Yohan Cabaye confident Crystal Palace can seal Europa League spot

Lofty ambitions: Yohan Cabaye
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Tom Dutton30 December 2015

Yohan Cabaye is confident Crystal Palace can secure a Europa League spot this season.

The Eagles sit fifth in the Premier League at the halfway stage and top scorer Cabaye believes the club's 'fantastic players' can lead Palace into Europe for the first time since a brief Intertoto Cup experience in 1998.

Alan Pardew's men have recorded successive goalless draws since Christmas Day and host Chelsea on January 3. Cabaye will be absent from the visit of Guus Hiddink's men after picking up his fifth booking of the season in the draw with Swansea, but believes the game is crucial to Palace's season.

"This [festive] period is very, very important," he told the official club website. "The thing is, we have to play with confidence.

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"We have a very good team and some fantastic players - the balance of the team is right.

"We have to trust each other to play and to do the right things, then I think we can be the surprise of the season ... except [for] Leicester at the top!

"Hopefully we will stay around the European places, because I think that objective can become a reality.

"We've got the Premier League to focus on and also the FA Cup is a fantastic trophy. It's iconic, it's held in such high esteem."

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