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Dec 18, 2014 Sports
Guyana’s national junior men’s team continued their good showing during their five day developmental tour of Trinidad. After defeating Paragon Hockey Club 2-1, on the Monday evening, the Guyanese came up against a Trinidad national junior selection on Tuesday afternoon. The game started with Guyanese setting a low press and Trinidad having the lion’s share of possession.
After a period of sustained pressure by the Trinidadians the Guyanese defence conceded a penalty corner when the ball struck one of their defender’s feet in the D. Trinidad’s senior national player Jordon Reynos converted the penalty corner with a powerful drag flick into the bottom left of the goal to give his side the early lead.
The Guyanese responded 5 minutes later when Ato Greene finished a left side attack which featured three Guyanese juggling the ball in the air along the side line before it was centered for Greene to tap in on the last post.
Trinidad seemed to up the tempo in the third quarter, forcing Guyana to scrabble and defend deep in their quarter. Wave upon wave of Trinidadian attacks were met by some desperate defending from the Guyanese, who also seemed to have luck on their side during the quarter. The fourth quarter started with the Guyanese finding their second wind and with Trinidad pressing for victory, the Guyanese team defence created several turnovers which led to swift counter attacks at the other end.
Their persistence paid off when captain Mark Sargeant deflected a Leon Bacchus drag flick from head height down into the goal, to give his team the lead. The Guyanese then dropped off to soak up the Trinidadian pressure and nearly scored again when Aroydy Branford sent a diving reverse shot to the Trinidadian goal. The resulting save started a lighting fast Trinidadian counter attack and it looked like a sure goal when senior national striker Tariq Marcano evaded 3 defenders and pulled the ball on to his reverse before unleashing a powerful tomahawk shot, but Guyana’s goalkeeper Medroy Scotland came out sliding to snuff his shot. That save proved to be the final act of the game, which gave Guyana the victory 2-1.
The team went through some light training yesterday morning, followed by a defensive skills session conducted by Trinidad & Tobago senior national Darren Cowie. The team will oppose Trinidad’s junior squad two more times before returning home on Friday.
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