What the Panama coach said, very instructive!

[Stonigut]

Meanwhile, for Panamanian coach Julio Dely Valdez, it was little disappointing outplaying the opponent and leaving with only one point.
"I believe the tie here in Jamaica is very important although we came here to win and taking a point is crucial... and any team that comes to play in Kingston is going to have a rough time because Jamaica is a good football team," said Valdes, via an interpreter.
"I was surprised how Jamaica played. I expected them to come out in their classic style play which they did, but the only thing I was expecting, which they did not do, was pressure more on the defensive court and high press," he noted.

See what closing spaces and shadowing hard can do to teams they even anticipate the pain before it arrives and what did we do we decided that they were not Mexico so we could relax a little, so no pressing and one hell of a sloppy midfield on both sides of the ball.


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[Karl]

mmmmm?????

"Tonight's game is not the sort of result we were looking for but unfortunately we have to prepare ourselves for good moments and bad moments. We are looking forward now to the Costa Rica game and as I said before, any of the games we play, it won't be easy and tonight's game wasn't an easy one," he added.

And how right he was, as *Jamaica where playing second fiddle to the quicker and slicker moving Panamanians throughout and it wasn't until late in the contest with the introduction of Theo Robinson of Derby County and Jermaine Johnson of Sheffield Wednesday that Jamaica showed any real threatening pace.

"I can agree that, especially in the second half, the team was a bit fatigued but as I said before, we have eight games to play and we just have to move on," said Whitmore.

Rudolph Austin, Elliott, Jobi McAnuff and Gareth McLeary all struggled in midfield to contain the slick moving Canalaros or even keep possession themselves and Whitmore was cognisant of the fact.

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...Jamaica where playing second fiddle to the quicker and slicker moving Panamanians throughout and it wasn't until late in the contest with the introduction of Theo Robinson of Derby County and Jermaine Johnson of Sheffield Wednesday that Jamaica showed any real threatening pace.

Outpaced, huh?

...and...

"I can agree that, especially in the second half, the team was a bit fatigued but as I said before, we have eight games to play and we just have to move on," said Whitmore.

...does this mean we wilted in the latter part of the game?
A fitness issue?

...and...

Rudolph Austin, Elliott, Jobi McAnuff and Gareth McLeary all struggled in midfield to contain the slick moving Canalaros or even keep possession themselves and Whitmore was cognisant of the fact.

Does this suggest the problem in midfield was more than inserting one man? ...mmmm? ...after the 'Joshua' comes on and makes a pass, perhaps the receiver must also retain possession/get the ball to do his wish or all comes to naught?

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[Stonigut]

Thanks Karl, I posted the wrong section, here is the right one.

Meanwhile, for Panamanian coach Julio Dely Valdez, it was little disappointing outplaying the opponent and leaving with only one point.
"I believe the tie here in Jamaica is very important although we came here to win and taking a point is crucial... and any team that comes to play in Kingston is going to have a rough time because Jamaica is a good football team," said Valdes, via an interpreter.
"I was surprised how Jamaica played. I expected them to come out in their classic style play which they did, but the only thing I was expecting, which they did not do, was pressure more on the defensive court and high press," he noted.


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