00:02Having conceded twice in stoppage time, Trinidad and Tobago lost 3-2 to Haiti in their previous CONCACAF Nations League
00:09match in Jamaica.
00:10As such, TNT coach Derrick King says it's extremely important to win Sunday's encounter against the Dominican Republic at the
00:17Hesley Crawford Stadium.
00:17Our first game in the Nation League at home, three points is very important. I think the guys are eager
00:27to go. We analyzed the last game. We saw the mistakes that we made. I think we saw some very
00:33positive things as well in the game. So I think we continue working on the positive and kind of tighten
00:39up on the little stuff that we need to tighten up on as well.
00:42Having said that, King has utmost respect for his opponents who recently beat Nicaragua 3-2. But he believes Dominican
00:50Republic can be beaten as long as TNT's players get their acts together.
00:55Well, you know, we watch the game, you know, we analyze the game as well. They are very technical, sound
01:01team, you know, good ball movement, some experienced players as well.
01:04So, you know, if you give them room to play, they will play. But it's a very good team. You
01:10know, we respect them as well. But I think, you know, once we go out to our game plan, we'll
01:14be victorious.
01:15Despite losing to the Haitians, TNT member Daniel Phillips points out that the red, white and black has players with
01:22great potential. Based on that, he says the intention is to be positive for Sunday's clash.
01:28I think the way we've looked at it is we took a very strong side right to the last whistle.
01:33And we'll see it as an opportunity to go even stronger from the start and be more offensive and believe
01:38in our qualities and know that we can hurt teams because we had chances if you look back at the
01:41game. So we've gone further ahead, 3-1 up, 4-1 up. And I think that's the mindset we're going
01:45to bring into this game.
01:46TNT also have two matches against CuraƧao in the first week of October.
