Ainstein not concerned with Waterhouse scoring woes

Waterhouse Football Club scored another 1-0 win in the Jamaica Premier League on Sunday over Racing United, their sixth in 11 wins under Argentine coach Javier Ainstein.

Ainstein has also guided the team to five draws, three of which have ended 1-1 and the other two goalless.

However, in most of those matches, the Drewsland-based team created tonnes of chances to come away with a more positive result.

Still, Ainstein is not concerned about his team’s profligacy, saying one goal is good enough to win matches.

“Always, we have a lot of chances and just take one, but with one goal you can win. This is our reality and we need to face it, but is a labour for all the team, even the ‘keeper. Everybody is working. If by 1-0, 1-0 we can get to the play-offs and semi-finals. It’s very good,” he said.

He reasoned that many things can happen in the moment to cause a player to miss a chance, like on Sunday against Racing, when they created numerous clear-cut opportunities but were kept out by the brilliance of Trinidadian goalkeeper Aaron Enill.

“Sometimes it’s the timing. Sometimes it’s which part of the foot you finish (with). Sometimes it’s the timing to finish, and sometimes it’s the ‘keeper.

“Today (Sunday) the ‘keeper of Racing was magnificent, because (he stopped) a lot of chances against (Cardel) Benbow, Colorado (Murray), Javane (Bryan), against (Neron) Barrow. Always the ‘keeper of Racing saving, saving. So we are not playing alone. We are playing against a good team, one of the best teams in the league.”

He was also pretty pleased with how the team was defensively solid throughout the match.

“Always, we try to take the possession, but today (Sunday) we needed to defend good because the challenge is to control (Nickyle) Ellis; and one of the challenge is to control number seven (Tajay Grant). These are very good players and we needed to do our job,” he continued.

Waterhouse are fifth in the league on 53 points, two behind Portmore and Racing. They are seven points adrift of second-placed Mount Pleasant and 12 behind leaders Montego Bay United.

Cavalier hold sixth spot with 48 points, with Dunbeholden (44), Arnett (43) and Chapelton (43) following closely.

Ainstein added that Waterhouse are dreaming of the title this season, but they must first secure their play-off spot.

“We are dreaming, and we need to keep dreaming and work for it, but we need to do it match by match and final by final. Now, we are in an urgency to qualify, because if today (Sunday) we not win, we are in trouble because everybody won today. The team is doing a great tournament and this is the moment of truth. So we have keep winning and taking points,” he said.

livingston.scott@gleanerjm.com