SMART PLAY

JAMAICA’S Reggae Boyz will be in action at the National Stadium tonight, hosting Guatemala in their Concacaf Nations League A opener at 7:00 pm. Interim head coach Rudolph Speid says the main goal for his team is to play smart, adapt, and do the basics well.

“It’s a performance where we do everything correctly as the needs arise,” Speid said during a pre-match press conference on Thursday morning. “What we have tried to do is to talk about adaptability. So, whatever needs to be done, we’ll be doing it. We’re going to try to play properly — we’ll do what we have to do in the right moments.”

Speid, who was in charge on an interim basis for the World Cup play-offs in Mexico last March, and the Unity Cup in London in May, returned on an interim basis last month but he has had only three days of training with the squad in this international window. He dismissed concerns about the short preparation window and questions about his own coaching future.