RECAP as Portsmouth put promotion chasers to the sword at Fratton
A response will be expected after the desperate display in Saturday’s 1-0 loss at Cheltenham Town.
Any hopes of making the play-offs with six games remaining appear virtually dead in the water.
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Hide AdBut supporters will be expecting much, much better from their players with decisions to be made on futures ahead of next season.
We’ll be building up to tonight’s game with all the talking points before team news drops at 6.45pm.
Then it’s more reaction before live blow-by-blow commentary from PO4 at 7.45pm.
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Miller’s 20-yard drive just wide and it’s got a touch off a Pompey player but Raggett heads the corner away
Putting things right
This performance has certainly built bridges after Cheltenham on Saturday. Not too many times have beaten top sides this season, either, and this has been emphatic.
Bazunu charges out of the box and fails to get the ball as Osei-Tutu slides into get a touch. Ref sees nothing wrong with the collision, though. Rotherham bench fuming demanding a red card.
Ogbene’s ball in is met by Lindsay first time but Raggett gets an important touch to block the goalbound effort.
The ball comes in from Morrell but Johansson comes and can’t get a touch allowing Hirst to rifle in the finish against his old side!
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