Calypso meets Samba in qualifier
Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:16
On Saturday at the Larry Gomes Stadium in Port of Spain, capital of Trinidad & Tobago on the island of Trinidad and Tobago meet Brazil in a World Cup qualifier.
This is the first leg. The second leg will be played a week later in Brazil.
The overall winner goes into the next round with Uruguay and Chile.
The teams got there by winning regional championships. Trinidad & Tobago won the Caribbean Championship, beating the Cayman Islands to do so, and Brazil won the CONSUR B championship, beating \Paraguay to do so.
The two teams have met in a World Cup qualifier in 2003 when Brazil won 11-10.
Brazil are expected to play a slower game while Trinidad & Tobago will try to speed things up. The Trinidad & Tobago coach Rhett Cheeping, a former national player of not a decade ago, is optimistic, saying: "On the day .It is up to the players. I have done everything possible to prepare them..I expect them to complete the job"
Brazil beat a Florida XV in Fort Lauderdale 29-5 in a warm up game.
Three of the Trinidad & Tobago team play for English clubs - Selwyn St. Bernard, Damian Martinez and Nigel Arismendez.
Trinidad & Tobago squad: Adam Fredericks (Northern) (captain), Jonathan O'Connor (Caribs), Kirk Quashie (Caribs), Kurt Quashie (Caribs), Miguel Lara (Caribs), Samuel Roberts (Caribs), Jason Clark (Caribs), Greame Alkins (Caribs), Abdeel Giles (Caribs), Peter Bacchus (Caribs), Don Rojas (Caribs), Wayne Kelly (Harvard), James Walklin (Northern), Dexter Snaggs (Northern), Ade Innis-King (Northern), Andrew Crooks (Northern), Adam Sedansingh (Northern), Kirk Aanensen (Northern), Kidane Silverthorn (Rainbow), Andre Cabera (Caribs), Carlton Felix (Royalians), Felician Guerra (Royalians), Kelson Figaro (Royalians), Selwyn St. Bernard (Blaydon, England), Damian Martinez (Blaydon, England), Nigel Arismendez (Worthing, England)
Coaches: Rhett Chee Ping, Blane Chee Ping, Ian Parry, Dave Mays
Brazil squad: Leonardo Bruno Frota Sarro (Curitiba), Christiano Fonseca da Costa (São José), Ramiro Daniel Mina (Bandeirantes), Daniel Xavier Danielewicz (Desterro), Reges Portela Comoreto (Desterro), Antônio Górios Filho (Rio Branco), Rafael Dahne Strenger (Bandeirantes), Jean-Marc Volland Bolonha (São José), Henrique Dantas Pinto (São José), João Carlos Orioli Junior (Pasteur Athlétic Club), Diego Gimenez Lopes (Pasteur Athlétic Club), João Luiz da Ros (Desterro), Alexandre Borges Spani (São José), Matheus Rodrigues Duque (São José), Erick Monfrinatti Cogliandro (São José), Rafael Santos Dawailibi (São José), Daniel Hubert Gregg (Niterói), Moisés Rodrigues Duque (São José), Lucas Rodrigues Duque (São José), Fernando Aurélio Bueno Martins (São José), Fernando Jungers Portugal (Bandeirantes), Julian Menutti (Bandeirantes), Giuliano Fazzio Passini (Rio Branco)
Coaches: Pierre Paparemborde, Maurício Coelho
Referee: David Smortchevsky (Canada)
Touch judges: Bryan Arciero (Canada), Sam Langridge (Canada)
