{"id":18011,"date":"2024-04-05T00:53:19","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T00:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=18011"},"modified":"2024-04-05T00:53:38","modified_gmt":"2024-04-05T00:53:38","slug":"golden-jaguars-show-grit-despite-opening-defeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/golden-jaguars-show-grit-despite-opening-defeat\/","title":{"rendered":"Golden Jaguars Show Grit Despite Opening Defeat"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>By Eric Collymore<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guyana&#8217;s senior men&#8217;s football team, the Golden Jaguars, displayed commendable determination in their opening match of the FIFA series tournament, earning praise from head coach Jamaal Shabazz despite a one-nil loss to Cape Verde in Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shabazz expressed disappointment with the result but emphasized his satisfaction with the effort demonstrated by the squad. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He highlighted the team&#8217;s resilience, describing their performance as &#8220;very encouraging.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reflecting on the match, Shabazz acknowledged the early setback of conceding a goal just three minutes into the game. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, he commended the team for sticking to the game plan and identified areas for improvement moving forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the standout performers of the match was goalkeeper Quillan Roberts, whose exceptional saves kept Guyana competitive throughout the game. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shabazz lauded Roberts&#8217; contribution, recognizing his pivotal role in maintaining the team&#8217;s competitiveness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking ahead, the Golden Jaguars will face Cambodia in their next match on Tuesday, March 26, with kickoff scheduled for 15:00 Guyana time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the defeat, Shabazz remains optimistic about the team&#8217;s prospects and is confident that they will continue to demonstrate resilience and determination in upcoming matches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reporting for NCN News, Eric Collymore highlights the Golden Jaguars&#8217; fighting spirit and the positive outlook of head coach Jamaal Shabazz following their opening match defeat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Eric Collymore Guyana&#8217;s senior men&#8217;s football team, the Golden Jaguars, displayed commendable determination in their opening match of the FIFA series tournament, earning praise from head coach Jamaal Shabazz&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":18012,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18011"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18011\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18013,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18011\/revisions\/18013"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}