Kamada on Wembley magic and chasing history
Daichi Kamada is excited at the opportunity to make history – after Crystal Palace saw off Aston Villa to reach our third FA Cup final.
Kamada produced an outstanding display, covering every blade of the Wembley grass as Palace dominated the midfield battle.
The goals came from the brilliance of Ebere Eze and Ismaïla Sarr, but it was a brilliant performance all-round, with the Japan international playing a key role.
And he revealed after the victory, that this was always his ambition, ever since arriving at Selhurst Park last month.
"Since when I joined Crystal Palace," Kamada told Palace TV. "I always said I really want to make a new history for Crystal Palace and we have the opportunity now.
"I'm really happy now. I think we defended really compact and we did really good in our defending and with what we wanted to do. We could wait for our situation and then we got the goals.
"After scoring we got a new level of confidence. I think we played very well.
"Our fans were unbelievable and the atmosphere in stadium was top throughout. We have the best fans.
"I wanted to keep the ball more, but we tried to play [forward]. But the most important thing is to win the game and we did that.
"I think this will be the fourth final in my career and last time, I lost the game. So I hope we win the final and we make a new history for Crystal Palace."