Concacaf National U14 Boys Team Starting Lineup Against Trinidad and Tobago
CFU 2018 BOYS’ U14 CHALLENGE SERIES
– Guyana Looking To Improve Their Performance After Initial Defeat
6th August, Georgetown: The National U14 Boys’ team is looking to give a much better performance when they play their second match on August 8 against Curacao in the CFU 2018 Boys’ U14 Challenge Series at the Ergilio Hata Stadium at 18:00hrs.
This follows their 8 – 0 defeat against Trinidad and Tobago in their opening match on Saturday at the same venue even as Guyana seeks to provide a platform for the development of the youth players.
In an invited comment, Bryan Joseph, Head Coach of the National U14 Team said the strategy will not vary much from that of the first match: “As part of our development, we must try to instill the playing philosophy in the players; we’ll continue to do that so it won’t change much in the second match. These are young players and the information we’re passing on needs to be concise and consistent.”
While acknowledging that Curacao is a different team to that of Trinidad and Tobago, Joseph said that the two-day preparation period before the next match will enable the technical squad to continuously instill the playing philosophy: “We’ll try to sharpen the weak areas we had in the first game. We’ll be playing against a totally different opponent so I think we’ll have more opportunities to instill our playing philosophy, we’ll have more opportunities with the ball.”
Meanwhile, in recapping the first match, Joseph said the result does not reflect the competitive nature of the match even while acknowledging some of the challenges experienced by the National U14 Team, including the challenge of the players adjusting to the astro turf and keeping possession. However, he highlighted some positives: “The team collectively showed a good attitude, they fought throughout and continued to play regardless of the score; all seventeen players were able to play including the Goalkeeper. This is all part of what we wanted to achieve – the exposure – and I think going forward, there will be better performances especially in light of the entire group being exposed to the astro turf.”
Nonetheless, the Head Coach said the team is in “good spirits” and “motivated to play” the rest of the series. The u14 team was captained by Midfielder Zidane Ramdeholl.
Guyana’s next matches will be against Bonaire and Aruba on August 10 on August 12 respectively. All matches will be held at the Ergilio Hato Stadium.
For more information, please contact:
Debra Francis (Ms.)
Communications and Public Relations Officer
Tel: 592 227 8758 ext. 105 (o)