasner, who won the Europa League with Eintracht Frankfurt in 2022.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;There is such a big spirit and great togetherness and we always believe in ourselves. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;There is no button we can press to switch it on. It is something we have created over months and years &#8211; that we know we can always come back and score a goal.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On their impressive European run, Palace have shown they are not just about individuals, but a team stepping&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":559609,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-559608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=559608"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559608\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/559609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=559608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=559608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=559608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}