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By Enrique Machado,Central American correspondent
October 8, 2008
The coaching change from Rene Simoes to Theodore Whitmore has set off a psychological battle in the Mexican camp as they are unsure of what to expect when they play Jamaica on Saturday. They have nothing to analyze, nothing to study.
KNOWS WHITMORE
Coach Sven-Goran Ericksson is shooting in the dark. When Ericksson was coach of Lazio in Italy, he was interested in Whitmore. However, he knows that that’s not enough to have an understanding of Whitmore’s tactics and style.
“It is very difficult to understand how Jamaica will play. I know the current coach very well, because at one time I wanted to buy him as a player when I was in Italy. I thought he was a great player, but unfortunately I was not able to get him as he went to another team in England. But to return to how Jamaica may play, the truth is it is complicated, it’s impossible to know how they are going to play. Also, we know that he has called new players who were not a part of the first set of games, therefore they are a rival we know very little about,” he sighed.
His team is very concerned about the perceived rough tactics which might be used by a desperate Jamaica. Sven-Gran Ericksson is aware and has made known his intentions, “I want the best 11 players on the pitch. I am not carrying 11 fighters, this is football and I want to play well and win. We are not going to war, it’s simply a very important game of football,” he commented.
Talk of the players getting injured is always present, but the coach is optimistic that things will work out well.
“I hope they will return healthy, and I think nobody will be afraid to play against Jamaica. We have a referee who will have to do a good job. But when one plays football one always gets into situations like these. We know Jamaica plays tough, but these 23 players as I have said before, are not afraid.”
They have told me that it will be tough from the start, but I can’t do anything about that, it is out of my hands. I hope the experience of the players will come to the fore and nobody will be worried about the moment. I insist that I can’t do anything, I don’t control anything in Jamaica, what I control is what we do in training.”
UNBEATEN
One of the objectives of the team is to finish the series of games unbeaten and to go into the final stage with a great momentum.
“I hope that happens. I do not want us to go to Honduras (the last game the round in November) to play a game which could decide our fate, although the principal objective is qualification as early as possible.”
When asked if he would leave the Europe-based players out if he qualified before playing Honduras, he replied, “That’s something that we would have to look when the moment arrives, right now we can’t talk about that.”
October 8, 2008
The coaching change from Rene Simoes to Theodore Whitmore has set off a psychological battle in the Mexican camp as they are unsure of what to expect when they play Jamaica on Saturday. They have nothing to analyze, nothing to study.
KNOWS WHITMORE
Coach Sven-Goran Ericksson is shooting in the dark. When Ericksson was coach of Lazio in Italy, he was interested in Whitmore. However, he knows that that’s not enough to have an understanding of Whitmore’s tactics and style.
“It is very difficult to understand how Jamaica will play. I know the current coach very well, because at one time I wanted to buy him as a player when I was in Italy. I thought he was a great player, but unfortunately I was not able to get him as he went to another team in England. But to return to how Jamaica may play, the truth is it is complicated, it’s impossible to know how they are going to play. Also, we know that he has called new players who were not a part of the first set of games, therefore they are a rival we know very little about,” he sighed.
His team is very concerned about the perceived rough tactics which might be used by a desperate Jamaica. Sven-Gran Ericksson is aware and has made known his intentions, “I want the best 11 players on the pitch. I am not carrying 11 fighters, this is football and I want to play well and win. We are not going to war, it’s simply a very important game of football,” he commented.
Talk of the players getting injured is always present, but the coach is optimistic that things will work out well.
“I hope they will return healthy, and I think nobody will be afraid to play against Jamaica. We have a referee who will have to do a good job. But when one plays football one always gets into situations like these. We know Jamaica plays tough, but these 23 players as I have said before, are not afraid.”
They have told me that it will be tough from the start, but I can’t do anything about that, it is out of my hands. I hope the experience of the players will come to the fore and nobody will be worried about the moment. I insist that I can’t do anything, I don’t control anything in Jamaica, what I control is what we do in training.”
UNBEATEN
One of the objectives of the team is to finish the series of games unbeaten and to go into the final stage with a great momentum.
“I hope that happens. I do not want us to go to Honduras (the last game the round in November) to play a game which could decide our fate, although the principal objective is qualification as early as possible.”
When asked if he would leave the Europe-based players out if he qualified before playing Honduras, he replied, “That’s something that we would have to look when the moment arrives, right now we can’t talk about that.”
Paul Marin -19 is one thing, 20 is a whole other matter. It gets even worse if they win the UCL. *groan*. 
05/18/2011.MU fans naah cough, but all a unuh a vomit?-Lazie 1/11/2015
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