Dominican Republic reaches new heights

The Dominican republic which stands undefeated for the year in part due to lack of friendly matches, has reached new heights by qualifying to the second round of the Caribbean Cup formerly know as the Digicel Cup. As stated before it’s a first for the island nation’s national Football team to defeat the likes of Dominica which eliminated them from the previous Caribbean Cup in 2010. The Dominican Republic defeated the host Barbados 2-1, tied with Aruba 2-2 and got its much awaited match against Dominica in which the Puerto Rico’s Islanders forward Jonathan Fana scored twice in one of his best performances yet to propel the DR. to the second round of the competition. These acomplishments are expected to to bring the DR. withing the group of FIFA/ Coca Cola's 100 footballing nations ranking. In the second round the DR. is to face the likes of Guadalupe, Martinique and an energized

 Puerto Rico.

Dominican Republic beats Barbados 1-0

The Dominican Republic defeated Barbados 1-0 and will have to face the island of Dominica to consolidate its place as leader of group 4 which will give them a guaranteed pass to the next round of the Caribbean Cup. The match was a much contested one which had fans on both sides in desperation. In the end it was at the 85^th minute when the Dominican player Pedro Nunez scored the sole goal of the match to secure the supremacy of the Dominican team in its group. The best 4 teams in this tournament qualify to the Concacaf Gold Cup.

We won’t forget nor forgive

The day is almost upon us when the Dominican Republic finally gets to face Dominica in the field of battle, to avenge their elimination at the previous Digicel Caribbean cup. For reasons we can only speculate about, the schedule for the group 4 matches were revised so that the “Bachata boys” will face Dominica on Sunday September the 23^rd of which there is no doubt that the Dominicans are very happy about. The Digicel Caribbean cup is a preliminary competition to the Concacaf Gold Cup, for which there are four places available for the Caribbean Islands.

Real Madrid’s woes

Besides the rumors about Cristiano Ronaldo not being happy at the team Real Madrid which at the moment stands at the 9^th place of La Liga, may have a hard time catching with Barcelona, which is at the top of the table. It seems like the act of bringing Modric to Real Madrid may be to alleviate the pressure on Mourinho to do something about the sleepy team.

Dominican Republic reaches new heights

The small nation has been making strides in the world of Football thanks to their talented Footballers the pressure being put on the Dominican federation on the part of Dominican football fans whom are becoming ever demanding. The recent surge is also due to the better than usual outcomes like the great job done by the Dominican U20 team in their past qualification matches in which they were undefeated but eliminated to not gaining the needed points. Also it should be noted that the national team did a great job in the World Cup qualification matches which in the end they were again unable to make enough points. ! Keep up the good work, and good luck in the Digicel Caribbean Cup!