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I like it when a brother climbs up through the ranks to the top and stays there. I am not overly patriotic here, but come on guys, Nwankwo Kanu has seen it all in football. He has played for the smallest and biggest clubs in Europe. Ajax, Inter Milan, Arsenal, you name them, and has made his mark on footballing sands.
He was even told his playing career was over when he was diagnosed with a congenital heart disease, but he survived the surgery and made it back to the playing field, and today he takes Portsmouth to Eufa cup.
He scored in the only goal in the semi-final, and today he also scored the goal that gives Portsmouth only their second FA Cup win in their entire history.
You know, sometimes, football is not power, it is in the brain, and Kanu has over the years shown what an intelligent player he is. This is one for my countrymen to ponder over, how come that a player that we have so many times written off as being too fragile come up to deliver the goods for not his club, but his country too.
As a Nigerian, today is a special day for me.

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Guys, its time for drama again as the FA Cup reaches its climax. Wandering why i said drama right, well yeah because i watched when Barnesly did it to both Liverpool and Chelsea. They themselves got stuck when Cardiff played them. I have always know that the FA Cup is no respecter of clubsides. Now i don’t know who to call the underdog in tomorrow’s game.

I will really want Pompey to win this at least as a reward for my countryman Kanu Nwankwo who scored the goal that took Pompey to Wembley, and also to compensate them for an excellent all round season that has seen them finish in the top half of the league table.

Reaching the FA Cup final is a big achievement for any club, and for a small non-premier league side like Cardiff, its a fine achievement. Whether they go on and win the cup is another matter for discussion.

Both sides have won the FA Cup once before and will fancy a second win.

Pompey’s victory came in 1939, while Cardiff became the only non-English side to lift the trophy in 1927.

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A second-half goal from Kanu was enough to send Portsmouth through to their first FA Cup final in 69 years.

Ex-West Brom striker Kanu side-footed an easy chance to see off the Baggies after Dean Kiely had denied Milan Baros and Zoltan Gera had failed to clear.

Baros, who looked to have handled in the build-up to the goal, missed a simple chance to seal the win.

They were almost made to pay but Robert Koren’s shot hit the bar and Ishmael Miller fired wide late on.

Portsmouth will face the winners of the all-Championship tie between Barnsley and Cardiff on Sunday in the final.

Their win carries on the top flight’s run of having a team in every FA Cup final.

Pompey were already odds-on favourites to lift the trophy before the game, but for long periods it was West Brom who looked the better bet for a return to Wembley on 17 May.

Harry Redknapp’s south coast side were not at the races during a lacklustre first-half display and it Albion who looked like the Premier League thoroughbreds.

But in the end, Kanu’s goal was enough to see Pompey into the FA Cup final for the first time in 69 years.

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