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Portsmouth 1-1 Coventry
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As is the Portsmouth way these days, any cause for a smile comes with
the promise of a bitter twist to follow.On a cold and boisterous
afternoon Ã¢Â€Â" despite only 11,214 attending Ã¢Â€Â" it was the sight of
Kevin-Prince Boateng running this tie that had the home support
purring while placing fingers over eyes.The midfielder is one of the
few players the club's money men (whoever they are) can sell for
desperately needed cash, and the manager, Avram Grant, is desperate to
hold onto as he attempts to save Portsmouth's season from
oblivion.Boateng dazzled throughout, floating past the static midfield
and rearguard of a team who currently stand 17 places below Portsmouth
on the ladder and are overseen by Chris Coleman, the former Fulham
manager.Yet as Grant's best player was draping an advert in the
transfer window touting his wares, David Bell applied the knife that
Pompey fans now expect ever since the decision of former owner Sacha
Gaydamak to sell ushered in an unwanted era of Fawlty Towers
management to the south coast.Bell glanced up, then unloaded a
25-yarder that arrowed past Asmir Begovic, and that was 1-0, with
thoughts turned gloomy at the earliest possible exit from a
competition won by this club in 2008.Grant, whose disjointed squad
feature six holding midfielders, no natural wide operators, a lack of
pace and four of his better players (Aruna Dindane, Nwankwo Kanu,
Nadir Belhadj and Hassan Yebda) absent at the African Cup of Nations,
would not mourn this prospect too much.Boateng, though, indicated how
important he could be if he stays by equalising, before the break.
Richard Hughes crossed from the left, and the 22-year-old headed
home.Portsmouth's single move of fluidity came minutes from time, but
Boateng failed to finish, and so handed Grant an unwanted replay.