NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC-Cuba confirmed their status as the top football nation in the region by edging former champions Trinidad and Tobago 1-nil to capture the Caribbean Cup for the first time here Sunday night.
23 year old Marcel Hernandez’s long range gamble paid off in extra time as a goalkeeper blunder sealed the title for the Cubans who were appearing in the finals for the third time in 13 years.
Goalkeeper Jan-Michael Williams made a fatal error when he let Hernandez’s shot from 35 metres out slipped through his grasp to deprive the soca warriors of their ninth CFU title.
Williams appeared to position himself behind the ball, which spun out of his hand and into the goal in the 22nd minute of extra time giving Cuba their slender victory over the eight-time champion at the Antigua Recreation Ground.
