FINAL UPDATE: The game will be played. Surely Canada won’t screw this one up, right?
Update II – 6:59pm
Now official. Cuba has exactly 11 players tonight.
— Gerry Dobson (@SNGerryDobson) October 12, 2012
Update I – 6:54pm
Through a translator, a Cuban staff member just told us that 16 players traveled to Canada for the qualifier. The plot thickens. #CanMNT
— Arash Madani (@ArashMadani) October 12, 2012
If what I’m checking is correct, NONE of Cuba’s starting XI tonight played or was even on the bench when they played #canMNT in June.
— Gavin Day (@gavinlday) October 12, 2012
Breaking news out of BMO field as it appears the Cubans only have 11 players available for tonight’s WCQ clash.
Apparently there’s an emergency meeting going on right now with FIFA. Been told Cuba only have 11 players here. — John Molinaro (@JohnMolinaro) October 12, 2012
FIFA official confirms to @arashmadani that Cuba only had 11 players here. — John Molinaro (@JohnMolinaro) October 12, 2012
Absolutely NO excuses tonight boys. Give em hell.
“Surely Canada won’t screw this one up, right?”
Well, you jinxed it now. I am ready for the worst 0-0 of my entire life.
Fuck that. Lets pound them.
No excuses.
Does that mean 5 of those original 16 players have deserted? I guess it makes sense not to bring your best XI when you’re anticipating that half of them will sneak off in the night, never to be seen again. I feel sorry for the Cuban football association, I really do.
I feel sorrier for Cuban players. Screw their FA