Wow what a night that was!!!!!
I rushed down to the park from work and got myself a space as soon as I saw one. I headed to the tent for a quick drink and meet Mum. The tent looks bigger than it did last year, and had a couple more bars so that was good.
Once in the ground I soaked up the atmosphere with a coffee!? well why not.
There was about 100 away fans with quite a good voice good on them for coming, but I think we will be taking a few more to the away leg.
The game was fast and for once the ref was very good indeed, yes he made mistakes but he put on a top notch performance.
Lassana Diarra and Jermain Defoe got the goals that gave us victory in our first European match and a healthy advantage for the second leg.
Diarra played a one-two with Defoe and volleyed in to open the scoring. Three minutes later Guimaraes had a chance to level but Joao Paulo Fajardo blazed a penalty over after Sol Campbell hauled down Felix Roberto. After the break Defoe missed a penalty, having won it himself, but made amends with a superb volley to seal the win.
The crowd was at it's best very good and the drums and bell and Bugle were back for this game too.
All together a very good night for Pompey even with the early start so we must thrash them away and progress to the next stage of the UEFA Cup ( that still seems strange!) Play Up Pompey!!!
Pompeygary's MOTM Diarra Again!!!!!!!
Pompeygary's Worst Crouch kept giving the ball away but he will get better.
Pompey verdict 9 out of 10 well done!
Ref watch 8 out off 10 very good.
Pub watch 9 out of 10 the club boozer what else is better.
Portsmouth: James, Johnson, Campbell, Distin, Belhadj, Utaka (Diop 73), Diarra, Davis, Armand Traore (Hreidarsson 90), Crouch (Kanu 90), Defoe.
Subs Not Used: Ashdown, Kaboul, Mvuemba, Little.
Booked: Campbell.
Goals: Diarra 39, Defoe 60.
Guimaraes: Nilson, Gregory, Danilo, Momha (Luciano Amaral 55), Andrezinho, Joao Alves, Wenio, Fajardo (Jean Coral 64), Moreno, Desmarets, Roberto.
Subs Not Used: Nuno Santos, Sereno, Carlitos, Tiago Ronaldo, Lamelas.
Booked: Roberto, Fajardo, Moreno.
Att: 19,612
Ref: Karl Kircher (Germany).
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