Reggae Boyz Head Coach Heimir Hallgrimsson and captain Adrian Mariappa have expressed disappointment of their group’s 1-2 loss to Qatar in Thursday’s Pleasant Worldwide in Austria.
Within the first of two pleasant video games in preparation for the CONCACAF Gold Cup Event slated for the USA between June 24 and July 16, Jamaica trailed 0-2 on the halftime interval to the 2022 FIFA World Cup Last hosts earlier than halving the deficit after the break.
“Upset to start with with shedding, we by no means like shedding, generally you say a nasty outcome however a superb efficiency, however I would wish to say now that it was each a nasty outcome and I feel it was a nasty efficiency within the sense that we will do significantly better than we did at this time,” Hallgrimsson advised the media throughout après convention at sport’s finish.
He continued: “May in all probability discover some excuses for it; I feel in the beginning of the sport we confirmed that it was two weeks, three weeks even 4 weeks because the gamers performed their final match. Most of them are coming again to coaching and enjoying from a vacation, so I knew that they might be rusty.
“I hope we’d have extra coaching previous to the sport however I feel total we will see numerous the issues we have to repair and enhance rapidly. Possibly that’s a superb factor however we are going to see within the subsequent efficiency.”
Veteran defender Mariappa was equally dissatisfied, particularly within the first-half rendition of his Reggae Boyz band.
“Upset with at this time’s outcome and I feel the efficiency of the primary half,” he stated. “I assumed we appeared higher within the second half, so yeah going ahead to the subsequent sport now…”
Qatar went forward on 31 minutes once they overloaded the Jamaican proper again space and the skilful Yusuf Yusuf slipped in Homan Ahmed who flashed a left-footer previous goalkeeper Jahmali Waite at his close to put up.
Eight minutes later they doubled their lead after Yusuf struck the appropriate upright with a left-footed shot, solely to react quickest to the rebound at an acute angle when he struck the aim body but once more with the ball touchdown on the toes of the large striker Mohammed Muntari to lash residence from shut vary.
Because the halftime break approached Shamar Nicholson had an excellent probability to cut back the deficit however he squandered a neat cross from Dujuan Richards deep into the penalty space with goalkeeper Salah Hassan scrambling throughout his aim to palm away a tame shot.
It was the mixture of Richards and Nicholson which created the equaliser and Nicholson was performed via just for him to be introduced down by Ahmed Alhamawende on the hour mark.
Nicholson picked himself up earlier than burying the spot kick on 61 minutes.
The Jamaicans will shut out their coaching camp subsequent Monday once they have interaction Jordan in one other pleasant worldwide on the identical venue at 8:00 am (EST).
The Jamaicans are drawn in Group A of the CONCACAF Gold Cup alongside the US, Trinidad and Tobago and a qualifier from the preliminary stage, whereas Qatar is drawn in Group B as friends alongside Mexico, Haiti and Honduras.
Group C is comprised of Costa Rica, Panama, El Salvador and a qualifier, whereas Group D consists of Canada, Guatemala, Cuba and a qualifier.
Jamaica opens its marketing campaign in opposition to the US on June 24 at Soldier Subject in Chicago, Illinois, whereas Qatar will start their marketing campaign the next day in opposition to Haiti at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas.