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November 21, 2014
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Boyz just need time, says Schäfer |
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![]() Jamaica's Reggae Boyz, Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) president, Captain Horace Burrell (left standing), head coach Winfried Schäfer (fifth right standing) and other JFF staff members celebrate winning the 2014 CFU Men's Caribbean Cup final. - Paul Clarke MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica (CMC): Jamaica's head coach, Winfried Schäfer, says discipline, team spirit and adequate preparation are factors which helped propel the Reggae Boyz to another CFU Caribbean Cup title on Tuesday night. Jamaica outshot Trinidad and Tobago 4-3 on penalty kicks after scores were locked 0-0 following regular and extra time in the finals at the Montego Bay Sports Complex. "This is a team with very good spirit, big discipline and very strong, and today was the highlight of it," noted Schäfer. "I hope everybody knows now what is possible in Jamaica when we have good preparation, when we have good time with our team, good service for our team; only then we can make success." The Reggae Boyz' victory over the Soca Warriors was the sixth time they have won the CFU Cup and their second title in the last five years. In 2010, they defeated Guadeloupe, also on penalties, in the final staged in Martinique. "This team is fantastic, everybody should be proud of this team," said Schäfer during a post-game interview. "I'm very proud of this team. I have won the African Cup, the Caribbean Cup, the Dubai Cup, I'm very proud of my team, they are fantastic and we have to do all that is necessary for this team, or else we go down (regress)". "The aim of the team was to win the tournament," declared an excited Schäfer. "The players went over the limit despite their many problems and fatigue, and they did everything to win the cup." The top four teams from the Caribbean Cup, including third-place Haiti, who beat Cuba 2-1 in the bronze medal match, had already qualified for next summer's CONCACAF Gold Cup. The victory also guarantees Jamaica's participation in a special edition of the 2016 Copa America Centenario slated for the United States.
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