T&T end with 1-0 victory

Trinidad and Tobago exited the Digicel Caribbean Cup Finals tournament with a win as they overcame a feeble Martinique side in what was the final game for both teams as they propped up Group H of the Digicel Caribbean Cup.

With both sides knowing that their Digicel Cup journey was over, they took to the field to ensure their sense of pride was restored somewhat as they looked to gain a first victory.

For Martinique, the pressure of a home crowd was daunting, but for the Trinidad coach, Russell Latapy, it may be more a question of his position as leader should they fail to impress in their final game.

While Steve Gustan was again looking dangerous for Martinique, it was Trinidad's Devorn Jorsling who had the first real chance of the match after a fine run and cross by Hughton Hector put the forward in a one-on-one with keeper Eddie Heurlie, but his lobbed effort was tame and was cleared easily.

Kevin Molino was next up for Trinidad when he raced clean through from the right wing but he seemed to see his name in headlines first as he dragged his shot wide of the far post when he had time to at least make Heurlie work to save his effort.

Trinidad were rewarded after only two minutes inside the second half when Hector came on to a precise cut-back from the right by Wolfe, and side footed his effort with great confidence into the top left corner of the net.

On 64 minutes, Trinidad should have made it 2-0 when Keon Daniel laid a golden chance for Jorsling, who miskicked from five yards and saw his bobbled effort go wide when it seemed simpler to score. On 68 minutes, Kevin Parsemain had the best chance of the half for Martinique, but his header went wide.

Jorsling again had a chance for Trinidad on 74 minutes, but his valiant diving header after a great cross from skipper Clyde Leon was easily held by Heurlie.

Heurlie was again the hero four minutes later as Kendall Jagdeosingh, only on the pitch for two minutes, raced clean through for a one-on-one situation, but the keeper stood tall and waited until the last minute before making his decisive pounce to save.