HULL UNPACKED - CHRONIC INJUSTICE
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What recent match updates are discussed in the episode?
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Hull City maintained their bid for automatic promotion from the Championship, with a narrow victory at Portsmouth, who were left ruining their wastefulness in front of goal. Pompey had by far the better of the first half, dominating possession and creating more chances, with the Tigers' only real opportunity coming when Olly McBurney's early effort was ruled out for offside. The second half was more even until Adrian Segecic's short back pass put Nicolas Schmid under pressure, allowing Matt Crooks to slide in to score for the visitors. Portsmouth remain in 19th, five points clear of the relegation zone, while the Tigers are now third. Hull keeper Ivor Pandor was kept busy as Portsmouth had 15 attempts on goal in the first half.
Hull now face what could be a pivotal week as they play promotion rivals Ipswich Town and Millwall.
How did Hull City perform against Portsmouth?
At Fratton Park the Tigers thought they had continued their momentum from Tuesday's win over Derby, as McBurnie put the ball in the net after Joe Gellhart's effort was saved, only to see the linesman's flag go up for offside. The early let-off spurred Pompey into action, with Terry Devlin's long-range effort drawing an unconvincing save from Tigers' Ivor Pandor. The goalkeeper put those nerves to rest soon after, producing a terrific stop from Regan Poole at close range, as the visitors were unable to clear a Pompey corner. Segecik was next to try his luck for the home team, going it alone before firing a cross goal from a difficult angle. After the break, the deadlock was eventually broken through a huge lapse in concentration.
Segecik had already been lucky to get away with one short pass before repeating the same error in his own penalty box. Schmid was able to scramble the ball away from the diving McBurnie, but only as far as Crooks who connected perfectly to send the ball into an empty net. Despite peppering the Hull goal in the closing stages, Pompey were unable to find a leveller, leaving the home fans and boss John Mazzino to reflect on yet another frustrating defeat.
What were the key moments in the first half of the match?
John Mazzino told BBC Radio, I'm very disappointed with the result. We controlled pretty much the entire game. Ultimately we came away with 21 shots, Hull had two, we completely shot ourselves in the foot with the goal. The manner of the goal was completely unacceptable. I thought we didn't have quite so much control in the second half, it makes it more frustrating in a way. Today was one where we really should have taken advantage.
Yeah, I'm really disappointed with the loss. The way that we lost the game is just unacceptable, really. I think we completely shot ourselves in the foot. The only way we were going to concede is doing what we did. So we didn't learn our lessons. We spoke about it at half-time.
What led to Hull City's goal in the second half?
I think Hull had one shot in the first half, which came from us giving the ball away, being too slow in the middle of the park, and one shot in the second half, which came from us unnecessarily giving the ball away. So, yeah, really disappointed. I think there's a couple of things. If you have one of those afternoons where nothing's going right for you at the top end of the pitch, which at times I think in the first and second half particularly it wasn't going well, then you come away and go, right, you take the point and we've... I think, been the more dominant side for 90 minutes against a side who have just gone third. And you go, OK, for whatever reason, we couldn't make it happen in the final third.
And we don't score from one of our set pieces. And we had another absolute bucket full today. And I think if you take that, you can accept it. But the fact that we shot ourselves in the foot, the fact that we did things that we specifically speak about day in, day out, We spoke about our half-time and it's a case of really going off script and not sticking to what we speak about every day. We talked about a couple of bits in the final third about how we're going to try and create a little bit more.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What recent match updates are discussed in the episode?
0:02–0:54
2
How did Hull City perform against Portsmouth?
0:54–2:01
3
What were the key moments in the first half of the match?
2:01–2:40
4
What led to Hull City's goal in the second half?
2:40–10:51
5
What were the coach's reflections on the match outcome?
10:51–14:59