Kwesi Mugisa, Staff Reporter

Jamaica's Romario Campbell falls after being challenged by El Salvador's Fabricio Torres (left) during their under-20 practice match at Ferdie Neita Park, Portmore, yesterday. The match ended 0-0. - Winston Sill/Freelance Photographer

Jamaica's young Reggae Boyz played to a 0-0 draw against El Salvador at the Ferdie Neita Park yesterday. In the process, they wrapped up a two-game friendly international series with a 1-0 aggregate result.

The Under-20 team had previously edged out their Central American counterparts at the Harbour View Mini Stadium on Friday.

In a cagey affair last night, striker Alanzo Adlam's rasping 20th-minute shot, driven all along the ground, provided the first real bit of action in the balanced game, but El Salvador 'keeper Oscar Arroyo was alert enough to keep the attempt out of his net a full stretch.

Danger man

The quick forward was again the danger man 15 minutes later. Adlam took the ball down in the area and played it into the path of strike partner Andre Clennon. The forward, who looked a little casual in his approach, found only the legs of a scrambling Arroyo despite having an open net.

El Salvador saw their best opportunity come on the stroke of half-time as a giveaway by the Jamaican backline, ended up at the feet of striker Ricardo Rojas, whose well-struck, dipping shot from just inside the area was just kept out by a back-pedalling custodian, Andre Blake.

"We took a different approach to this game. Tactically we treated it as an away game, so we were a bit more patient in our approach," said coach of the Jamaica team, Donovan Duckie.

Good play

"Winning the series was very important to us, however. The team played very well and I think this gives a good foundation moving forward," he added.

"We have a few things to work on. Our positioning will have to get better, the speed of play and our concentration," he said.

Despite a loss for his team overall and failing to put away a few second-half chances, El Salvador coach Jose Norberto Huezo saw the games as productive.

"We lost but it was very good practice. I think we played well but we will have to work on our finishing. This sort of game is to build our confidence," he said.

"They are a big, physical team, similar to Panama who we have to play so it was good practice for us," he added.