Football: LEO'S ROAR.Byline: DARREN LEWIS
GROUP B: Paraguay v Trin & Tobago, tonight, 8pm TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Trinidad and Tobago (trĭn`ĭdăd, təbā`gō), officially Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, republic (2005 est. pop. 1,088,000), 1,980 sq mi (5,129 sq km), West Indies. The capital is Port of Spain. are relying on England's pride to help them achieve their impossible dream of reaching the second round of the World Cup. T&T arrived in Germany as no-hopers, but now know a win over Paraguay and an England victory against Sweden could give them an unlikely place in the last 16. Skipper Dwight Yorke This article is about Dwight Yorke, the football player. For the black supremacist, see Dwight York. Dwight Eversley Yorke (born November 3 1971 in Canaan, Tobago) is a Trinidad and Tobago football player. He currently plays for Sunderland A.F. has been texting his former Manchester United pals in the England camp and boss Leo Beenhakker Leo Beenhakker (born August 2, 1942 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland) is an international Dutch football coach, currently the coach of the Polish national team. He has been the coach of several prestigious clubs including Ajax, Feyenoord, Real Madrid, Real Zaragoza and Club has spoken to Sven Goran Eriksson as well. But the Dutchman said: "The England players won't work any harder because Dwight has been in touch and they won't work any harder because I have phoned Sven Goran Eriksson seven times in the last 24 hours. "They will work hard because they want to win. That is their job. Great players have an ambition to be the best. They hate losing. You do not just give games away." Beenhakker also cites another factor. "There is also the press to consider," he smiled. "They have been writing some horrible things about them. "It is actually quite funny - until they start saying things about me. England certainly won't want to give the media any more ammunition." After spending most of their opening two games on the back foot, Beenhakker expects his team to be more suited to Paraguay's style in Kaiserslautern. Trinidad are bolstered by the return of Avery John Avery John (born June 18, 1975 in Point Fortin, Trinidad and Tobago) is a Trinidadian football player, who currently plays as a defender for the New England Revolution of Major League Soccer. and Marvin Andrews Marvin Andrews (born December 22, 1975 in San Juan, Trinidad and Tobago) is a professional football defender who is currently playing for Raith Rovers in Scotland, with whom he also started his football career in Scotland. , with only defender Cyd Gray missing from their first-choice line-up. Even though Paraguay have lost both games so far, the South Americans still start tonight's game as favourites. But Beenhakker, who has yet to reveal whether he will stay on with the Soca Warriors after the tournament, admitted he could not have asked any more from his troops. "Everything in football is based on talent - and all our opponents have more of that than us," he said. "My team has played with courage and passion and it has not been fazed by the pressures which come with playing in big games like these. They could not have given me any more and I can ask no more of them." PROBABLE TEAMS Paraguay 4-4-2 Bobadilla Caniza Caceres Gamarra Toledo Dos Santos Acuna Paredes Riveros Santa Cruz Valdez Trinidad & T 4-4-2 Hislop Lawrence Sancho Edwards A John Whitley Birchall Theobald Jones S John Yorke TV TIMESITV4, 7.30pm Kick-off 8 pm CAPTION(S): DUTCH COURAGE: Leo Beenhakker is confident his Trinidad players will fight all the way |
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