Jamaica impressed lately by holding African powerhouse Nigeria to a goalless draw,
nigeria...wear do they get that from
Nigeria is ranked as one of the five top teams in Africa, and its ranking of 32 is 37 places above JA and 53 places above South Africa. Even though FIFA rankings are to be taken with a grain of salt, I do not think there is any argument that the Super Eagles are considered a major team.
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DRAB DRAW!
Reggae Boyz, Bafana Bafana end friendly in deadlock
Sean Williams with the Reggae Boyz in Bloemfontein, South Africa
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa - For the approximately 30,000 fans inside the Free State Stadium here yesterday to see Jamaica's Reggae Boyz take on South Africa's 'Bafana Bafana' in a friendly match, it was an agonising experience.
You could tell this was so because there wasn't much to cheer about and many home fans just hung their heads and streamed through exits of the 2010 World Cup venue long before the final whistle had gone in an affair lacking in style and purpose and which ended justifiably in a 0-0 stalemate.
South Africa's Benni McCarthy (left), heads the ball as Jamaica's goalkeeper Dwayne Miller (right), blocks it during their international friendly soccer match at the Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein, South Africa, yesterday. The game ended goalless. (Photo: AP)
South African fans' frustration with their team continues to grow as they have now gone 10 games without a win, not the kind of record a World Cup host would want to have just seven months before football's greatest show comes to town.
Fans were banking that their team could break their win-less jinx at the expense of the Boyz, but coach Theodore Whitmore's gang was having none of it.
Though their performance dropped way below potential, the Jamaicans dug deep and kept a desperate 'Bafana Bafana' (Boys Boys) at bay with a rendition that strayed from the finer elements of "beautiful game".
"We played in patches, especially in the second half. But we should have had more possession in both halves, but at the end of the day we came away with a 0-0 draw and it's good for us," was how coach Whitmore summed up his team's effort on a chilly Bloemfontein night where temperatures dropped below 50 degrees Fahrenheit.
South Africa's Lucas Thwala (centre), clears the ball from Jamaica's Omar Cummings (left), during their international friendly soccer match at the Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein, South Africa, yesterday. (Photo: AP)
Searching for excuses for his team's continued poor form, especially in their attacking department, 'Bafana Bafana' coach, Brazilian Carlos Alberto Parreira, tossed blame Jamaica's way by claiming that the visitors employed a tactic aimed at frustrating his team's flow. Though there was none to begin with.
"In the second half there was no play because they (Boyz) kept making substitutions and this frustrated everyone. They did not come to win, the came for a draw," said the Prodigal Parreira, who has returned for his second stint as South Africa's top man.
But Whitmore said he was surprised that the coach would actually claim this after both parties agreed to six substitutions.
"Both teams agreed on six substitutions, and as the game went by we had to be injecting players as (Rodolph) Austin came off with cramps and (Jermaine) Johnson was a bit flat, and as you see Jamal Campbell-Ryce was not fit," said the Jamaican as he justified his rotation of players during the match.
Whitmore added that he also used the game to give some of the "younger" players in the team exposure.
"We have young players like Navion Boyd, who is doing well for his club. What other chance a lot of these young players are going to get to play international football and these are the games we have to use to judge them," said Jamaica's 1998 World Cup two-goal hero.
A surprise pick, goalkeeper Dwayne Miller dismissed any doubts about match fitness when he put in a creditable performance, showing in big ways to deny the other side.
"I think that goalkeeper Miller was outstanding again, but at the back we gave up a lot of openings because we were not working together, but I think in the second half we were more organised," Whitmore explained.
Meanwhile, in the first 10 minutes of action, South Africa appeared more offensively inclined and that was underlined when the home side's attackers worked a smooth one-two by penetrating Jamaica's 18-yard box, but Katlego Mphela shot was smothered by Miller.
In the 20th minute, the Boyz turned their noses South Africa's way and opted to go down the left channel with Demar Phillips whose resulting cross was turned onto South Africa crossbar by skipper Aaron Mokoena.
Three minutes later, the visitors looked set to move ahead when New York Red Bulls' Dane Richards squeezed his way between three opposing players before firing low toward goal, but his effort was cleared by a late recovering defender off the line.
With 27 minutes gone, South African's most prolific goalscorer Benni McCarthy threatened the Jamaican goal with a powerful 25-yard free-kick, but Miller's response overshadowed that of the shooter.
It is hard to believe that only a day or so ago this player was doubtful to play with an injured right shoulder.
But following a lull in goal-mouth activity, Phillips, who plays his club football with Norwegian outfit Aalesund FK, reminded South Africa goalkeeper Rowen Fernandez of Jamaica's presence when he rifled a shot from some 20 yards, but his pacy, angled effort went straight to the goalkeeper.
Yesterday's match-up between both nations was the fourth - all ending in draws. They first met in Kingston in 1999 where that game finished 1-1, then a return encounter in Cape Town drew 0-0 in 2003, after which they played to an exciting 3-3 tie in Los Angeles where South Africa appeared as a guest team at the CONCACAF Gold Cup in 2005.
In the return leg of today's game, South Africa will travel to Kingston for that showdown in March next year, an encounter that could be 'Bafana Bafana's' final warm-up before their World Cup campaign.
Teams: South Africa - Rown Fernandez, Aaron Mokoena, Morgan Gould, Anele Ngcongca (Lance Davids 45th), Lucas Thwala, Reneilwe Letsholonyane, Kagisho Dikgacoli, Siphiwe Tshabalala (Bernard Parker 81st), Teko Modise (Elrio Van Heerden 70th) Benedict McCarthy (Richard Henyekane 70th), Katlego Mphela.
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DRAB DRAW!
Reggae Boyz, Bafana Bafana end friendly in deadlock
Sean Williams with the Reggae Boyz in Bloemfontein, South Africa
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa - For the approximately 30,000 fans inside the Free State Stadium here yesterday to see Jamaica's Reggae Boyz take on South Africa's 'Bafana Bafana' in a friendly match, it was an agonising experience.
You could tell this was so because there wasn't much to cheer about and many home fans just hung their heads and streamed through exits of the 2010 World Cup venue long before the final whistle had gone in an affair lacking in style and purpose and which ended justifiably in a 0-0 stalemate.
South Africa's Benni McCarthy (left), heads the ball as Jamaica's goalkeeper Dwayne Miller (right), blocks it during their international friendly soccer match at the Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein, South Africa, yesterday. The game ended goalless. (Photo: AP)
South African fans' frustration with their team continues to grow as they have now gone 10 games without a win, not the kind of record a World Cup host would want to have just seven months before football's greatest show comes to town.
Fans were banking that their team could break their win-less jinx at the expense of the Boyz, but coach Theodore Whitmore's gang was having none of it.
Though their performance dropped way below potential, the Jamaicans dug deep and kept a desperate 'Bafana Bafana' (Boys Boys) at bay with a rendition that strayed from the finer elements of "beautiful game".
"We played in patches, especially in the second half. But we should have had more possession in both halves, but at the end of the day we came away with a 0-0 draw and it's good for us," was how coach Whitmore summed up his team's effort on a chilly Bloemfontein night where temperatures dropped below 50 degrees Fahrenheit.
South Africa's Lucas Thwala (centre), clears the ball from Jamaica's Omar Cummings (left), during their international friendly soccer match at the Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein, South Africa, yesterday. (Photo: AP)
Searching for excuses for his team's continued poor form, especially in their attacking department, 'Bafana Bafana' coach, Brazilian Carlos Alberto Parreira, tossed blame Jamaica's way by claiming that the visitors employed a tactic aimed at frustrating his team's flow. Though there was none to begin with.
"In the second half there was no play because they (Boyz) kept making substitutions and this frustrated everyone. They did not come to win, the came for a draw," said the Prodigal Parreira, who has returned for his second stint as South Africa's top man.
But Whitmore said he was surprised that the coach would actually claim this after both parties agreed to six substitutions.
"Both teams agreed on six substitutions, and as the game went by we had to be injecting players as (Rodolph) Austin came off with cramps and (Jermaine) Johnson was a bit flat, and as you see Jamal Campbell-Ryce was not fit," said the Jamaican as he justified his rotation of players during the match.
Whitmore added that he also used the game to give some of the "younger" players in the team exposure.
"We have young players like Navion Boyd, who is doing well for his club. What other chance a lot of these young players are going to get to play international football and these are the games we have to use to judge them," said Jamaica's 1998 World Cup two-goal hero.
A surprise pick, goalkeeper Dwayne Miller dismissed any doubts about match fitness when he put in a creditable performance, showing in big ways to deny the other side.
"I think that goalkeeper Miller was outstanding again, but at the back we gave up a lot of openings because we were not working together, but I think in the second half we were more organised," Whitmore explained.
Meanwhile, in the first 10 minutes of action, South Africa appeared more offensively inclined and that was underlined when the home side's attackers worked a smooth one-two by penetrating Jamaica's 18-yard box, but Katlego Mphela shot was smothered by Miller.
In the 20th minute, the Boyz turned their noses South Africa's way and opted to go down the left channel with Demar Phillips whose resulting cross was turned onto South Africa crossbar by skipper Aaron Mokoena.
Three minutes later, the visitors looked set to move ahead when New York Red Bulls' Dane Richards squeezed his way between three opposing players before firing low toward goal, but his effort was cleared by a late recovering defender off the line.
With 27 minutes gone, South African's most prolific goalscorer Benni McCarthy threatened the Jamaican goal with a powerful 25-yard free-kick, but Miller's response overshadowed that of the shooter.
It is hard to believe that only a day or so ago this player was doubtful to play with an injured right shoulder.
But following a lull in goal-mouth activity, Phillips, who plays his club football with Norwegian outfit Aalesund FK, reminded South Africa goalkeeper Rowen Fernandez of Jamaica's presence when he rifled a shot from some 20 yards, but his pacy, angled effort went straight to the goalkeeper.
Yesterday's match-up between both nations was the fourth - all ending in draws. They first met in Kingston in 1999 where that game finished 1-1, then a return encounter in Cape Town drew 0-0 in 2003, after which they played to an exciting 3-3 tie in Los Angeles where South Africa appeared as a guest team at the CONCACAF Gold Cup in 2005.
In the return leg of today's game, South Africa will travel to Kingston for that showdown in March next year, an encounter that could be 'Bafana Bafana's' final warm-up before their World Cup campaign.
Teams: South Africa - Rown Fernandez, Aaron Mokoena, Morgan Gould, Anele Ngcongca (Lance Davids 45th), Lucas Thwala, Reneilwe Letsholonyane, Kagisho Dikgacoli, Siphiwe Tshabalala (Bernard Parker 81st), Teko Modise (Elrio Van Heerden 70th) Benedict McCarthy (Richard Henyekane 70th), Katlego Mphela.
Jamaica - Dwayne Miller, Jermaine Taylor, Shavar Thomas, Dicoy Williams (Adrian Reid 80th), Jamal Campbell-Ryce (Eric Vernon 66th), Demar Phillips, Rodolph Austin (Richard Edwards 76th), Jason Morrison, Jermaine Johnson (Navion Boyd 76th), Dane Richards (Lovel Palmer 84th), Devon Hodges (Omar Cummings 71st).
Subs not used: Shawn Sawyers, Keammar Daley, Bryan Bayliss Booked: Austin (44th), Thomas (56th), Morrison (59th) Referee: Hubert Andriamiharisoa (Madagascar) Assistant Referees: Guy Herijaona (Madagascar), Eli Rakotoson (Madagascar)
Fourth Official: Baaitsie (South Africa) Match Commissary: Steve Goddard (South Africa)
ReggaeBoyz have to lern to win games on the road, suppose we are in a situation where we have to win on the road to advance , Teams like Costa Rica , Panama or Canada are reasonable match up , we need to do better in situations like these .
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Actually we need to play ball when chosen by these world cup bound team, for practice games. If we keep up the "witch" ball thing, no one will want to play us. I know Tappa want to build a good resume, however intelligent ReggaeBoyz fans aren't going to judge him by his record for these inconsequential games. It is far easier to coach negative football than to get the team to play positive football which includes knowing how to attack the opponent and going up and down the field as a unit. We are going to judge him on how he imprints his vision of good football on the program. Jamaica's current problem is our players’ inability to look comfortable on the ball and play good strategic attacking football and that is what he should be working on. It sound like we did neither.
Actually we need to play ball when chosen by these world cup bound team, for practice games. If we keep up the "witch" ball thing, no one will want to play us. I know Tappa want to build a good resume, however intelligent ReggaeBoyz fans aren't going to judge him by his record for these inconsequential games. It is far easier to coach negative football than to get the team to play positive football which includes knowing how to attack the opponent and going up and down the field as a unit. We are going to judge him on how he imprints his vision of good football on the program. Jamaica's current problem is our players’ inability to look comfortable on the ball and play good strategic attacking football and that is what he should be working on. It sound like we did neither.
These 'intelligent RGGBYZ fans' that you are referring to might need to become more intelligent about the game of football and temper their expectations to fit reality.
Jamaica is not ranked in the top tier of the world's better football teams and will never be.
Jamaica has the players and potential to become a very good team at the second level of international football when they realise that not losing games is the foundation of building what it takes to eventually win games, particularly against teams that are better !
Tappa has the potential to make Jamaica a good team because he understands that, in spite of being one of Jamaica's greatest ever attacking footballers.
Reggae Boyz, Bafana Bafana end friendly in deadlock
Sean Williams with the Reggae Boyz in Bloemfontein, South Africa
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa - For the approximately 30,000 fans inside the Free State Stadium here yesterday to see Jamaica's Reggae Boyz take on South Africa's 'Bafana Bafana' in a friendly match, it was an agonising experience.
You could tell this was so because there wasn't much to cheer about and many home fans just hung their heads and streamed through exits of the 2010 World Cup venue long before the final whistle had gone in an affair lacking in style and purpose and which ended justifiably in a 0-0 stalemate.
South Africa's Benni McCarthy (left), heads the ball as Jamaica's goalkeeper Dwayne Miller (right), blocks it during their international friendly soccer match at the Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein, South Africa, yesterday. The game ended goalless. (Photo: AP)
South African fans' frustration with their team continues to grow as they have now gone 10 games without a win, not the kind of record a World Cup host would want to have just seven months before football's greatest show comes to town.
Fans were banking that their team could break their win-less jinx at the expense of the Boyz, but coach Theodore Whitmore's gang was having none of it.
Though their performance dropped way below potential, the Jamaicans dug deep and kept a desperate 'Bafana Bafana' (Boys Boys) at bay with a rendition that strayed from the finer elements of "beautiful game".
"We played in patches, especially in the second half. But we should have had more possession in both halves, but at the end of the day we came away with a 0-0 draw and it's good for us," was how coach Whitmore summed up his team's effort on a chilly Bloemfontein night where temperatures dropped below 50 degrees Fahrenheit.
South Africa's Lucas Thwala (centre), clears the ball from Jamaica's Omar Cummings (left), during their international friendly soccer match at the Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein, South Africa, yesterday. (Photo: AP)
Searching for excuses for his team's continued poor form, especially in their attacking department, 'Bafana Bafana' coach, Brazilian Carlos Alberto Parreira, tossed blame Jamaica's way by claiming that the visitors employed a tactic aimed at frustrating his team's flow. Though there was none to begin with.
"In the second half there was no play because they (Boyz) kept making substitutions and this frustrated everyone. They did not come to win, the came for a draw," said the Prodigal Parreira, who has returned for his second stint as South Africa's top man.
But Whitmore said he was surprised that the coach would actually claim this after both parties agreed to six substitutions.
"Both teams agreed on six substitutions, and as the game went by we had to be injecting players as (Rodolph) Austin came off with cramps and (Jermaine) Johnson was a bit flat, and as you see Jamal Campbell-Ryce was not fit," said the Jamaican as he justified his rotation of players during the match.
Whitmore added that he also used the game to give some of the "younger" players in the team exposure.
"We have young players like Navion Boyd, who is doing well for his club. What other chance a lot of these young players are going to get to play international football and these are the games we have to use to judge them," said Jamaica's 1998 World Cup two-goal hero.
A surprise pick, goalkeeper Dwayne Miller dismissed any doubts about match fitness when he put in a creditable performance, showing in big ways to deny the other side.
"I think that goalkeeper Miller was outstanding again, but at the back we gave up a lot of openings because we were not working together, but I think in the second half we were more organised," Whitmore explained.
Meanwhile, in the first 10 minutes of action, South Africa appeared more offensively inclined and that was underlined when the home side's attackers worked a smooth one-two by penetrating Jamaica's 18-yard box, but Katlego Mphela shot was smothered by Miller.
In the 20th minute, the Boyz turned their noses South Africa's way and opted to go down the left channel with Demar Phillips whose resulting cross was turned onto South Africa crossbar by skipper Aaron Mokoena.
Three minutes later, the visitors looked set to move ahead when New York Red Bulls' Dane Richards squeezed his way between three opposing players before firing low toward goal, but his effort was cleared by a late recovering defender off the line.
With 27 minutes gone, South African's most prolific goalscorer Benni McCarthy threatened the Jamaican goal with a powerful 25-yard free-kick, but Miller's response overshadowed that of the shooter.
It is hard to believe that only a day or so ago this player was doubtful to play with an injured right shoulder.
But following a lull in goal-mouth activity, Phillips, who plays his club football with Norwegian outfit Aalesund FK, reminded South Africa goalkeeper Rowen Fernandez of Jamaica's presence when he rifled a shot from some 20 yards, but his pacy, angled effort went straight to the goalkeeper.
Yesterday's match-up between both nations was the fourth - all ending in draws. They first met in Kingston in 1999 where that game finished 1-1, then a return encounter in Cape Town drew 0-0 in 2003, after which they played to an exciting 3-3 tie in Los Angeles where South Africa appeared as a guest team at the CONCACAF Gold Cup in 2005.
In the return leg of today's game, South Africa will travel to Kingston for that showdown in March next year, an encounter that could be 'Bafana Bafana's' final warm-up before their World Cup campaign.
Teams: South Africa - Rown Fernandez, Aaron Mokoena, Morgan Gould, Anele Ngcongca (Lance Davids 45th), Lucas Thwala, Reneilwe Letsholonyane, Kagisho Dikgacoli, Siphiwe Tshabalala (Bernard Parker 81st), Teko Modise (Elrio Van Heerden 70th) Benedict McCarthy (Richard Henyekane 70th), Katlego Mphela.
Jamaica - Dwayne Miller, Jermaine Taylor, Shavar Thomas, Dicoy Williams (Adrian Reid 80th), Jamal Campbell-Ryce (Eric Vernon 66th), Demar Phillips, Rodolph Austin (Richard Edwards 76th), Jason Morrison, Jermaine Johnson (Navion Boyd 76th), Dane Richards (Lovel Palmer 84th), Devon Hodges (Omar Cummings 71st).
Subs not used: Shawn Sawyers, Keammar Daley, Bryan Bayliss Booked: Austin (44th), Thomas (56th), Morrison (59th) Referee: Hubert Andriamiharisoa (Madagascar) Assistant Referees: Guy Herijaona (Madagascar), Eli Rakotoson (Madagascar)
Fourth Official: Baaitsie (South Africa) Match Commissary: Steve Goddard (South Africa)
ReggaeBoyz have to lern to win games on the road, suppose we are in a situation where we have to win on the road to advance , Teams like Costa Rica , Panama or Canada are reasonable match up , we need to do better in situations like these .
It look like sey de ites dem influenced by how the 'scribes' dem write bout dis match afta the fact.
South Africa only nu pick up a 2- 0 defeat by desperate defending by dem captain who deflect a shot pon de bar and made a goal-line save from the best chance a de match from Dane Richards.
We have to learn to stop fall prey to these deceptions by 'white' owned media !
Read Pareira's frustration in accusing Tappa of 'negative' tactics because im did see Jamaica as a 'beating stick' fi win back dem tattered reputation as WC hosts.
Tappa is a good bwoy who a bring a Jamaica side who naw go be no beating stick fi nobody !
Wha kine a ball game de I dem a defend anyway ? Ball is a 'war' ting like Winston Chung Fah used to tell me everyday, nu no entertainment business weh man see pon TV.
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Reggae Boyz are back home
Published: Friday | November 20, 2009
TWENTY-SIX members of the Jamaica senior football squad, which drew 0-0 with 2010 World Cup hosts South Africa on Tuesday, returned home yesterday.
Three members of the 29-man squad travelled to Europe while the rest of the touring party travelled back to Jamaica via Atlanta in the United States. Jermaine Johnson, Jamal Campbell-Ryce and Jason Morrison returned to their respective clubs in England and Hungary.
The squad, along with coach Theodore Whitmore and other members of the delegation, arrived at the Norman Manley International Airport early afternoon.
Satisfaction
Following the 0-0 stalemate on Tuesday, Whitmore expressed satisfaction with the result. "I am very happy with the 0-0 draw. That's good for us," he said.
The match heaped more misery on a South African team which has not managed a single goal in their last five outings. Based on their current form, South Africa are unlikely to get past the opening rounds of next year's World Cup.Both teams will meet in a reciprocal encounter next year March at the National Stadium.
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Players Position v S Africa Goalie-Dwayne Miller Central back -shavar thomas Side Back -Jermaine Taylor & Dicoy williams Central Midfield -Rudolph Austin&Demar Phillips Side Midfield -JCR & Jason Morrison Wing -JJ & Dane Richards center Forward - Devon Hodges
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