Golden Jaguars beat Puerto Rico to go top of Group
GUYANA’s senior men’s national team, the Golden Jaguars, maintained their perfect record in their Concacaf Nations League B group with a come-from-behind 3-1 win against Puerto Rico yesterday in a procession that demonstrated the local side’s growth this year.
Both teams entered this clash that was contested at the St. Kitts and Nevis Football Technical Centre (SKN) in Basseterre with a perfect record but Puerto Rico were ahead on goal difference, so a win was needed.
However, the Guyanese suffered finding themselves trailing early on when Leandro Antonetti put the opposing side ahead in the 11th minute. Guyana trailed through the first half and in the 60th minute, star boy Omari Glasgow equalised via penalty after forward Kelsey Benjamin went down in the box from a soft challenge.
It was all Guyana from there as Benjamin fired Guyana ahead three minutes later with an easy tap in from a good cross from Liam Gordon, who continues to impress with his performances.
The game was put to bed in the 85th minute when Deon Moore capitalised on a mistake from Puerto Rico’s shot-stopper to slot into an empty net.
The win now puts Guyana top of their Group and on par for qualification for the Concacaf Nations League A that has the likes of USA, Canada, Mexico and Costa Rica.
Guyana is set to play Puerto Rico again on Tuesday at the same venue for their second ground game.
