By DFA Media
The Dominica Men’s National team aims to bounce back strongly in their second game against Bermuda in the CONCACAF Nations League game on Tuesday, October 16.
The team lost to Bermuda 6-1 in the first meeting of the two teams on Saturday.
Dominica started well and should have scored against the host team as early as the 10th minute of play but squandered that opportunity and was made to pay.
For head coach Ellington Sabin, all is not lost for the team and they will go back to the drawing board and work on their weaknesses.
“It was not the results that we wanted or expected, but that is the results and we have to move on and concentrate on the next game that is to come,” Coach Sabin stated.
“Although not wanting to single out anyone in the game, Coach Sabin had high praises for Briel Thomas who he said is a hard worker despite his unfortunate red card, Travist Joseph who got the lone goal also the captain of the team Glenson Prince who was injured and had to be substituted and his deputy Jerome Burkard along with some the young players who came in as substitutes.”
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He expressed confidence that the team will do much better in the second game on Tuesday, October 15. “Overall, the guys despite the results gave a spirited effort, it was a team fight and we did squander a few chances, yes we are disappointed but we have to move on and not dwell on this,” he said.
Despite the defeat, the team remains bound together and in high spirits holding several sporting activities during the rest day on Sunday.
Captain Glenson Prince said despite the huge defeat, there are a few positives that they can take from the first game.
“The first couple of chances in the game came to us and had we capitalized on that who knows what could have happened? There’s a lot that we have to look into, but we cannot get too down on ourselves…we have to improve, and we have to do better, but the players are willing to put in the necessary work and I am confident that we can bounce back,” captain Prince stated.
“It’s football, things happen you can’t win all the time, but you can’t get too low, we need that togetherness where we can call on each other and trust each other and get a level of confidence, we had a lovely recovery session and it went well. We have some excellent guys with a fighting spirit and I am very confident we can bounce back.”
“Unfortunately, we will be losing Briel (Thomas) since he was red-carded for the next game but it comes to Chad (Bertrand) we just have to work on our game plan, spirits are high,” he said.
“To the Dominican public, we know that you are disappointed in the results and we understand that you have been with us and yes you have every right to criticize us and ask for better because you have been with us when we go through our ups and downs, thank you for your continued support and we promise you that come Tuesday we will be much better.”
The team doing recovery sessions after the game
