GUYANA’S National Boys U14 football team will play their second game in this year’s Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Challenge Series today, against home side Curaçao at the Ergilio Hata Stadium at 18:00hrs.

This follows their 8-0 defeat against Trinidad and Tobago in their opening match on Saturday at the same venue.

In an invited comment, the team’s head coach Bryan Joseph, said in today’s game, the strategy will not vary much from that of the first match, adding “as part of our development, we must try to instil the playing philosophy in the players.

“We’ll continue to do that so it won’t change much in the second match. These are young players and the information we’re passing on needs to be concise and consistent.”

While acknowledging that Curaçao is a different team to that of Trinidad and Tobago, Joseph said that the two-day preparation period before the next match enabled the technical squad to continuously instil the playing philosophy.

Meanwhile, in recapping the first match, Joseph said the result does not reflect the competitive nature of the team even while acknowledging some of the challenges experienced by the National U14 team, including the that of players adjusting to the astro turf and keeping possession of the ball.

“The team collectively showed a good attitude; they fought throughout and continued to play regardless of the score. All 17 players were able to play including the goalkeeper. This is all part of what we wanted to achieve – the exposure – and I think going forward, there will be better performances especially in light of the entire group being exposed to the astro turf,” Joseph said.

Nonetheless, the head coach said the team is in “good spirits” and “motivated to play” the rest of the series. The U14 team was captained by midfielder Zidane Ramdeholl.

Guyana’s next matches will be against Bonaire and Aruba on August 10 and August 12 respectively. All matches will be held at the Ergilio Hato Stadium.