Guyana’s Junior Jaguars suffers 1- 3 lost to Suriname

Guyana’s Under-17 Junior Jaguars suffered a 1-3 defeat at the hands of Suriname when Group Four action in the Caribbean Football Union World Cup Qualifying competition got going at the Hasley Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.

The young Guyanese were outplayed by a much more oiled Suriname side that took the lead in the 16th minute through a well taken shot by Gainsa Jofrendi that Guyana’s goalkeeper Jason Cromwell had no chance of stopping.
Up to that point of the game Suriname controlled proceedings as the Guyanese gave up too much space to their neighbours who used it to full advantage.
But as the game progressed, the Junior Jaguars grew in confidence as they gradually tightened up and played a more compact game.
That ploy brought the desired results as the combination of Jermaine Fletcher and Franklyn Parks drew the Guyanese level in the 24th minute.
Fletcher intercepted a pass by the Surinamese just over the half way line in the opposition half, worked his way up the middle before slipping the ball to the rushing Parks who held his composure to hit the ball pass the advancing Suriname custodian Savio Proeger.
Suriname kept pressing forward despite Guyana evening the score and were rewarded with up to half a dozen corners; goalie Cromwell had to work overtime and in one instance had to chuck the ball over the bar. When the half time whistle was sounded, the score remained unchanged.
The mode of the Surinamese did not change in the second half even as Guyana upped the level of their offensive game.
While Suriname made an early substitution in the first half, the 13th minute to be exact, Guyana made three within an eight-minute span in the second half.
In the 71st minute, Mark Wrong made way for Christopher Bacchus; one minute later Myles Albert was introduced for Paul Miggins while in the 78th minute, Kareem Knights was asked to make way for Kelon Primo.
The intention was clear from Guyana’s Head Coach Sampson Gilbert, who was searching for more fire power to bring the team goal number two. But that was not to be as Suriname also introduced fresh legs that made the difference as the new players added more energy to their offense.
The young Surinamese eased back into the lead in the 76th minute through a Fer Donnegy goal and the game was put beyond the reach of the Guyanese when substitute Asoman Moreno who was too hot for the Guyanese to handle finally rocked the nets in the 84th minute.