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Boyz blank All-Stars 2-0

Hue

A LACKLUSTRE PERFORMANCE by the Reggae Boyz left a sparsely-populated National Stadium begging for a taste of the real thing after yesterday's Gold Cup send-off game with the National Premier League All-Star team ended in a 2-0 scoreline.

The Boyz looked slow going forward, not really outplaying the All-Star Premier League team, who in truth had opportunities to make the game interesting.

Easy tap-in

"If we had scored one of the two simple goals, it could have been different, I mean Wolry Wolfe got an easy tap-in goal. The key factor is that we only trained for an hour, which is not an excuse because we got five, six opportunities," said coach Geoffrey Maxwell, who commended his All-Stars for a good, clean, open game.

Jermaine Hue was the bright spark for the national contingent, smashing in two goals (35th and 51st) in exquisite fashion.

In truth, the Jamaicans were without six of their regular players and Downswell was cognisant of this fact in the wake of the team's performance.

Training session

"I've seen some players technically and tactically. We used this just like a training session that we would have had," said Downswell who said he would be picking his 22-man squad today.

Hue scored a brilliant free-kick from 25-yards out on the right side of the field, curling the ball into the far corner and leaving goalkeeper Richard McCallum well beaten.

His second came when he received a beautiful pass from Omar Daley that he controlled well and struck ferociously, again into the far post, this time against Julian McLeish.

The talk of the day however, was the way that the All-Star team opened the back line of their national counterparts.

"They created a number of chances against us. I think a little bit of complacency set in because this is the first time that so many chances have been created against us," said Downswell.