Near and yet so far for Warriors
By Alvin Corneal (T&T Guardian)It was a game which we may wish to remember as the night when the warriors attempted to derail the mighty Mexico.
It is fair to compliment the efforts of the team on the result and their success in reaching the quarter finals in the tournament.
It is not good developmental football sense to start consoling ourselves over the distance that the team had reached before we take a closer view at the statistics and the occurrences of the matches themselves.
The previous comments on the matches which brought them to the quarter finals were well justified and if not taken out of context, should have offered some level of hope for the future.
Nevertheless, the field of play is where it all happens and it is exactly where there is need for analysis in order to determine whether we have progressed in our doings over the length of this tournament from it’s beginning.
After seeing the performance against Honduras, we were certainly left with hope that maybe, just maybe, the lads may be driven by the wonderful feeling of a victory against one of the leading teams in the competition.
My first observation prior to the start of the match was the unusual formula of the starting team and was truly taken aback by the players in their selected positions.
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