A dejected Dwight Yorke minimize a pissed off determine after watching his Trinidad and Tobago facet stroll away from Kingston’s Nationwide Stadium empty-handed following a 2-0 defeat to Jamaica in Tuesday’s Concacaf World Cup qualifier.
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“What I do know is that it’s a bitter blow for us,” Yorke admitted. “We thought that we had achieved sufficient to return away with one thing from the sport and sadly that hasn’t occurred. We’re leaving Jamaica with empty arms, so clearly I’m not blissful about sure issues, however it’s what it’s and we will’t change the end result in the intervening time.”
Regardless of the frustration, Yorke insisted he was happy with his gamers’ effort. “Efficiency-wise I’m more than happy. We dominated Jamaica on their dwelling turf, we created the higher probabilities, and in my opinion we deserved one thing tonight.”
VAR intervenes many times
The Soca Warriors believed they’d drawn first blood within the twenty ninth minute when stand-in captain Levi Garcia fired dwelling from distance. The celebrations had been short-lived, nonetheless, as VAR chalked it off for the narrowest of offsides—the primary of three Garcia strikes disallowed on the evening.
“You may’t rating three objectives away from dwelling and none of them rely at some stage,” Yorke lamented. “We felt we scored a real aim within the first half, we thought we had a penalty too, and neither determination went our manner. Once you’re consistently getting rejected, it adjustments the momentum of the sport.”
Jamaica took full benefit. Within the thirty sixth minute, Greg Leigh’s header dropped kindly contained in the field, and teen Bailey Cadamarteri spun sharply earlier than driving low previous Denzil Smith to notch his first worldwide aim on dwelling debut.
Russell doubles Jamaica’s lead
Trinidad’s woes deepened early within the second half. An unlucky misplayed backpass from Kobi Henry gifted Jon Russell possession, and although he appeared in an offside place, VAR confirmed the aim within the 57th minute—judging it a deliberate defensive error.
Yorke may hardly include his exasperation: “They’ve been given two probabilities, definitely from our facet, they usually took these probabilities. From that perspective we’re vastly dissatisfied. We’re scratching our heads at how Jamaica took the three factors from us.”
Garcia twice extra beat the Jamaican goalkeeper, within the 63rd and 71st minutes, just for VAR to intervene once more. For Yorke, it was the defining theme of the night: dominance on the sphere, undone by ruthless Jamaican ending and unyielding know-how.
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Jamaica keep ruthless, Trinidad left reflecting
By the numbers, Trinidad managed the match with 55 % possession, 13 photographs to Jamaica’s 10, and superior passing accuracy. But Jamaica’s pragmatism prevailed, securing back-to-back clear sheets and 6 factors from two matches.
Yorke, nonetheless, was unwilling to let statistics masks the truth of defeat. “As a lot as we predict we dominated Jamaica, dominated the sport, we simply haven’t transformed. In that ultimate third we appear to be missing a little bit bit, and we must be extra medical—particularly after we are dominating groups like now we have.”
Accusing Jamaica of taking part in with out braveness
In a pointed critique, Yorke accused Jamaica of taking part in negatively regardless of dwelling benefit. “The blokes pressed Jamaica in their very own half, and what we discovered was Jamaica simply going from again to entrance in a short time. They didn’t wish to play out. To not have the braveness to play at dwelling the best way they did was disappointing. However we caught to our sport plan, we appreciated our depth, and I felt we had Jamaica the place we needed them.”
Nonetheless, Yorke conceded that model with out substance means little. “On the finish of the day I can sit right here and speak about sample of play and dominance, however it’s all about outcomes. Jamaica acquired the end result and we didn’t.”
Wanting forward: “It’s not over”
Yorke urged his gamers to maintain their heads excessive, noting that Trinidad nonetheless have 4 video games to play within the group. “There are 12 factors to play for. Jamaica are usually not within the clear as but—they nonetheless should face Curaçao, and that will probably be an actual nip-and-tuck sport. As for us, we play Bermuda subsequent, and from our standpoint that may be a must-win.”
Regardless of back-to-back disappointments, Yorke refused to dwell on negatives: “I’m happy with my gamers. We’ve proven we’re crew, however we’re gifting objectives, and that’s what’s costing us. Groups are usually not actually creating probabilities to beat us—we’re giving them alternatives. We simply should hold going, hold believing, and hopefully that little little bit of luck will begin to go our manner.”
