Anier strike denies T&T.
By Inshan Mohammed.A thirteenth minute goal from Fredrikstad FK striker Henri Anier was enough to see Estonia seal a 1-0 victory over the Soca Warriors at A. Le Coq Arena in Tallinn, Estonia on Friday.
The Trinidad and Tobago coaches made a few changes to the T&T side that faced Romania last Tuesday. Kevon Carter, Devorn Jorsling and Marvin Phillip were all relegated to the bench with Ataullah Guerra, Jamal Gay and Jan-Michael Williams taking their spots on the team respectively.
Still not looking a polish unit, the Soca Warriors side showed a little more purpose in their game but just could not make the best of the few decent opportunities they had to get on the scoresheet and in the end had to settle for the narrow 1-0 defeat.
And despite not being one of Europe's top teams, Estonia looked technically better than the T&T side and had it not been for a few great saves from goalkeeper Williams T&T could have been defeated by a larger margin. However, still a way to go and some gaps to be filled it was definitely an improvement from T&T.
Captain Theobald were a class act, Justin Hoyte looked capable, Daneil Cyrus was at every call, Cornell Glen made a positive impact and Andre Boucaud was the neatest of them all, the Notts County midfielder battled from start to finish.
T&T meanwhile has now finished it's European tour with 2 defeats in two games, conceding 5-goals and scoring none in the process. The Caribbean side has not scored a single goal in 6 matches dating back to December 2012 when they scored against Martinique in a 1-1 tie at the Caribbean Cup.
Since the inclusion of co-head coach Jamaal Shabazz T&T has found it difficult to score goals recording 3 goals in 9 games and conceding 15.
T&T will now head back to Trinidad and look for a possible friendly against a Central American opponent before heading to New York for it's opening 2013 Gold Cup match against El Salvador in New Jersey on July 8th.
TeamsTrinidad & Tobago: - 21-Jan-Michael Williams, 5-Radanfah Abu Bakr, 2-Aubrey David, 6-Daneil Cyrus, 4-Justin Hoyte (17-Kareem Moses 78th), 3-Joevin Jones (11-Kevon Carter 75th), 18-Densill Theobald (capt), 14-Andre Boucaud, 12-Darryl Roberts (19-Shahdon Winchester 65th), 8-Ataullah Guerra (10-Kevin Molino 65th), 15-Jamal Gay (13-Cornell Glen 78th).
Subs: - 1-Marvin Phillip, 9-Devorn Jorsling.
Estonia: - 1-Sergei Pareiko, 17-Enar Jääger, 21-Igor Morozov, 4-Raio Piiroja, 5-Dmitri Kruglov, 9-Tarmo Kink (14-Andrei Sidorenkov 81st), 6-Aleksandr Dmitrijev (7-Sander Puri 57th), 13-Martin Vunk, 19-Siim Luts (16-Sergei Mošnikov 57th), 10-Sergei Zenjov (11-Vladimir Voskoboinikov 57th), 15-Henri Anier (12-Joel Lindpere 57th).
Subs: - 22-Artur Kotenko, 2-Tihhon Šišov, 18-Alo Bärengrub, 3-Taavi Rähn, 23-Taijo Teniste, 20-Rimo Hunt.
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