The CL Financial San Juan Jabloteh coach Terry Fenwick had mixed feelings after his team’s 2-0 win against Baltimore Sportif in their Caribbean Club Championship semifinal match on Friday at the Mannie Ramjohn Stadium. Fenwick expressed disappointment as well as satisfaction in his team’s performance after playing with only ten men in the second period.
He told ‘ttproleague.com’ in a post match interview, “I’m actually quite disappointed because we were poor by our standard against Baltimore Sportif, but I also have to say we played particularly well even with ten men and proved to be the better team winning comfortably.”
As to the performance of Baltimore Sportif, the Jabloteh coach said, “They are a good, hard working bunch, just as we saw with their national team in the Digicel Caribbean Cup. Baltimore Sportif has a number of quality players and quite a number of them are on their national team,” added the Englishman.
Meanwhile attacking midfielder Jason Marcano believes his team could have done much better with their performance.
Marcano told ‘ttproleague.com’, “I would have to say the match was a tough one but I believe we could have done a lot better. We have been working hard in training and we now have to put out what we have been practicing.”
“Baltimore Sportif played at a really fast pace and most of their players are on the Haitian national team. They are a good team but I believe we are better,” ended the San Juan Jabloteh Most Improved player in 2006.
Jabloteh fell to ten men after defender and team captain Cyd Gray received a second yellow card on the half time mark and was sent off leaving his coach displeased, “From an international player like Cyd I am really upset with what he did. He was performing really excellent during the match then he let himself and the team down. The rash challenge was unnecessary because it was near to the half line.”
“I will be meeting with him on it, because I can’t tolerate carelessness like that,” assured the coach.
The former England player however, believes he has the resources to fill the place of the world cup defender saying, “It’s not a crucial blow to us without Cyd in the final. I’ve got a defenders who can replace him in the final,” ended Fenwick.
CL Financial San Juan Jabloteh would now meet rival Pro League Club Vibe CT 105 W Connection in the final on Sunday at the Mannie Ramjohn Stadium.
W Connection defeated Jamaican Club Harbour View 3-2 in their semifinal match on Friday.