Arsenal has relatively surpassed its disappointment in the
second round of the European Europa League
competition, and won the first card qualified for the
quarter-finals of the England Football Cup by confirming
its total superiority over Portsmouth in the second (third)
class by virtually defeating it at home 2-0, Monday .
And he entered the London club to meet with
Portsmouth, who had not tasted victory over its guests in
all competitions since overcoming him 5-4 in the league
in March 1958 (tied 8 and lost 14 since that victory),
against the backdrop of his disappointing exit from
“Europa League” by losing In front of its Greek side
Olympiacos 1-2 after the extension, excessive by
winning back in the opponent’s court 1-0, and a 1-1 draw
until the 119th minute, before the last of the second
additional half.
But the “artillery” has regained their balance and put
behind them their first defeat in the last 10 games, the
second only in all competitions out of 13 they
participated in under the leadership of their new coach
their former Spanish player Mikel Arteta, and they
continued their efforts to save the season by winning the
cup title for the first time since 2017, fourteenth in Their
history (currently hold the record by title behind
Manchester United).
The “Fratton Park” confrontation was the first between
Arsenal and Portsmouth since December 30, 2009, when
the first won 4-1 outside the stadium in the Premier
League, before his opponent fell to the first division at
the end of the season, knowing that he had not
succeeded in returning to the Premier League since then,
while he returns The last meeting between them in the
cup to the quarter-finals of the 2003-2004 season when
the “artillery” came out 5-1 winners on the same field.
