Upload main image here:  Papa Bouba Diop celebrates with Noel Pamarot after winning the 2007/08 FA Cup final at Wembley       | What a way to end my first season with Pompey! I´m an FA Cup winner and I´m going to be playing in Europe next year. After the cup final we had a big parade in Portsmouth - it was absolutely amazing. It reminded me of the one I had in Senegal after our World Cup campaign in 2002. The final was an excellent game. I didn´t start the match but that was a tactical decision by the manager. It obviously paid off as we won! I must give credit to Cardiff. A lot of people were surprised how attacking they were, but I wasn´t. In a final you must give 100 per cent and that´s what they did. They really went for it. I thought we played very well though and deserved to win. Playing in Europe is the dream of every footballer. I´m looking forward to a good campaign in the UEFA Cup next season. I played in Europe when I was with Lens. I can´t wait to do it again. Now we have won the FA Cup and got into Europe I think we can say that we achieved all of our goals for the season. It was all down to teamwork. We don´t have a lot of stars but we play very well together. I must say thank you to the Portsmouth fans: the ones who came to the parade and the ones who come to watch us every week. They are top notch. The people of Portsmouth are really nice. They have made me feel very welcome since I moved here. I love my new house and I´m very settled here now. After a long season I´m going to have some quality time away from football. I think I deserve it! I´ll be back soon with news on my international career with Senegal. See you soon…    |
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