TD Corneal applauds efforts of Warriors
By Shaun Fuentes (TTFF)As the football calendar for 2012 approaches end, The National Senior Team and the Under 17 men’s team has come in for high commendation from Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation Technical Director Anton Corneal.
Corneal was speaking on Tuesday as he looked back at the performances for the Senior Men’s team that finished second in the 2012 Caribbean Cup and qualified for the prestigious CONCACAF Gold Cup in 2013 for the first time since 2007, as well as the Under 17 team’s progress to the CONCACAF Final round of qualification in Panama City in April for the 2013 FIFA Under 17 Team.
On the Senior team’s run, Corneal complimented the players and the team staff for what he described as undying commitment.
“What we did was set a stage to build on,”Corneal told TTFF Media.
“And when one looks at some of the players that made up the Senior team, you see young players that have come through a development program dating back to 2004/2005 and all of a sudden made into a Final. Of course we would like to see a bigger pool of the players but at the end of the day, there are players in there that complimented the more senior, experienced ones, who have been with us at two youth World Cups. This did not happen by guess.”
Corneal added that there was camaraderie in the T&T camp over a four-month period that was a major factor behind the team’s success.
“There was a good synergy between the young and experienced players which helped the team to progress both on and off the field. They all had the same goals which was not just to get to the Gold Cup but also to fight down to the wire and try to improve their state of play, while representing the country with distinct and honour at the same time.
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