Pompey have a chance of winning two cop wins in three years if they get an unlikely victory over Chelsea.
“I’m very excited, there is no reason to be nervous. We are trying to enjoy it,” he said.
“Who was here every day this season, who came in the morning every day and knows what we need to face up to?
“I know that we deserve this week to enjoy and not think about the bad things that we’ve had this season.”
He added: “Nobody will remember when a big club takes the cup because that is what everybody expects. But everybody remembers that Southampton beat Manchester United and Sunderland beat Leeds.
“Everybody will remember this season that Portsmouth, very proud, came to the final.
“I think it is good for football also – football is sometimes about fairy tales and stories like this.
“Against all odds you do something that is unbelievable and gives hope to all the others.
“Everybody wants to play at Wembley. It is unusual for a club like Portsmouth (to reach the final) – big clubs, it is for them.
“Especially after what has happened this season, everyone wants to play at Wembley.”
