Crystal Palace Wins First European Match, Extends Record Unbeaten Run

Crystal Palace began their UEFA Conference League group-stage campaign with a 2-0 win over Dynamo Kyiv in Lublin, Poland — the Eagles' first appearance in a major European competition. Daniel Muñoz opened the scoring with a towering header in the 31st minute and second-half substitute Eddie Nketiah finished a Yeremy Pino cross to seal the victory. The result extended Palace's unbeaten run to a club-record 19 matches and underlined their status among the competition favourites. Borna Sosa was sent off late for two quick yellow cards, reducing Palace to 10 men but having little impact on the outcome. Dynamo, forced to play home matches in Poland because of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, struggled to threaten and registered very few shots on target. Palace — who were demoted from the Europa League to the Conference League last season after a UEFA multi-club ownership breach — now prepare for group games including AEK Larnaca, AZ Alkmaar, Strasbourg, Shelbourne and KuPS.