Guyana continued its losing ways in the 2009 Parbo Bier Cup when it lost 5-1 to host Suriname last night at the Andre Kampervene Stadium.
According to team manager Lawrence ‘Sparrow’ Griffith, the Dutch men fielded a team featuring former Dutch international midfielder Edgar David and several other professional players who made light work of the young Guyanese team.
The Surinamese opened the scoring in the 23rd minute but the Jaguars through Travis ‘Zorro’ Grant pulled it back in the 30th minute as the two sides ended the first half with the score one a piece.
However according to Griffith things took a disastrous turn as David began to lead his team on serious raids against the Jaguars defence being manned by Captain Howard Lowe. It was stated that the inexperience of the team came out tremendously with Lowe being forced to ‘overwork all night’.
The Dutch men added four more goals in the second half with the final coming at the sound of the referee’s whistle to signal the end of the game.
‘Sparrow’ mentioned that when the coach Paul James saw the score at 3-1, he sent some of the new players to have ‘a feel’ of international competition at the senior level.
In the first game of yesterday’s double header, French Guiana gained a 2-1 win over Antigua to move to the top of the table since they defeated the Surinamese 2-1 on the opening night of the tournament.
Guyana will play the French men tomorrow at 5 pm local time and would be looking for a win to salvage some pride.
