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Saturday, 17 May 2008
Image Tonight is the FA Cup final night. And for a while now, the scene seemed to be always filled up by one or two Premiership teams, often times one of which make up the big four. But the landscape had changed tremendously this time around. It is going to be Portsmouth FC vs Cardiff City. No Rooneys, no Drogbas, no Stevie G and no Arsene Wenger anywhere to seen. While Man Utd and Chelsea are busy preparing for their biggest stage in Moscow, Liverpool and Arsenal are going through their shopping carts, figuring out what to buy and what not to buy. The rest of the clubs are either planning trips for friendly games like Manchester City who is in Thailand while most players involved in the UEFA EURO 2008 would probably be now getting themselves for the most prized trophy in Europe on the international stage. 

Portsmouth would welcome back his old stagers like Milan Baros and David James whose experience would be useful against Championship team Cardiff City, who are clearly the underdogs in this fixture. The winner gets an automatic ticket into the UEFA Cup.  At the 8th spot, Portsmouth would want to win this to get into Europe while for Cardiff City, who was told initially that even if they win the final, they might not get into Europe as they are not from England, has the decision reversed.

So clearly this would be a game both team are going all out to win.  Cardiff has their young prodigy Ramsey said to be monitored by top coaches like Sir Alex Ferguson, Rafael Benitez and the people at Arsenal as well. Don’t be surprise to see the big four coaches attending the game to watch the boy play his football. Robbie Fowler who is trying to get match fit will find his experience come in handy for Cardiff. Fowler, who is a legendary figure in Liverpool will be using all he has to make this final memorable.  Whatever the case, with or without the bigger clubs, the FA Cup is the oldest football competition in the world. It has its beauty and winning it one of the dream of every footballer in England. So far, it has produced enough upsets and making dreams come true. The result tonight will see to that. 
 
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