Still smarting from missing out on the First Citizens Bank Cup, having lost to arch rivals W Connection on penalty kicks in the finals of the tournament, CL Financial San Juan Jabloteh is determined to bring home the bacon in the Toyota Classic.
Fenwick is of the strong belief that Jabloteh is the team to beat on the local scene, despite W Connection’s dominance in the League this season.
The former English International was talking tough, “Our attitude is that we want to win everything we play and the entire team and technical staff are determined to have no slip-ups in the Toyota Classic.”
“Currently we are controlling every game we play, but somehow we are finding it difficult to hit the back of the net—in our recent game against North East Stars where we drew 1-1, we should have at least come away winning that game by a 5-2 margin and then in the FCB Cup finals against W Connection, we should have won that game in regulation time,” said Fenwick.
Nevertheless, the straight-forward English born coach is not worried saying, “We have been polishing things up and working especially hard on getting it right in the attacking third of the field.”
Looking ahead at Jabloteh’s quarter final Toyota Classic clash against National Quarries North East Stars on Friday at the Hasely Crawford Stadium—the Jabloteh Coach was mindful of their recent 1-1 draw against the Stars and admitted, “North East are a difficult outfit to play against as they use a 3-4-3 formation and sometimes they can prove difficult to breakdown when they are playing well—but come Friday, we will be going for the jugular, we will be doing our best to ensure that teams don’t try to send our games into penalty kicks.”
The Toyota Classic is a unique knockout tournament, as it brings together the top two leagues in the country (pro league and super league)—the seven Pro League teams and the top five Super League teams were all drawn in this exciting knockout competition—playing for a grand prize of $75,000.00.
Jabloteh, enjoyed a bye in the opening round of the tourney and they will meet fellow Pro League outfit North East Stars in the first game of a double header at the Hasely Crawford Stadium from 6 p.m.