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FFB: Coaching Changes Were Expected
posted (July 11, 2013)
So while the team readies itself to play against Costa Rica in a game scheduled for Saturday, they also have to plan how they will approach the game. But one of the main criticisms coming from the fans of national team is that their defensive formation was changed.

Under the former Coach, Le Roy Sherrier Lewis, the team positioned themselves in the 3 5 2 formation, which saw quite a bit of success. International coaches praised Belize's grasp of this setup which earned them the respect of the international community as a defensive heavyweight.

Now, under Coach Ian Mork, the team arranges itself using the 4 4 2 formation, and football experts have said that they did not grasp it well enough to perform at their peak in the US game.

Today, we asked FFB President Ruperto Vicente about that criticism, and he said that this change, while significant, could not be avoided since each coach has their own tactics.

Ruperto Vicente - President, FFB
"This is the risk we run when we change coaches and that's the reason I had chosen to continue with Coach Lewis when we returned from Costa Rica but he decided not to stay and had we stayed with that coach it would have been a lot better for us at this time. Getting a new coach, I understand they will not all have the same strategy and this is the risk you run when you change coaches. Any coach we would have gotten would have changed the formation of the team and that is what happened here. Obviously our players may not have adapted but that's where we're at and there's nothing we can do about that now but moving forward we will be working closer with our National Team players and making sure that we maintain that coach for a long period of time."

The team has 1 day and a half to regroup prepare themselves to play against Costa Rica, the champion out of the 2013 Copa Centroamericana Tournament, where Belize placed fourth.

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