Pompey gutted with draw against Milan
November 28, 2008
In only their first season in Europe in their history, and fielding a weakened team, Portsmouth were gutted last night with a 2-2 draw against six times European champions AC Milan.
The south coast side let a two goal lead slip to draw the game, when Inzaghi destroyed their hopes of claiming a famous victory with a goal in the dying seconds.
Younes Kaboul put Pompey in front, a goal that lit the touch paper inside Fratton Park and prompted the referee to request an announcement that fans remain in their seats and don’t invade the pitch! It got worse for Milan, and the nervy ref, when former Arsenal striker Kanu slotted home from close range to give the home side an unlikely 2-0 lead.
Just as the Portsmouth fans were turning red from pinching themselves, they came back to earth with a bump as Glen Johnson was found guilty of a foul just outside the box, despite winning the ball cleanly. From that sort of range, Brazilian Ronaldinho is lethal, and the mercurial winger rifled in an impossible shot past the England goalkeeper.
A nervous Pompey looked like hanging on until Inzaghi pounced in the last few seconds of injury time to level the game at 2-2, and deny Portsmouth what would have been the result of their history.
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