The Golden Jaguars senior side conducted their first training session on Sunday at the CAR Turrucares Playfield in San Jose, Costa Rica ahead of their final international friendly against Haiti in preparation for the maiden CONCACAF Gold Cup campaign.
According to a release from the Guyana Football Federation [GFF], “We had to do something today, we knew the lads were tired but we knew we had to do something, bearing in mind that we have a game in 48 hours. So yes it was a long journey but we got some good work in, a bit on how we want to play defensively without the ball, so it was a good session all in all, players have enjoyed it and now we are looking forward to training session.”
Guyana went down to Bermuda 1-0 in their first international friendly. The two international matches are part of the team’s training camp to prepare for the prestigious event.
Johnson said, “I think the most important thing we see in camp is the unity. I’m not with all this local-based and international-based, what I’ve seen over the last week coming together is a unified group; a group that interacts well no matter where they’re from, we all pull on the same shirt to play for one common cause and that’s for Guyana.”
He added that the management team wants to see improvements on a collective scale, declaring, “If it were about the result, I’d play the strongest team, I’d play everybody where they should be playing but for us it‘s about learning and trying to keep something back and just making sure that the players are taking on board all the information we are giving them. The journey continues.”
