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 Trinidad and Tobago head coach Francisco Maturana has called up Swansea City striker Jason Scotland as a replacement for the injured Kenwyne Jones for Saturday’s friendly international against Jamaica.Maturana made the call on Tuesday and the former Defence Force hitman will join the team for training on Wednesday. Also announced on Tuesday was the decision to shift the game from the Queen’s Park Oval to the Marvin Lee Stadium (MLS), Macoya. This came about after the T&T coaching staff felt it would be inappropriate to play Saturday’s game on the hard Oval Surface which has four turfs and the markings for the football field are now east to west which means that a large portion of the middle of the playing area is a hard surface with little or no grass. Mobile stands which will accommodate up to 4,000 fans will be added to the Macoya venue for Saturday’s encounter. The T&T team resumed training on Tuesday at the Ato Boldon Stadium with a recovery session but missing was Southampton striker Stern John who came off in the second half against England with an injury and is doubtful for Saturday’s match. Also scheduled to leave this Saturday is young striker Jamal Gay who is heading to Sweden to sign an offered deal at a club which be revealed upon his signing. Sunderland’s Kenwyne Jones will fly back to his club on Saturday for further observation. “How long he would be out will be determined by what the doctors at Sunderland say,” team doctor Terence Babwah added. “They (the doctors) will either do rehabilitation or go inside his knee. “Everything is totally dependent on the surgeons who will be seeing him.” Hyland: Great experience versus England Teenaged midfielder Khaleem Hyland said that in spite of Sunday’s 3-0 defeat to England, he and his National Teammates have come away with a lifelong experience that will definitely serve them in good stead for the future. The former Clico San Juan Jabloteh players started and turned in a decent enough showing against the Three Lions so much so that the visitors’ head coach Fabio Capello enquired from Francisco Maturana at the end … “Who’s your number 8?”  “Well I think it was like a dream come true to play England. I never expected I would have the chance to play against them especially at home in Trinidad,” Hyland told TTFF Media.“I think we as young players have gained a lot of things from this game and despite the fact that we lost 3-0 I cannot say that we were all just disappointed. Yes, we were a bit down after the game because we would have liked to keep it tighter but all in all I think it was a marvelous experience for players like myself. I was a bit nervous at the start coming out on to the pitch with the atmosphere and everything but once I was out there, I just blocked everything out and played my game and I think I did okay. This is just the start of what we want for the rest of the campaign,” Hyland added. Half time substitute Osei Telesford, who is turning out to be a convenient utility player these days for Maturana, also echoed similar feelings on the match. “I know a lot of people were disappointed with the result and some felt that we didn’t fight enough but overall I think this was a victory for us in more than one way. We have a World Cup campaign to play and this was a great warm up against top class opposition for us. To be lining up against the likes of Steven Gerrard and David Beckham is a wonderful experience. Not a lot of people get to do that, especially in a warm up for World Cup qualifiers. We have to consider ourselves very fortunate and I definitely took everything from it. “I think looking ahead to the next two games we could expect a performance from the team that shows that we have to bounce back and we will bounce back. We have gained a lot and with more time I think we will be getting the right results,” Telesford added. (June 3, 2008.Photo from Tuesday's training session) |
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