“Chances are high” – Pellew ahead of U17 Qualifiers
The Junior Jaguars will head into battle against Trinidad and Tobago today
Today, Guyana’s National Under-17 Boys’ football team will begin their journey to the FIFA 2025 U17 World Cup with a tough assignment, facing off against old rivals Trinidad and Tobago.
Junior Jaguars defender Kemron Pellew
The team were encamped for a number of weeks under the watchful eyes of new Head Coach Marco Bonofiglio before jetting off to Costa Rica earlier this week.
Prior to their departure, Guyana Times Sport was able to catch up with Captaincy hopeful Kemron Pellew, who described the camp as exciting while also discussing their gelling with the internationally-based players.
“The camp has been exciting. We’ve been productive, doing whatever the Coaches want us to do, you know,” Pellew related to this publication.
He added about his internationally-based counterparts coming into the camp, “It’s been great. They came in with positive attitudes. Since they came in, we just wanted to be friendly and everything went well after that.”
The defender went on to welcome the team’s new Head Coach, noting that they have adapted well.
Pellew explained, “First of all, the new Coach is great. He brought something new to us, things that we’ve never done before. So, that’s been good for us. The team has adapted very well to the new coach and it’s just been great so far.”
When quizzed about Guyana’s chances of coming out on top of the group, Pellew was super confident in his counterparts’ abilities.
“I’m very confident in my team, our chances are very high right now. Based on the players that we have, we’re very good right now, we’re in form and I think our chances are very high,” the classy defender said.
Guyana are in Group B of the CONCACAF Qualifiers alongside hosts Costa Rica, Trinidad and Tobago, British Virgin Islands, and Saint Maarten. They will take on the twin-island republic first at 21:00h tonight.
After Trinidad, Guyana will take on Saint Maarten on Tuesday, February 11; hosts Costa Roca on Thursday, February 13 and British Virgin Islands on Sunday, February 16.
The CONCACAF Qualifiers consist of eight groups. Each group winner will seal a spot in the FIFA U17 World Cup scheduled for Qatar in November 2025.
