Making history
With less than 48 hours before their opening clash against Barbados in the CONCACAF Nations League qualifiers, Golden Jaguars Head-Coach Michael Johnson says the objective is to produce a good performance and secure a victory.
“The prospects for me first and foremost is a good performance and it’s a game we want to win. This is serious now, its business now,” the recently appointed tactician, during a brief interview said,
“The Brazil camp was wonderful and it was about development but now we enter the nation’s elite programme and the qualification is now for the Gold Cup.
“We want to win and we look at the squad that we assembled and the squad is very good.
“Now the coaches will have the time to work with the players on the pitch, work with the players so they understand what exactly what we want,” he added.
Guyana will face-off against the lads from the `Land of the Flying Fish’ at the National Track and Field Centre, Leonora in what will be the 19th meeting of the nations.
According to Johnson, who represented Jamaica at the international level, “What I will say is that we want to give you a team that you are really proud of seeing and watching and knowing that the team will give 100 percent. “I am sure if we give 100 percent, then I don’t think we will have any problems but it’s our job to ensure that everyone is motivated and inspired to realize what is at hand.”
“It’s a chance to make history and one of the staff members when we went to Brazil, we went to the museum and the first line was Brazil didn’t walk through history, they made history.
“Well, it’s our chance not to walk through history but to make history. We want everyone to be together with us. “This is for Guyana and we want everyone to come out and really get behind the team.
“The President and the Technical Director have not assembled a squad for playtime, its serious business and we are going for qualification for the Gold Cup,” said Johnson.
Asked what will be team’s philosophy for the clash, Johnson revealed, “The philosophy for this game is that we want to play with the vibrancy and on the front foot and we want to be high pressure. We