Jamaica’s Jody Brown dribbles the ball throughout the Cup of Nations encounter towards Czech Republic at CommBank Stadium in Australia on Saturday, February 18, 2023.
FRESH from a convincing 2-0 victory over Peru, Jamaica’s Reggae Girlz tackle their South American opponents as soon as once more, with Head Coach Hubert Busby eyeing one other win to construct momentum forward of the FIFA Ladies’s World Cup qualifiers.
The Reggae Girlz secured their win within the first of two worldwide pleasant matches on Sunday — with targets from Jody Brown within the fifth minute and Kayla McKenna within the 52nd minute — at Estadio Miguel Grau in Lima, Peru. The Reggae Girlz will likely be looking for to keep up their profitable momentum on the identical venue when the match kicks off at 4:00 pm (Jamaica time).
Busby has hinted at making adjustments to the squad, giving extra gamers an opportunity to showcase their abilities on the worldwide stage.
“You may positively see numerous adjustments within the squad, and probably some tweaks in the way in which we play,” he mentioned. “Formation-wise, we’re nonetheless constructing on the bottom we need to implement, however once more, it’s about giving numerous these gamers alternatives when it comes to what that appears like for worldwide soccer.”
With a number of younger gamers desperate to make their mark, the match guarantees to be an thrilling conflict of youth and expertise. Busby emphasised the significance of balancing the squad with skilled gamers to information the youthful ones.
“I believe what we additionally must be very cautious about just isn’t throwing too many younger gamers in directly,” he mentioned. “They want some regular heads round them to get by among the tough moments once we’re struggling and issues aren’t going our manner. So, I believe it is necessary we’ve a few of these gamers on the pitch as properly.
“However general, [during] each window we type of alluded to everybody going to get an opportunity to have minutes throughout the subsequent sport, so we’re actually enthusiastic about that and actually excited to see how a few of these gamers step up.”
Busby says the precedence is to win.
“Our goal doesn’t change,” he mentioned. “Our goal is to go on the market once more with a great efficiency and win the match. Profitable is a behavior. We’re right here to win soccer matches, and that’s contagious — it’s a part of our DNA. Once we step on the sector, that’s one of many the explanation why you steadiness out your squad as a result of among the veterans are main these gamers and displaying them — not simply in coaching however clearly on the pitch as properly — that that’s required to win a soccer match.
“The final two coaching periods have been equipped with us taking the sport to the opposition and trying to see if we will win the match early, after which attempt to handle the video games then. These are all of the issues we need to take out of this match, and be part of our progress, and be capable to take that into the World Cup qualifiers as properly.”
