Beenhakker: ‘Warriors ready for Panama’

Beenhakker spent the last month trying out different players before coming up with his current squad and has expressed satisfaction with the state of the team. Team skipper Dwight Yorke and his teammates were allowed to relax their muscles yesterday evening before taking up duty again at the Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva this morning.

While the team completes its final touches for Panama, team administrator George Joseph jets off to Monterrey, Mexico today to ensure conditions are in place for the team’s arrival next Monday before the "Warriors" clash with the hosts two days later.

"I know how we will play Panama on Saturday," Beenhakker said. "We have done our work and over the past few weeks we have tried different things and seen the players and now we have come up with what we have now."

"The guys have worked very hard and they know what is required of them in order to get the success we all want," Beenhakker said.

The Panamanians are scheduled to arrive in the country on Thursday just after 8 pm. Carrying the whistle in Saturday’s encounter will be Jamaican Peter Pendergast with countrymen Anthony Garwood, Ricardo Morgan and Raymond Pine also officiating on the evening.