Guyana vs Monserrat: Switched-up Golden Jaguars eyeing another victory
Though a victory may not be a necessity, Guyana’s senior men’s national football team, the Golden Jaguars will look to prey upon Monserrat today, in the interest of ‘keeping momentum at a high’.
The national team’s final game of the 2022-2023 CONCACAF Nations League will kick off at the Wildley Turf Stadium, Wildley, Barbados from 19:00h, local time.
The talk of the game, set to be hosted in Barbados, originally being a home game is seemingly behind the Golden Jaguars, who, in spite of whatever trials they faced pulled off a must-win victory last Saturday afternoon, thus, relieving themselves of the must-win jitters.
Now, with the Jaguars’ objective [qualification to the CONCACAF Gold Cup preliminaries} achieved, a few tweaks will be made for today’s game.
Guyana Times Sport was reliably informed that today’s game is likely to see some changes to the Golden Jaguars’ starting line- up, as Head Coach Jamaal Shabazz looks to give some playing time to other ballers on the 23-man squad.
“We would rotate the team and make three changes to the starting line-up while still trying to maintain a good quality. Of course, we want to win and end on a high note, but it’s equally important to give opportunity for more players to compete,” Head Coach Shabazz shared with this publication.
The Coach added, “We want a really competitive unit going forward and the players starting today have that opportunity to maintain the standards with their performance.”
The Golden Jaguars will be hunting another win tonight
However, the Head Coach is, by no means, taking their opposition lightly today.
“It’s clear that Montserrat will hunt results to avoid relegation. So, although we are already in the playoffs we need to approach this as our first preparatory step towards the Gold Cup,” Shabazz said about the lingering need to take home three points tonight.
” I am always eager to experiment and see what we can learn about our team from this encounter.”
In addition to the forecasted changes, the Captain’s armband is likely to change hands, giving another young Jaguar the opportunity to lead the Guyanese unit. (Jemima Holmes)
