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Især efter pausen var der klasseforskel denne tirsdag aften da Pompey forholdsvis problemfrit kvalificerede sig til anden runde af Carabao Cuppen på bekostning af Forest Green Rovers. Lige som i lørdags blev Kusini Yengi den afgørende spiller, denne gang med to scoringer, hvoraf det ene blev sat ind på straffespark. Imellem de to mål scorede Zak Swanson til 2-1 for os. Resultatet betyder, at der nu bliver presset endnu en kamp ind i den i forvejen hektiske august, da 2. runde er sat til at blive spillet hhv. den 30. og 31. i denne måned.
Hele ti nye ansigter var at finde i startelleveren, hvilket reelt lå i kortene. Kun Anthony Scully fik igen lov til at starte inde. Som ventet blev de gode indhop i lørdags af Kusini Yengi og Christian Saydee belønnet med chancen fra start. Alex Robertson nåede at få spilletilladelsen klar, og midtbanespilleren på udlån fra Manchester City fik den sidste halve time af kampen.
Den officielle kamprapport
Kommentarer fra head coach John Mousinho
“It was tough to fall behind against the run of play, but we fought back from that having missed a few chances early on. I thought that we were excellent in the second half and thoroughly deserved to come away with the win.”
“It was such a difficult team selection on Saturday, that it actually made our job a bit easier for this one. To me it still felt like a really strong side we put out and we wanted to pick the guys who deserved to play. Koby Mottoh was also involved with us because of his performance for the academy at the weekend – he was heavily involved in four of their six goals. So we brought him on when we went 3-1 up and I was pleasantly surprised with how good he was. He didn’t like out of place as a 16-year-old.”
“I really don’t mind who we get in the next round, although the obvious answer is a home tie because we love playing under the lights at Fratton Park.”
Caracao Cup, 1. runde, The New Lawn, 8. august 2023
Forest Green Rovers – Portsmouth 1-3 (1-1)
24. minut: 1-0 Tyrese Omotoye
30. minut: 1-1 Kusini Yengi
52. minut: 1-2 Zak Swanson
75. minut: 1-3 Kusini Yengi (straffespark)
Opstillingen (4-2-3-1): Schofield; Swanson, Raggett (anfører), Shaughnessy, Sparkes; Devlin (Morrell ‘86), Stevenson; Kamara (Mottoh ‘86), Saydee (Robertson ‘61), Scully (Ogilvie ‘61); Yengi (Bishop ‘76).
På bænken: Norris, Rafferty, Poole, Towler, Morrell, Mottoh, Robertson, Ogilvie og Bishop.
Advarsler: Yengi, Scully og Devlin
Udvisning: Ingen
Tilskuere: 1.868 heraf 1.037 Pompey fans
Post-match interview med John Mousinho
Post-match interview med Zak Swanson
Højdepunkterne fra kampen
Christian Saydee.