{"id":22932,"date":"2024-09-10T20:47:09","date_gmt":"2024-09-10T20:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=22932"},"modified":"2024-09-10T20:47:42","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T20:47:42","slug":"golden-jaguars-held-to-draw-by-10-man-martinique","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/golden-jaguars-held-to-draw-by-10-man-martinique\/","title":{"rendered":"Golden Jaguars Held to Draw by 10-Man Martinique"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Eric Collymore<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guyana&#8217;s senior men\u2019s football team, the Golden Jaguars, were forced to settle for a draw against Martinique in their Concacaf Nations League match on Monday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The result follows a lackluster performance and a previous disappointing game against Suriname.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Golden Jaguars initially took the lead in the 14th minute when Isaiah Jones, capitalizing on a pass from Kadell Daniel, scored his first goal for the national team. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The advantage was further solidified when Martinique&#8217;s Florent Poulolo was shown a red card for a handball, leaving the visitors with ten men.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jones added a second goal for Guyana in the 24th minute, bringing the score to 2-0. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, Martinique managed to pull one back just before halftime, making it 2-1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite holding a numerical advantage, Guyana struggled to maintain their lead in the second half as Martinique pressed hard, creating several opportunities to equalize. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Golden Jaguars also had their chances, with their closest attempt coming in the 59th minute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The game took a turn in the 86th minute when Rudy Varane scored for Martinique, leveling the match at 2-2. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This late goal ensured a hard-fought draw for the French-speaking team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the match, Isaiah Jones expressed his disappointment with the team&#8217;s performance, acknowledging missed opportunities and the need for improvement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He emphasized that the upcoming game against Guatemala on October 11 will be crucial, describing it as a &#8220;must-win&#8221; encounter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Golden Jaguars will need to address their performance issues as they prepare for their next challenge in the Nations League.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Eric Collymore Guyana&#8217;s senior men\u2019s football team, the Golden Jaguars, were forced to settle for a draw against Martinique in their Concacaf Nations League match on Monday. The result&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":22939,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22932","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\/22932","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=22932"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22932\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22940,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22932\/revisions\/22940"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}