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Oct 23, 2012 Sports
– lost opener to SSVG 1-2; St. Lucia beat Curacao 5-1
Following their disappointing 2-1 loss to St. Vincent & the Grenadines in their opening
Group 2 match on Sunday at the Beausejour Stadium, St. Lucia, Guyana’s ‘Golden Jaguars’ will be seeking to rebound against Curacao when the two sides meet in their respective second games today.
They both lost with Curacao going down to the home team St. Lucia 5-1 in the feature game on Sunday. St. Lucia will take on St. Vincent in the feature game today.
Guyana’s woes in terms of winning matches continued as they suffered their 9th loss in the last 10 matches which included a 2-2 draw against El Salvador in El Salvador on September 7.
St. Vincent had taken the lead 30 minutes into the game through a Myron Samuel goal but that advantage was cancelled out in the early minutes of added on time in the first half when Gregory Richardson found the back of the nets for the Guyanese. Cornelius Stewart scored in the winner for ‘Vincey Heat’ in the 79th minute.
While Guyana lost again, it was St. Vincent’s fourth win in their last six matches. Head Coach of the ‘Golden Jaguars’ Jamaal Shabazz said that Guyana created a lot of opportunities but failed to convert. He believes that the loss will test the character of the team going forward.
“They all want to beat us back into line, we got to fight back and I am confident we will. You got the feeling our team felt we just had to show up and we would get three points but the teams in the Caribbean all want a piece of Guyana.”
Coach Shabazz also stated that as they had decided, the local based players got the opportunity to take the field since a number of the regular starters were on club duties.
“We used all the local boys we could and players like Konata Manning and Anthony Abrams have got to step up their game. Sheldon Holder will start up front with Richardson. T&T based Kelvin Smith will replace Julien Edwards and Walter Moore come in for Dwain Jacobs. “The team did not play with hunger and passion. I have got to search my own self and see if I am the problem, but we are professionals and must pick ourselves up and get our heads out of our backsides.”
Meanwhile, host St. Lucia snapped a six-game winless streak with a 5-1 victory over Curacao to get their campaign off to a positive start. Tremain Paul was the first of five different scorers for St. Lucia in the 14th minute, which led 2-0 at halftime and added a pair of goals in the final three minutes – one of which came after Curacao was reduced to 10 men.
Magnam Valcin netted the second goal a minute before halftime, and after Isenia Alexander tried to rally Curacao with a 48th-minute goal, Eden Charles restored the two-goal advantage in the 51st. Tafari Charlemagne tacked on additional insurance in the 87th, and Kurt Frederick completed the scoring in the 92nd – but not before Delando Felipe drew his second yellow three minutes earlier.
The victory was the first for St. Lucia since 4-2 win over Aruba on July 12, 2011, to advance to the second round of World Cup qualifying.
The winner of Group 2 will advance to the second round and join Grenada, Haiti and French Guiana, while the runner-up also will advance, joining Cuba, Trinidad & Tobago and Suriname.
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