TTFF NEWS - Warriors back in training on Tuesday

Warriors back in training on Tuesday

Issued by Shaun Fuentes, TTFF Media Officer, June 2, 2008

 

Trinidad and Tobago’s National footballers will be back on the training field on Tuesday afternoon at the Ato Boldon Stadium as they look ahead to Saturday’ friendly international against Jamaica at the Queen’s Park Oval.

 

The “Soca Warriors” checked out of the Holiday Inn Hotel on Sunday night and Monday morning and will regroup on Tuesday with sessions every day leading up to Saturday’s encounter.

 

Speaking after the England match, head coach Francisco Maturana said he will use the same players for the Jamaica clash with there expected to be a replacement for striker Kenwyne Jones who has been ruled out of Saturday’s match. Jones was scheduled to undergo an MRI scan late on Monday.

 

“Yes I will use the players who were in the squad for this (England) match. I think with a game like this you can take out the positives and move on. Yes it was disappointing to lose in front the wonderful fans but we played a very strong team and when you do that you must learn from it and I think we have done that tonight,” Maturana told TTFF Media.

 

“If you play Cayman Islands ten times then you can win ten times but I would prefer to play a team like England once and get a good result. I think we would like to have ten more games like this one (referring to England match). I think it is very important for or preparations.

 

“I think it was difficult to lose Kenwyne so early but we have to live with that and the game continued after. It was pleasing to see what some of the players did today but we have the other games to prepare for and the World Cup qualifiers are the important ones right now.”

 

On the display of Dwight Yorke, Maturana said: “I think he did well and a retirement is a personal decision. I think if that was his last game then he would have had a very good retirement from international football.”