FA Cup: Portsmouth Beats Bristol City To Reach the Fourth Round

Bristol City 0 - Portsmouth 2 (FA Cup, Jan. 13, 2009) Armand Traore broke down the right and carried his run in the box before teeing up Peter Crouch for the opener. Nadir Belhadj led a pacey counter-attack which was eventually finished by Nico Kranjcar. At the death, Bristol’s Nicky Maynard saw his penalty saved by David James.

St. Johnstone 0 - Rangers 2 (Scottish FA Cup, Jan. 13, 2009) Kenny Miller’s attempt at a back-heel went horribly wrong, but unfortunately for Stuart McCaffrey, he got himself in the way of the ball, to score past his own keeper, Alan Main. Nacho Novo sealed the win with a tap-in from Steven Davis’ pass in the second half.

Inter Milan 3 - Genoa 1 (AET) (Coppa Italia, Jan. 13, 2009) Genoa conceded an early penalty, and had Biava sent off in the process, only for Adriano to see his spot kick wonderfully saved. (First half highlights here.) With fifteen minutes remaining, Adriano made amends by heading in the opener. But Genoa’s Marco Rossi levelled for four minutes later with a stunning drive into the top corner to take the game into extra time. Inter retook the lead early in extra time—Zlatan’s shot popped out of the keeper’s grasp and Cambiasso was on hand to score the rebound. Inter quickly opened up a two-goal cushion when Ibrahimovic netted a cheeky goal past the keeper after his initial shot had been saved.

Nice 1 - Le Havre 0 (Coupe De La Ligue, Jan. 13, 2009) From a corner, Cedric Kante won the tie with fine hooked shot in the 88th minute.

Vannes 1* - Metz 1 (Pens. 4-3) (Coupe De La Ligue, Jan. 13, 2009) Vannes took the lead on the stroke of halftime as Herve mopping up a loose ball after a the visiting defence failed to clear a free-kick. But in the second half ,Metz drew level through Bourgeois’ header.

Maccabi Haifa 2 - Hapoel Tel Aviv 0 (Pens. 3-4) (Toto Cup, Jan. 13, 2009)

Galatasaray 4 - Werder Bremen 1 (Radyospor Cup, Jan. 13, 2009)

Bursaspor 1 - Bayer Leverkusen 3 (Radyospor Cup, Jan. 13, 2009)

Stuttgart 3 - Ajax 2 (Friendly, Jan. 10, 2009)