Charlton won their friendly at Portsmouth 2-1 in spite of a missed penalty. Vetokele won the penalty in the second half, there was an argument over who should take it, so Bob Peeters decided that Jackson should and he missed.
Addicks goalkeeper Stephen Henderson was given a welcome reception on his return to Fratton Park. The same could not be said for Tal Ben Haim, however, who was roundly booed every time he touched the ball.
All the goals arrived in a six-minute first half period, as Danny Hollands’ header was sandwiched between Igor Vetokele and George Tucudean strikes. It was Charlton who broke the deadlock on 19 minutes when Vetokele hammered an unstoppable shot past Michael Poke from the edge of the box. But Pompey hit back moments later, with former Addick Hollands stooping to head home from virtually on the line after Wallace’s cross had been sent back across goal by Ben Chorley. The Addicks soon restored their advantage, however, as Tucudean was left in too much space to drive home a fine finish. There was almost a second equaliser by the hosts immediately after, but Henderson made a fine stop to keep out James Dunne’s well-struck effort.
In the second half Devera made a crunching challenge to prevent Addicks substitute Simon Church racing through on goal.
Of the crowd of 3,912, 362 were Addicks.
2 comments:
what worries me at the mo is the defence very suspect
Glimpses of class but sat too deep 2nd half. Ben Haim is stealing a living , how can you play him in front of Morrison.
Bikey looked good , midfield lacked movement and Henderson flapped.
6/10 performance against a willing Pompey side.
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