INSIDE GRENADA JANUARY 21, 2008 by Lester Smith 21.01.08 GRENADA gained a confidence-boosting 2-1 win over Guyana’s Golden Jaguars on Sunday when the teams clashed in an international friendly game at the GCC ground, Bourda, ahead of their World Cup Qualifiers this year and in front of a large crowd. The Spice Boyz were well-organised and consistent both with their team play. As promised the Grenadians proved difficult opponents for a Guyana team which did create quite a few scoring opportunities, but just could not outscore their rivals, to come away victorious. Grenada, through hard work against a skilful Guyana side, played a pressing game as the team demonstrated a high level of fitness, the focus of training over the past six (6) weeks at the Grenada National Stadium. All along the the Spice Boyz were equal to the tasks against their opponents and an opportunity presented itself when midfield player Cassim Langaigne collected a through pass after running into a free space and unleashed a left-foot shot to the far corner, beating Guyana’s goalkeeper Richard Reynolds in the process for a 1-0 advantage, much to the disappointment of the large crowd. Guyana’s continued aggression was notable but their fluency was wanting. At the same time the defence of the Grenadians was being marshalled by right wing back Mark Marshall who is also the current National U-23 Skipper, along with the experience of full-back Patrick Modeste, did solved the problems of the Guyanese strikers. Guyana did get to level the score when Shawn Bishop who made no mistake in sending a well-placed shot to score on the stroke of halftime. With the game evenly balanced, Grenada was getting the better of the exchanges. They played with assurance and balance when they were moving from defense to attack. Not too long, it was Dennis Renee who had come on to replace another striker, Kitson Bain, and it paid dividends as Renee was able to give his team the winning goal. In the 70th minute, Dennis Renee lashed home goal number two from a cross ball. Grenada’s head coach Morris Wilson summed up the game this way, “Grenada got more than what they bargained for, taking into consideration they had been training for only six weeks: and Guyana is higher-ranked team than Grenada. Jamal Shabazz, the technical director for the Guyana team said: “everybody would be disappointed that we lost and they should be. Grenada will return home on Tuesday to continue preparations before their first World Cup Qualifier against US Virgin Islands scheduled to be played in Grenada on March 26, 2008.