‘Boyz still have a chance’: Jamaican coaches
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Caribbean Life, NOV. 26-DEC. 2, 2021 39
By Nelson A. King
Jamaican football (soccer)
coaches Ludlow Bernard and
Calvert Fitzgerald say the Reggae
Boyz’ hopes of making it
to the FIFA World Cup next
year are thin after their last
two results, according to the
Jamaica Gleaner.
The coaches told the publication
on Monday that, for
the Reggae Boyz to qualify,
they must win their remaining
games and hope other results
go their way.
Bernard, coach of Harbour
View, and Fitzgerald, the
former Molynes United coach,
said an automatic top three
spot is out of the question and
that the team will have to look
at securing the fourth-place
play-off spot, according to the
Gleaner.
“Bernard said that, though
there is still a slight glimmer of
hope, he thinks the Boyz have
dug themselves into too deep
a hole and will require many
things to go in their favor,” the
paper reported.
“We left it a bit too late,” it
quoted Bernard as saying. “It
may be a bit hard to really get
that elusive fourth spot now.
“There are still four home
games to play, but it is going
to be difficult, because other
teams are playing well and
fighting for points,” he added.
“It is not impossible, but it is
approaching improbability. We
would have to depend on favors
from other teams.
“We are out of that top three,”
Bernard continued. “So, only
fourth place will be possible;
and it is far-fetched, because we
lost valuable ground in Mexico,
El Salvador and in the USA
games.”
But Fitzgerald told the
Gleaner that Jamaica has a
squad capable of producing
the results to give the team
the best chance of nabbing the
fourth spot.
“The position that we are
in now, the only chance that
we have is if we win all our
remaining games and hope
other results go in our favor,”
he said.
“So, we will not have a good
chance, unless we win five of
the six games and hope for
favorable results,” Fitzgerald
added. “But I think we have
the best squad in the qualifiers,
the deepest squad. If any
other team is missing one or
two players, it will affect them
significantly.
“We also have two players
close to world class in Leon
Bailey and Michail Antonio,
and everybody else is above
average,” he continued. “So, if
we can get the right selection
and the right system, with the
right level of motivation, I see
no reason why we cannot put
the points on the board.
“But it is going to be
extremely tough, and we cannot
afford to lose any more
games to direct competition, as
that would be give them three
more points on us,” Fitzgerald
warned. “So, we just have to
win the games and hope for
the best.”
The Gleaner said the Reggae
Boyz are sixth in the eight-team
standings, on seven points after
eight matches.
They are nine points behind
leaders Canada and seven
points adrift of Panama, who
are fourth, the Gleaner said.
It said Technical Committee
Chairman Rudolph Speid
is confident “Jamaica still has
a chance and intends to fight
all the way.”
DeAndre Yedlin of the U.S. in action with Jamaica’s Leon
Bailey during the CONCACAF Qualifi ers at Independence
Park, Kingston, Jamaica on Nov. 16, 2021. REUTERS/Gilbert
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