Boyz must improve to get past Antigua & Barbuda

[Karl]

Boyz must improve to get past Antigua & Barbuda
Published: Friday | November 14, 2014

Audley Boyd, Assistant Editor - Sport

FROM defence to offence, the Reggae Boyz will be shooting for all-round improvements to beat Antigua & Barbuda in the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Men's Caribbean Cup Finals clash at Montego Bay Stadium today at 8 p.m.

"Why we make only one goal? Why we make this stupid goal against us? Why we didn't press this player in midfield that makes the pass for goal?"

Winfried Schäefer let the questions fly one after the other, as he pointed to reasons for Jamaica's 1-1 draw against Martinique in their opening fixture of the four-nation Group B matchups on Wednesday night at the same venue.

The result gave the teams one point each, the same as the other teams in the group, Haiti and Antigua and Barbuda, who also drew, 2-2.

Haiti and Martinique will open this evening's double-header at 5:30.

The fact that two countries scored more goals put them in a better position than Jamaica and Martinique, as far as a tie-breaker for the group leadership is concerned.

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[Karl]

Too stupid! ...on play!


Besides giving up the "stupid goal" - conceded from a long pass that sailed over a flat defence for Yoann Arquinn to control and score past Andre Blake for a 29th minute equaliser - Jamaica were inconsistent in all facets of their game.

Too many mistakes

They marked and tracked poorly, passed the ball badly, and turned over possession too often. And apart from poor decision-making, their shooting was off.

"We have to play better and (have) more accuracy for goal," he stated.

"Our strikers have to move a bit more for options from the midfield. We've to play like a team."

This was particularly true about the starting forwards, especially Dane Richards and Deshorn Brown, who tried to go it alone in the first half when passes to either or Darren Mattocks may have resulted in clear scoring chances.

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