| 0¹ | A lovely cross from PETROV was placed goalbound by MAKAAY only for the 'keeper to claw away. |
| 12¹ | MORETTI's shot beat COUPET but rebounded off the Sheffield United upright. |
| 13¹ | A shot from MAKAAY was smothered by the 'keeper. |
| 16¹ | COUPET parried a refined shot from MUNTARI. |
| 19¹ | A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the oncoming 'keeper. |
| 25¹ | MAKAAY snapped at an easy chance. |
| 29¹ | MAKAAY ran onto a great ball from DIABY but hit his shot wide. |
| 34¹ | GOAL!! Portsmouth's BALLACK beat four defenders before firing just inside COUPET's far post. (1-0 Portsmouth)| 42¹ | MARCELO MATTOS beat two Sheffield United players and drove a golden opportunity just beyond the near post. | | 43¹ | MAKAAY stormed through the Portsmouth defence but shot straight at FREY. | | 44¹ | GOAL!! A delightful piece of skill from VAN BRONCKHORST gave DIABY space on the right and MAKAAY stabbed in his pin-point pass. (1-1)| 4² | A great effort from MUNTARI scraped the woodwork. | | 6² | GOAL!! A patient Sheffield United side were rewarded with a fierce shot from MAKAAY. (2-1 Sheffield United)| 12² | A good ball from DANNY on the left was collected by DIABY who mishit his shot just beyond the far post. | | 18² | MAKAAY flicked a left foot shot over from close range. | | 20² | A shot from BEN HAIM was headed off the line by MATHIJSEN. | | 25² | KLOSE waltzed past DANNY and stroked a poor shot into the crowd. | | 29² | A header by MAKAAY at the far post was easily collected by the Portsmouth 'keeper. | | 33² | GOAL!! A terrible backpass by VAN BRONCKHORST enabled KLOSE to run in and slip the ball past the Sheffield United 'keeper. (2-2)| 35² | FREY was able to block a weak header from PETROV. | | 41² | A cross from DANNY left PETROV in plenty of space but he fluffed his shot. | | 43² | A poor strike from BALLACK rolled agonisingly wide. | | | | |