St. John’s Antigua- Antigua & Barbuda’s Benna Boys were defeated 1-0 by the St Kitts & Nevis senior national team when they met in a friendly encounter in St Kitts on Saturday.
The lone strike of the contest came in minute 26 when Tiran Hanley put the hosts ahead from close-range.
It was Antigua & Barbuda’s second defeat within three days after going down, 4-0, to the visiting Trinidad and Tobago Soca Warriors at Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Grounds last Wednesday.
The manager of the senior national team, Fernando “Nando” Abraham, said despite the loss, the players showed improvement and provided the management staff with something to build on going forward.
“I think it was a much better performance but unfortunately we didn’t win the match. We created the opportunities to score but we just did not capitalize so that is something we have to work on going forward. The guys played with heart and they showed commitment,” he said.
The former national defender revealed that the management staff would meet with the FA’s executive on Monday to be “debriefed” before revealing what their next move will be.
He said, however, they are looking towards the start of the United Soccer Leagues (USL).
“The Barracuda season starts in about a month and as you know, more than 90 per cent of the national team plays for Barracuda so we are looking towards that as part of our preparations as well,” he said.
Antigua & Barbuda were without the England-based players in their trip to St Kitts who are preparing for the 2012 Digicel Caribbean Cup.
I know the Antigua lost badly to the Trinidad and still lost to the Saint Kitts but we still shouldn’t be too negative. We’re missing the likes of Mikele Leigertwood and Marc Joseph. Believe it or not they do make a difference. We need time to gel together. Even though the odds are against us, I still believe until we are eliminated. I think we should just play a counter attacking style. Even though he didn’t score Dexter Blackstock is dangerous, we all know Peter Byers is dangerous. Anything can happen in football. I’m ready to cheer on my Benna Boys in Tampa come June 8th.
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If they cant beat St Kitts how do they expect to beat USA, Guatemala and Jamaica???
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if they played better in sk i wont have wont to see the game vs trinidad the antigua team is weak team wit no mid field and the guys need some passing drills there passing is not good at all they played a sk team wit most of they guys is on the under 23 team at no time the antigua team look like the wanted to score, they look tired through out the game. thats de worst antigua team i have ever seen.
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They were playing a weaker oponent, obviously they will look a bit better from that point-of-view. However they lost that game and that cannot be good for the team.
The Barracuda’s league will not make any difference for these guys, they are playing in a lower league and the level of competition is far different. The Antigua team will run out of option of finding good players, playing their football in England does not make them good players. I am going to be critical of the Antigua team beacuse after winning the Haiti game, which I think was a fluke, they somehow think that were ready for World Football, and people like Gordon Banks and Nando is living an illusion.
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