The Eagles return to European action this week with a trip to eastern France for our fourth match in this season’s UEFA Conference League proper.

And ahead of the journey, Lacroix sat down with Nketiah to get the latter fully up to speed with the local language.

Among the phrases tackled were “ un petit pont” – ‘a nutmeg’ – and ‘ la plège du hurs jeu ’ – ‘the offside trap’. And then the French tongue twisters came out…

You can watch the full video below!

Match Details

RC Strasbourg v Crystal Palace

Thursday, 27th November

20:00 GMT kick-off / 21:00 local time

UEFA Conference League

Stade de la Meinau

Live audio commentary on Palace TV+

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