PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Debutants Ezekiel Kesar and Kevon Woodley got on the scoresheet as Trinidad and Tobago defeated Guyana 2-1 in the first of two international friendlies here Monday night.
Playing at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Kesar put the hosts in front in the 28th minute before Woodley doubled the lead six minutes before the break.
Kelsey Benjamin pulled one back for Guyana almost immediately following the resumption, but the all-important second goal to level the encounter never materialized.
Despite the win, however, Trinidad and Tobago head coach Angus Eve said he was disappointed by his side’s performance, especially in the second half.
“I was disappointed, to be fair. I thought it was a game of two halves,” said the former international.
“I thought in the first half we did what we wanted to do and what we practiced, and we should have scored a lot more goals in the first half.
“And in the second half – I know when we made changes and we did play some younger kids – I was disappointed in the quality on the ball.”
T&T enjoyed plenty of possession in the opening exchanges of the first half. Still, Guyana nearly went ahead in the 26th minute, defender Robert Primus having to block Darron Niles’s shot.
Minutes later, however, T&T took the lead when Kesar ran on to the end of a well-weighted through ball to send his low finish in at the far post.
Kesar turned provider in the 39th minute to put T&T in command, teasing Woodley, who calmly finished at the near post from ten yards out.
Guyana hit back in the 47th minute, Benjamin capitalizing on a defensive mistake to easily beat substitute goalkeeper Adrian Foncette from close range.
The second friendly will be played on Wednesday at the same venue.
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