JAMES NALTON celebrates Ruben Blades’s song Patria – played before Panama’s game against Ghana — a song inspiring hope instead of hate
JAMAICA and Aston Villa forward Leon Bailey is arguably the best player in the Concacaf region of international football, but as the Jamaica men’s team approached their Nations League semi-final with the United States on Thursday night, Bailey and several other stars were missing.
According to Jamaica coach Heimir Hallgrimsson, Bailey was dropped due to missing a curfew while with the squad during the previous international window in November.
But the Villa winger has since revealed that he has decided to step away from the national team.
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