PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD, CMC
BRAZILIAN RENE SIMOES, a former coach and technical director of Trinidad & Tobago's Soca Warriors, has celebrated the team's qualification for the 2006 World Cup in Germany.
"You have done it and I felt so proud and happy after watching the game on television. I think Mr (Jack) Warner and the entire team deserves everything now for what they have done," Simoes told the Trinidad & Tobago Football Federation website.
"Every Caribbean player must be proud of this achievement and they should always have the chance to show what they can do on a world stage. The quality is great and it was such a great feeling to see a small country make it to the big stage and show its potential to the whole world."
He added: "The great lesson out of this is that nothing is impossible when you believe in it and go for it."
Simoes led T&T's 2002 campaign to reach Japan/Korea, but left the job because of financial constraints on the TTFF.
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