Trinidad and Tobago head coach Wim Rijsbergen singled out skipper Densill Theobald for playing a leading role in his team’s convincing 5-1 win over Martinique in Digicel Caribbean Cup action at the Hasely Crawford Stadium on Monday evening.
By Shaun FuentesTheobald led the team for the second straight match and though yet to put his name on the score sheet, he played a pivotal role in the middle of the park for the new look “Soca Warriors”.
“We made it a little easy for ourselves by having a little more possession of the ball,” Rijsbergen said. “Because sometimes we still give it away too easily.
“I was happy for Roberts and for Glasgow and of course not to mention just one guy but I think Densill was a one hundred percent captain today. He was the leader of the pack and I hope he will continue doing that and it will be very good for the rest of the team and for the rest of games,” the Dutchman added.
When asked about his feelings on the team’s bit of instability in defense, Rijsbergen agreed that he also has some anxious moments during the 90 minutes.
“I’m a defender myself so sometimes my heartbeat goes up very fast when I see them doing things in defense. That’s why we are still trying to look for some new guys so we have to give some player’s a chance which is what we will do in the near future. We will try to see some new players and we will pick the best ones in the end but you have to give some players an extra couple of games. Don’t worry I see everything and sooner or later we will make the decisions and maybe some changes. Right now they are willing to work and learn and that is the first important thing for us,” he added.
Looking ahead to Wednesday’s 7:15pm clash with Haiti, Rijsbergen hinted that while he will want to end the group phase on a winning note, he could opt for giving some new faces a starting role.
“You look at every game differently. With this win we will now try to win the next game of course. Haiti has six points already so maybe they will take it easy and make some changes. Maybe we will use some new guys in the starting team but we will sill go on the field and try to win the next game.
“Don’t forget some guys played two games already and sometimes need a little rest that’s why the big clubs in England have a couple of teams and change them every second game. Some of these guys (on the T&T team) are not a hundred percent and then you have to be careful with injuries and in 48 hours we have another game,” he explained when quizzed about changing a winning line up. “If you play a tournament, then maybe you try to win the tournament. I did economics. I’m not a psychiatrist… I look into statistics,” he continued.
