00:00Well, coach of the Trinidad and Tobago football team, Dwight York, says the team is ready for their all-important CONCACAF World Cup qualifier against the Curacao tomorrow.
00:09He's done his research on his 86th ranked opponent and they've put together their last specific session geared towards rehearsing their strategy.
00:17We've been prepping for this particular day. Of course, minus one before the game, there's not much else to do apart from fine-tuning one and two things, tweak one and two things as we say in football.
00:27But pretty much the work is done and then obviously the excitement about tomorrow.
00:32Nervousness?
00:33No, not at all. I'm more excited because if you're not going to get the buzz or be excited about what is up on us tomorrow, which is a very crucial game at a very critical stage for us, the World Cup campaign, we know what is at stake.
00:47It's a high demand, high risk, high reward. And so the players understand that. You will see in the numbers the country is behind us, which is ultimately important as well.
00:57So to have that support, I have no doubt and the confidence within the players that we are ready to go.
01:02Well, who would you like to see take the field for Trinidad and Tobago in the all-important World Cup qualifier against the Curacao?
01:08Well, Dwight York says he has a few players in mind, but he just wasn't willing to name them.
01:13Well, I'm definitely not going to tell you, but yeah, we have concluded on the final 11, but, you know, still 24 hours before the game.
01:22So there's a little bit of reluctance there because anything can happen. Of course, we still have, you know, another training session.
01:29So we're a little bit cautious about that. But in terms of me being clear about the team, then yes.
01:34That said, York says he has his strongest possible team.
01:38Now I feel that the top 26 players is available. I think this could be the strongest team I've assembled to this point.
01:44And it gives me a little bit of an issue, which is the right issue in terms of selection.
01:49You know, it's not an easy call on these players. So now we've got a real competitiveness among the squad, not only the 11,
01:55but knowing that they're the capabilities coming off the bench because we may have to win some games off the bench as well.
02:01Tomorrow's match takes place from 8 p.m. at the Hesley Crawford Stadium.
02:05Sergio Defort, Physics Board.
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