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Det var Preston om igen da vi kort før tid lukkede det afgørende 1-2 mål ind på The New Den, og dermed måtte tage tomhændede hjem fra London. Det betyder at vi fortsat er en del af nedrykningskampen, især fordi at vi denne lørdag var en af blot to klubber af de nederste ti i rækken, der tabte.
Mousinho havde fundet anledning til to ændringer i startelleveren denne eftermiddag. Jordan Williams fik chance i stedet for Zak Swanson mens Adil Aouchiche måtte vige pladsen for Terry Devlin.
Den officielle kamprapport
https://www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/news/2025/april/05/millwall-2-pompey-1/
The Championship, The New Den, 5. april 2025
Millwall – Portsmouth 2-1 (0-0)
57. minut: 1-0 Mihailo Ivanovic
80. minut: 1-1 André Dozzell
87. minut: 2-1 Mihailo Ivanovic
Opstillingen (4-2-3-1): Schmid; Williams (Saydee ’69), Poole, Ogilvie, Bramall (Pack ’69); Potts, Dozzell; Ritchie (anfører) (Blair ’69), Devlin (Waddingham ’89), Murphy; Bishop
På bænken: Archer, Milošević, Hayden, Gordon, Aouchiche, Saydee, Pack, Blair og Waddingham
Advarsler: Devlin, Bishop, Ritchie og Pack
Udvisning: Ingen
Tilskuere: 16.913, heraf 2.000 medrejsende Pompey supportere
Eftertanken
Igen smed vi altså et point efter en nærmest skabelon-agtig medtode, hvor vi i kampens sidste minutter enten stopper med at spille, eller bare mister koncentrationen og betaler den dyrest mulige pris. Det er sket så mange gange, at det er svært at tro på, at det ikke er noget som har været diskuteret på taktikmøderne igen og igen. Så hvad går galt? Er vi bare ikke bedre eller fejler vi på det mentale plan når vi spiller på fremmed græs? Bliver man først bange for at tabe, ja så er man tættere på at gøre netop dette. Uanset hvad så kan vi konstatere at der er noget Jeckyll og Hyde over truppen afhængigt af om vi spiller i de trygge rammer på Fratton Park eller på udebane. Den manglende evne til at stå imod borte fra Portsmouth kan i sidste ende koste os livet i The Championship for næste opgave hedder Coventry City ude, og taber vi også den kan nedrykningsstregen være rykket ubehageligt tæt på. Hvilken effekt vil det have på spillerne i givet fald at have formøblet et forspring på hele ti points? Lad os håbe at det kun bliver ved tankeeksperimentet, men lige nu er det svært at se os hente noget på CBS Arena i Coventry på onsdag.
Kommentarer fra head coach John Mousinho
“I’m incredibly frustrated because it just feels like déjà vu from three weeks ago at Preston. The performance wasn’t as good as it was up there, but we clicked into gear after going a goal down and started to play well. We were far too predictable in the first half and then got the equaliser at a hostile place against a side that are difficult to play against. The way we conceded that second goal, though, isn’t something I can accept. I don’t understand how we can play so well in certain moments and then lose focus. With the threshold of some of the decisions we saw out there, it was a foul on Harvey, but we still have to defend it better. I can take it if our opponents break us down with brilliant football, although we just gave away too many cheap fouls and invited pressure on ourselves. We should be coming away from games at Preston and Millwall knowing that we can improve, but with two points in the bag. Instead we’ve again shot ourselves in the foot.”
Et par ord fra Jordan Williams
“The dressing room was very down because we knew what kind of game it would be – it was always going to be a battle. There were going to be lots of balls into the box and we’ve come unstuck from a couple of things that we’ve been talking about all week. We gave them too many set-pieces and the more of them Millwall have, the more chances they’re going to get. There was nothing really in the game and after going behind, you started to see more football from us and we got level. For them to then score another was a real sucker punch. We just stopped doing what had got us back into it. It’s a frustrating one and we need to try to learn. We’re 40 matches into the season, though, so we should know what to do by now. Pressure builds every week, but we have to thrive on it and just work hard to make sure we keep picking up points.”
Interview efter kampen med John Mousinho