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Commentary
A lovely cross from PETROV was placed goalbound by MAKAAY only for the 'keeper to claw away.
12¹MORETTI's shot beat COUPET but rebounded off the Sheffield United upright.
13¹A shot from MAKAAY was smothered by the 'keeper.
16¹COUPET parried a refined shot from MUNTARI.
19¹A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the oncoming 'keeper.
25¹MAKAAY snapped at an easy chance.
29¹MAKAAY ran onto a great ball from DIABY but hit his shot wide.
34¹GOAL!! Portsmouth's BALLACK beat four defenders before firing just inside COUPET's far post. (1-0 Portsmouth)
42¹MARCELO MATTOS beat two Sheffield United players and drove a golden opportunity just beyond the near post.
43¹MAKAAY stormed through the Portsmouth defence but shot straight at FREY.
44¹GOAL!! A delightful piece of skill from VAN BRONCKHORST gave DIABY space on the right and MAKAAY stabbed in his pin-point pass. (1-1)
A great effort from MUNTARI scraped the woodwork.
GOAL!! A patient Sheffield United side were rewarded with a fierce shot from MAKAAY. (2-1 Sheffield United)
12²A good ball from DANNY on the left was collected by DIABY who mishit his shot just beyond the far post.
18²MAKAAY flicked a left foot shot over from close range.
20²A shot from BEN HAIM was headed off the line by MATHIJSEN.
25²KLOSE waltzed past DANNY and stroked a poor shot into the crowd.
29²A header by MAKAAY at the far post was easily collected by the Portsmouth 'keeper.
33²GOAL!! A terrible backpass by VAN BRONCKHORST enabled KLOSE to run in and slip the ball past the Sheffield United 'keeper. (2-2)
35²FREY was able to block a weak header from PETROV.
41²A cross from DANNY left PETROV in plenty of space but he fluffed his shot.
43²A poor strike from BALLACK rolled agonisingly wide.

 
Sheffield United
 
League position: -
Home league form: WXWL
Overall league form: XWWXLWXL
Formation: 4-4-2
Line-ups
Grégory COUPET1Sebastien FREY
Tal BEN HAIM2Emiliano MORETTI
Giovanni VAN BRONCKHORST3MARCELO Mendonca MATTOS
(c)DANNY Miguel4Joris MATHIJSEN
BRUNO Eduardo ALVES5Sébastien CORCHIA
John HEITINGA6David ALBELDA(c)
GEOVANNI Deiberson7Hedwiges MADURO
(f)Stilian PETROV8Sulley Ali MUNTARI
EDUARDO da Silva9Michael BALLACK(f)
(p)Roy MAKAAY10Jermain DEFOE
Abou DIABY11Miroslav KLOSE(p)
Dan BullockManagerTarrot Greenaway
Banel NICOLITA12  Diniyar BILYALETDINOV
Serhat KOC  13  Tim WIESE
Andy JOHNSON  14  Riccardo BROSCO
Kyle WALKER  15  ADRIANO Leite
Ivica DRAGUTINOVIC  16  Martin LAURSEN
 
Portsmouth
 
League position: 14
Away league form: WLLX
Overall league form: XWWLWLLX
Formation: 4-4-2

Statistics
Sheffield United 2 Portsmouth 2
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 30,545, Stadium: Bramall Lane, Referee: Martin Penicka 6)

Makaay 44¹, Makaay 6²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Ballack 34¹, Klose 33²
MakaayóNicolita 34² 
  
  
96
158
57
115
85
1910
93
50%50%
Man of the match: Stilian Petrov