Presset er ikke blevet mindre.
Play-offs er stadig en mulighed for os efter at det blev til en pointdeling i Milton Keynes, men med en kamp mindre nu og et point mere op til 6. pladsen er opgaven blevet sværere.
To ændringer i startelleveren var hvad det blev til denne eftermiddag. Marlon Pack fik efter sin lange skadespause chancen fra start for første gang i to måneder på bekostning af Ryan Tunnicliffe. Derudover fik Di’Shon Bernard sin første start i stedet for Clark Robertson.
Den officielle kamprapport
https://www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/news/2023/april/match-report-for-mk-dons-vs-portsmouth-on-07-apr-23/
Eftertanken
Der er ingen tvivl om at udvisningen ændrede kampens forløb, for inden da havde vi rimelig god kontrol over kampen, og lignede i højere grad end hjemmeholdet et mandskab med selvtilliden i orden. Da det stadig er uklart, hvad Morell egentlig gjorde er det bare om at beholde de positive briller på og understrege den vilje som resten af holdet viste efter pausen trods udligningen. Selv ti mod elleve var vi til sidst tættere på et sejrsmål end MK Dons. Det er værd at tage med nu hvor det ikke blev til de håbede tre points. I tabellen kostede det som nævnt lidt, men vi må sætte vores lid til, at play-off chancen ikke er helt forduftet endnu på trods af den form som især Peterborough viser for tiden.
Et hurtigt liga-overblik
The Posh er nemlig lige nu nærmest ustoppelige, og havde ingen problemer med at udradere Shrewsbury på eget græs med 3-0. Til gengæld kom Wycombe under hjulene med 0-4 i Ipswich og er nu kun foran os på målforskellen. Bolton og Derby viste ingen blottelser denne langfredag og begge vandt deres respektive udekampe uden at lukke mål ind. Foran dem tabte Barnsley med 1-2 hos Burton, og er sandsynligvis ude af kapløbet om de to direkte oprykningspladser. Det er Sheffield Wednesday ikke helt endnu, men 1-1 hos Oxford var deres sjette kamp i træk uden en sejr. De har således ikke hentet tre points siden de vandt 1-0 hos os for en lille måneds tid siden. Det uafgjorte resultat betød da også, at Ipswich snuppede 2. pladsen fra dem. Forrest i feltet ligger stadig Plymouth Argyle, som hurtigt kom bagud hos Morecambe men alligevel fik vendt slagets gang og vandt med 3-1. Både de og The Tractorboys har tilmed spillet en kamp mindre end Sheffield Wednesday. I bunden vandt både Accrington Stanley og Cambridge, hvilket gav dem begge en lille livline.
Kommentarer fra John Mousinho
“We were excellent in the first half and I was really pleased, not just in terms of the possession we had, but also the way we pressed. MK Dons had been a really fluid side over the past couple of weeks and sides had struggled to deal with that, but we restricted their time in our half and looked calm on the ball. We were composed and knew that we’d manage to break them down. We got the goal and looked in control.”
“It was a brilliant strike – we’d been encouraging Connor to get in the box and arrive at the back post. He’s scored a few in his career and with that finish you can see why. The red card has obviously changed things completely and Joe has been absolutely brilliant for us lately. heir player has got him in a headlock after putting a forearm in his face – I can’t for the life of me understand why none of the officials have seen that. He’s just tried to get up and has shown great restraint, although the linesman says that he’s seen something. We’ll have to see what the referee puts in his report. But I thought we generally defended well in the second half, with Matt Macey not having many saves to make. We actually had the best chance late on.”
Et par ord fra Connor Ogilvie
“Going down to 10 men is never ideal and the boys have had to work so hard – we dug in really deep. I didn’t see what happened with the sending off at all and the first I knew anything had happened was when the referee pulled out the red card. It was really confusing and nobody else has seen anything. It was disappointing because we had a good foothold and were dominating. We were then on the back foot, but we managed to limit MK Dons to almost nothing in terms of chances. We’re frustrated to come away with just the single point because I thought we played well enough to get all three. I was right behind Joe Pigott’s shot at the very end and was waiting for the net to bulge, but unfortunately it hit the crossbar. But we’ll be ready to go again on Monday and try to get the victory against Morecambe at Fratton Park.”
“It was a great ball in from Raggs and I just fancied getting in at the back post – thankfully it’s ended up in the net. I was just thinking that I had to get the ball on target and that ensured we got off to a really good start.”
League One, Stadium: MK, 7. april 2023
MK Dons – Portsmouth 1-1 (0-1)
14. minut: 0-1 Connor Ogilvie
69. minut: 1-1 Mohamed Eisa
Opstillingen (4-3-3): Macey; Rafferty, Raggett, Bernard, Ogilvie; Lowery (Tunnicliffe ‘78), Pack (anfører), Morrell; Dale (Pigott ‘90+2), Bishop, Jacobs (Robertson ‘46)
På bænken: Oluwayemi, Thompson, Hackett, Scarlett, Robertson, Tunnicliffe og Pigott
Advarsler: Ogilvie, Pack, Raggett og Bishop
Udvisning: Morell
Tilskuere: 11.395. Heraf 4.171 medrejsende Pompey fans.
Post-match interview med head coach John Mousinho
Kampens højdepunkter
