More support for Warriors
Trinidad Express reports.
Close to 1,000 Trinidadians living in Bermuda are expected to be in the stands at the National Sports Centre for tomorrow's 2010 World Cup qualifier between the hosts and Trinidad and Tobago from 6.30 p.m. TT time.
This was revealed by the Bermudan FA as they prepared for the hosting of what they claim will be the biggest football game, perhaps one of the biggest sporting events in their history
The venue has a seating capacity of 4,400 but some 750 extra seats have been added for the encounter.
T&T will play in white tomorrow, with their hosts indicating that they will wear red
The T&T team spent the early part of yesterday with their legs up before coach Francisco Maturana put them through their paces on a wet afternoon following a two hour downpour just after midday.
The session was carded for a training pitch close to the match venue and Maturana's men will have their first and only session on the match surface this morning.
Everything to play for
Trinidad Guardian reports.
Some 1000 Trinbagonians living on the island of Bermuda are expected to be at the National Sports Centre for tomorrow’s 2010 World Cup qualifier between the host and T&T from 6.30 pm (TT time).
This was revealed by the Bermudan FA as they prepared for the hosting of what they claim will be the biggest football game, perhaps one of the biggest sporting events in their history.
The venue has a seating capacity of 4,400 but some 750 extra seats have been added for the encounter.
T&T will play in white on Sunday with the hosts will use red in their playing strip.
The T&T team under coach Francisco Maturana trained yesterday afternoon period on a training pitch close to the match venue.
Maturana’s men will have their first and only session on the match surface this morning.
Young warrior Daniel positive
Young midfielder Keon Daniel is among those who is remaining calm but knows all too well the circumstances attached to Sunday’s encounter.
“We know this game is a must win and we must achieve a result convincingly. We have played some big matches like England and Jamaica ones but none of those were important as this one so I think that alone is suppose to prepare the mind for such a match.
“I think once we settle early and play our game as we know it then things will fall in our favour. A lot has to do with the mind game as well and we just have to be focused and get it done,” Daniel said.
Bermuda looking for win
Bermudan FA technical director Derek Broadley told reporters that another win over T&T will open huge doors for Bermuda.
“To me, it (winning) would be a passport into some great games. To get to the World Cup for a country like Bermuda is almost impossible in the modern day. What it would do is put Bermuda football back on the map and show what can be achieved.”
Fighting words from Nusum
Forward John Nusum said everything has been set up for the hosts to “shut up” T&T especially after what they claimed were distasteful writings about them in the T&T Press after last Sunday’s match.
“They can call us whatever they like. They can call us a pub team, if they want. We got the result. We wanted to come out of Trinidad with a chance and we’ve done that. Hopefully, we can do the job again (tomorrow),” said Nusum, the scorer of the two goals in the first leg.
Government team for Bermuda qualifier
By: Juhel Browne (Trinidad Express).
A delegation from Trinidad and Tobago will be travelling to Bermuda on Sunday lend support to the national football squad, the Soca Warriors, as they play a crucial World Cup qualifier there without Sports Minister Gary Hunt.
The delegation will, instead, be led by Legal Affairs Minister Peter Taylor.
The Soca Warriors must win tomorrow's match against the Bermuda national squad by at least two clear goals in order to continue their campaign to play in the Fifa World Cup in 2010 in South Africa.
Hunt said he could not attend the Bermuda match because of obligations regarding the trials for the national Olympic track and field squad this weekend.
He made the announcement during yesterday's post-Cabinet news conference at Whitehall, Port of Spain.
Cabinet has authorised a delegation to leave Trinidad tomorrow to head to Bermuda to encourage our Soca Warriors to get the results that the national public is hoping that they can come out with," Hunt said.
But as he wished the Soca Warriors well, Hunt made it clear that the Government has not faltered in its commitment to local football, even as he is now embroiled in what is widely perceived to be an ongoing feud with Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (T&TFF) special advisor Jack Warner, an Opposition MP.
Warner had announced last week, that all of the Soca Warrior's World Cup qualifiers would be played abroad, after Hunt said the Government was willing to offer the Stadium for free for the World Cup qualifiers as long as the T&TFF allowed the public to attend the matches for free.
Warner had called Hunt's offer a joke.
The Express asked Hunt yesterday whether the matter was about either a clash of personalities between himself and Warner or a political battle.
"Neither," Hunt said.
He said "there is no fight going on" and the Government continues to and always will support football "subject to reporting, accountability and transparency."
