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Slippery Bora turns up in Aruba
Sean Williams
Thursday, September 13, 2007
ORANJESTAD, Aruba - Technical director of Jamaica's football, Velibor 'Bora' Milutinovic, who did not show for the Under-23 team's training on Monday and whose whereabouts were not known since last seen Sunday night, returned to the team hotel late Monday night.
Bora was last spotted at the Complehjo Deportivo Guillermo Trinidad on Sunday night for Jamaica's 6-1 win over Antigua/Barbuda.
When checks were made, members of the management staff here could not give account of the coach's whereabouts as they claimed "he did not say anything to us".
Bora, who was heard enquiring of the location of the nearby island of St Kitts, was initially believed to have gone there, but the Serb-born Mexican is said to have been in Aruba soaking up the sights of this beautiful island in a rented motorcar.
St Kitts is currently hosting Group D of the CFU Olympic qualifiers.
The coach, who has the distinction of guiding five separate nations to World Cup Finals, was not originally scheduled to travel to Aruba with the group on Friday, but surprised many when he appeared at the Coconut Inn Saturday night.
A press release from the JFF had stated that Bora would join the team a day later here, but team managers were not expecting him.
Bora, who was hired to spearhead Jamaica's World Cup qualifying efforts to the 2010 World Cup Finals, was on hand for Jamaica's second match against Barbados on Tuesday evening where the Boyz won 1-0.
The 63-year-old - signed to the JFF for a whopping US$1 million per year through to 2010 - has not interfered with the coaching of the team so far, but has offered himself more in an advisory capacity as Wendell Downswell is said to be the man in charge.
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Sean Williams
Thursday, September 13, 2007
ORANJESTAD, Aruba - Technical director of Jamaica's football, Velibor 'Bora' Milutinovic, who did not show for the Under-23 team's training on Monday and whose whereabouts were not known since last seen Sunday night, returned to the team hotel late Monday night.
Bora was last spotted at the Complehjo Deportivo Guillermo Trinidad on Sunday night for Jamaica's 6-1 win over Antigua/Barbuda.
When checks were made, members of the management staff here could not give account of the coach's whereabouts as they claimed "he did not say anything to us".
Bora, who was heard enquiring of the location of the nearby island of St Kitts, was initially believed to have gone there, but the Serb-born Mexican is said to have been in Aruba soaking up the sights of this beautiful island in a rented motorcar.
St Kitts is currently hosting Group D of the CFU Olympic qualifiers.
The coach, who has the distinction of guiding five separate nations to World Cup Finals, was not originally scheduled to travel to Aruba with the group on Friday, but surprised many when he appeared at the Coconut Inn Saturday night.
A press release from the JFF had stated that Bora would join the team a day later here, but team managers were not expecting him.
Bora, who was hired to spearhead Jamaica's World Cup qualifying efforts to the 2010 World Cup Finals, was on hand for Jamaica's second match against Barbados on Tuesday evening where the Boyz won 1-0.
The 63-year-old - signed to the JFF for a whopping US$1 million per year through to 2010 - has not interfered with the coaching of the team so far, but has offered himself more in an advisory capacity as Wendell Downswell is said to be the man in charge.
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