Pompey er ude af FA Cuppen efter en god indsats, og en tidligere Pompeyspiller blev den afgørende forskel.

Der var noget store medieinteresse til kampen end hvad Pompey ellers er vant til, og meget fokus var da også på det faktum at begge klubber siden 2008, er gået I hver sin retning.

Så fra at Pompeyfans sang are you Bournemouth in disguise da AC Milan gæstede Fratton Park, ja så kunne fansene med lidt god vilje have sunget, are you Milan in disguise.

Begge hold lavede lidt ændring, Paul Cook havde 3 ændringer på sit Pompeyhold, ind med Burges, Close og McGurk mens Webster, Barton og Evans kom på bænken.

Eddie Howe ændrede på 10 pladser i forhold til forrige kamp for Bournemouth.

Realistisk set, var det reserverne der fik spilletid mod Pompey, og efter en lige åbning, så begyndte Pompey at sætte sig på kampen stille og roligt. Der var en fin chance til begge hold, størst var Cherriesh Iturbe der måtte se Fulton få bolden fistet ud på stolpen.

Pompey turde spille bolden rundt og holdt fast i deres spillestil og bloden blev flyttet godt rundt.

Det blev set ved målet til 1-0. 48 afleveringer blev det til inden Roberts blev spillet fri foran mål og sikkert kunne score.

Efter pausen var der nok en forventning om at Bournemouth ville komme, men det var igen Pompey der havde kontrol på kampen, om end Bournemouth begyndte at få lagt lidt mere pres på.

Gammel Pompeyspiller gjorde forskellen

Men det blev en dobbeltudskiftning der ændrede billedet. Bournemouths bedste spiller, Matt Ritchie kom ind sammen med Pugh, og det kunne Pompey ikke matche.

Stille og roligt blev det på Bournemouths præmiser, og selvom det var øv, så viste The Cherries lige netop den kvalitet et mandskab fra Premier League skal have.

Dermed er Bournemouth videre til de sidste 16 hold i FA Cuppen og held og lykke til dem.

Pompey kan derimod få fokus på ligaen, hvor det ser tæt ud

Match ratings

Ryan Fulton: Developing reputation – 7

Ben Davies: Relished battle with King – 7

Christian Burgess: Building momentum – 7

Matt Clarke (2): Solid showing – 7

Enda Stevens: Tenacious and fired up – 8

Michael Doyle: Typical grit – 7

Ben Close: Grew in stature – 7

Adam McGurk (3): Moments of threat – 7

Gary Roberts (3): Coolest of heads – 7

Kyle Bennett: Relished the occasion – 8

Marc McNulty: Comfortable in elevated compancy – 8

Substitutes

(1) Gareth Evans (62min): Grafter – 7

(2) Adam Webster (62min): Important blocks – 7

(3) Ben Tollitt (77min): Carried the fight – 7

Kommentarer fra The News:

Portsmouth impressed me and they didn’t look League Two but not sure how much it was us being crap or them making it hard for us…..all in all job done and happy to be in the last 16.

It was a good performance but we were never going to be able to keep the pressure on for 90 mins. Howe’s timing of the subs was spot on just as we were beginning to tire. It’s been a good run and some valuable added revenue. Now lets see what we can do about our league position.

I am praying that before tomorrow evening we get in the out-and-out target man forward that’s missing, whether that be Lavery or A N OTHER, without someone to relieve the pressure and give the «in behind me» 3 a chance to get upfield then we will be in trouble, Cookie forget waiting for the emergency window to open the following week as we have ALL winnable games in February, these will result in us catching up with the current top 3′
Yesterday shows how far we’ve come this year… Matching a premier league team…

Two points that need addressing to help our push for promotion… This automatic promotion is definitely achievable… The lads know it can be done and so can we…

A centre forward is clearly needed… McNulty will be more effective with some help… Roberts is not a forward… We must also cut out these needless free-kicks in the final third… They have cost us countless points…
Far from being despondent or reaching for a sharp instruments, maybe we should reflect a little and take in what has already been achieved this season.

In cup competitions we’ve played 5 games against teams two or more divisions above ours and have a record of won 2, drawn 1, and lost 2… all of these games have been decided by a single goal. 

In the league we are in the frame for promotion and have conceded the lowest amount of goals in our division. At the same time we are fourth overall in the goals scored column. 

I’d say that all Cook and his team have got an awful lot right so far. We WILL be in Division One next season…
Two successive home defeats in front of bumper crowds. In one were outplayed by a team which then lost at home 3 0 yesterday and in the second we played very well, but didn’t turn advantages and possession into goals. Three rows away from me in the South Stand a forlorn and isolated Tubbs watched the matches motionless. I think this may well be our legacy this season. An opportunity missed.

Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe:

«It’s always a risk, you don’t know what the outcome’s going to be»

«But I believe that the players, when you look at them individually, are all very good players.

«They’ve all done it at a very good level, so I had no hesitation in making the changes. We absolutely trust all our players and need to give them chances.

And we need them to be fit, this was a great opportunity to get them games so they are still ready to go in the Premier League. It was a very tough game, we expected it, we knew it was going to come.

«Credit to Portsmouth they were very good, they passed the ball, they pressed us. We didn’t get into any rhythm, and it took us really to get the two subs on to get control of the game. But once we did we were very good until the end of the game.»

«We want to go as far as we can and who knows how far it can take you. These rounds are difficult but if you can get beyond them you never know how it can transform your season.

«We were concerned at half-time. We wanted a better performance in the second half. We picked a team to win this game, but the key thing is the players had the character to respond and get us into the next round.

«We had to dig in, but we came through that. When you have a bench like that you know you’ve got the ability to change the game and thankfully that’s what happened.»

Pompey manager Paul Cook:

«I just shut my eyes» when Bournemouth sent on the cavalry but accepted defeat without issue, only hoping that his side had enhanced their reputation.

«We wanted to make sure that by the end of the day people spoke well about us,» said Cook. «The reality was it was a good game, we came off second-best and we wish Bournemouth well in the next round.

«Bournemouth are a quality team, they had strength on the bench and that told. The stadium was rocking, it was disappointing not to win and for that we apologise, but I think the supporters still went home with smiles on their faces.»

FA Cup 4.runde, Fratton Park, 30/1-2016

Portsmouth – Bournemouth 1-2 (1-0)

43 min 1-0 Roberts

71 min 1-1 King

83 min 1-2 Pugh

Pompey (4-2-3-1): Fulton; Davies, Burgess (Webster 62), Clarke, Stevens; Close, Doyle (c); McGurk (Tollitt 77), Roberts (Evans 62), Bennett; McNulty

Gule kort: Burgess

Bænken: Jones, Barton, Naismith, Chaplin, Webster, Tollit, Evans

Tilskuere: 18,901 (2,885 away fans)