Pompey won the oldest football competition in the world for the second time in club’s history.Goal worth the placement in the UEFA Cup was scored by Kanu in the 37th minute.
Portsmouth defeated Cardiff City with 1-0 in the finals of the FA Cup at Wembley, and in the football history will stay written that for the first time one Croat played for the winning team. Niko KranjÄar, Croatian representative, in his “match of career”, managed to do what Silvijo Marić didn’t in 1999, when his Newcastle was defeated by Manchester United. Actually, the FA Cup medal also has Igor Bišćan, but he wasn’t in the Liverpool’s squad in 2001 when they beat Arsenal 2-1.
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kkn10F7THt0]This is the second Portsmouth’s triumph in this competition and the first one was in the far 1939 when they beat Wolverhampton Wanderers with 4-1.
The first great chance in the match had Pompey, when Nwankwo Kanu almost scored, but Nigerian redeemed in the 37th minute when he threw his fans in delirium with a goal. John Utaka took a shot and goalkeeper Peter Enckelman only declined the ball to Kanu who was more accurate this time. Niko KranjÄar played all 90 minutes of the finals, and in the 53rd got a yellow card because of the foul on Peter Whittingham.
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