Bye Bye FA CUP

Between Manchester United and Portsmouth, the Reds are the better team in stats and players. Football is a way of life and life sometimes does not give you what you deserve.
The surprise win took Portsmouth back to Wembley, for the first time since 1942, for the semi-finals and ended United's hopes of repeating their 1999 treble triumph.
Paul Scholes, Carlos Tevez and Owen Hargreaves all returned to United's starting line-up after the Champions League victory over Lyon - and they met with stubborn and well-organised Portsmouth resistance

Six minutes after the game started C.Ronaldo was clearly bundled over by Dustin as he raced in the area, but referee Martin Atkinson ignored the appeals, to the clear disgust of Ferguson.
"Refs don't protect skilful players. I think about the Arsenal player (Eduardo) and I'm scared sometimes to do skills because some players do unbelievable fouls and the ref protects the defender, not the skilled player! It's very disappointing and I'm thinking a lot about changing my game. When referees don't give penalties, yellow cards or reds, it's difficult to play."

Red Devils goal was rarely threaten during the first half of the game. Unluckily Van de Sar ( goalkeeper ) was in some discomfort as he scrambled to save a long range shot from Niko Kranjar. Van de Sar was substituted by kuzszak.
In the second half Portsmouth player Baros had a one-to-one encounter with Kuzszak, as Baros went to right to avoid the keeper, kuzszak commited a foul to Baros and was given a red card.
Ferdinand went in goal as replacement, but he stood no chance as Muntari drilled home the penalty with the minimum of fuss.
The one hope is that the frustration and disappointment of this defeat does not affect United’s pursuit of success in the league and in Europe. On the flipside, however, it may even enhance them.

Team Line-ups

Manchester United: Van der Sar (Kuszczak 46); Brown, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra; Ronaldo, Hargreaves (Carrick 69), Scholes, Nani; Tevez (Anderson 68), Rooney.
Subs not used: O’Shea, Park (replaced Saha).
Booked: Rooney
Sent off: Kuszczak

Portsmouth: James; Johnson, Campbell, Distin (Lauren 74), Hreidarsson; Utaka, Muntari, Diarra, Diop, Kranjcar (Hughes 80); Kanu (Baros 54).
Subs not used: Ashdown, Mvuemba.
Booked: Diop, Diarra

Attendance: 75,463

Man u v Pompey
by footister20