Do or die for minnows

ByEurosport

Published 16/11/2005 at 15:57 GMT

Trinidad and Bahrain stand on the verge of history on Wednesday, the winner entering the World Cup finals for the first time ever. Bahrain would become the smallest nation ever to qualify while Trinidad will be only the second English-speaking Caribbean s

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Bahrain has a population of around 600,00, 500 registered footballers, no professional league and just two stadiums.

The Bahrainis go into the second leg without midfielder Mohammed Salmeen and defender Abdullah Al Marzooqi, both of whom are suspended and who were key players in their run to the final play-offs.

Luka Peruzovic says he will not be playing for a scoreless draw, which would see them through:

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"We cannot play for 0-0 from the beginning, to try and save ourselves. No way," he told PA Sport.

"We are going to play our match, as we are used to doing and, hopefully, we will go to the World Cup. We have a great chance to go through."

With both nations eduring gruelling long-haul trips, Bahrain coach Peruzovic is concerned about his side's fitness levels.

"I know they are young boys, so they are in good physical condition and they recover easier, but it is not human, for both teams.

"Physically and mentally it is very, very tough."

Trinidad's all-time greatest player Dwight Yorke thinks they have the ability to "put things right" after the 1-1 draw in Port of Spain.

"We have been training extremely hard and trying to put things right and trying to motivate these lads in a positive way." Yorke said.

"Everybody knows the situation here, there's no secret about it, but if we play to our capabilities there no problem there."

"We know exactly what we have to do. We put ourselves in a situation where we must score a goal to go through and with the firepower we have up front, we know we are capable of doing that.

"This is not a team to underestimate (Bahrain). They came to our stadium and played really well. We must give Bahrain credit, they did their homework and they sort of shut us down very quickly and made it difficult for us and they got an important away goal.

"But again, no need to panic. There's 90 minutes of football to be played and all we need to do is score a goal and the whole ball game changes."

Bahrain v Trinidad is live on Eurosport.com/uk from 17:00cet!

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