Trinidad and Tobago's Dwight Yorke. - REUTERS
ROTENBURG, GERMANY (AP)
THE TOWN SQUARE was filled with sand, tropical trees and flags from Trinidad and Tobago.
The players from the smallest country ever to make the World Cup were made to feel right at home as they arrived at their German base yesterday.
The small town of Rotenburg got a little Caribbean flavour at a pep rally welcoming the Trinidad and Tobago football team.
"It's great to have this kind of support," Trinidad forward Russell Latapy said. "But it's time to get ready to play."
Two German kids built a sand castle with a Trinidad and Tobago flag on top, others sang and danced along to a fight song for the Soca Warriors and there was even rum straight from Trinidad being sold alongside German beer.
"They really did a great job making us feel at home," said Brent Perryman, 30, who came to Germany with six friends to cheer on his team. "It seems that lots of people are adopting us because we're such a small country."
Standing a few metres away from Perryman was Gunter Heeke, who made the 200-kilometres drive from Rheine to the pep rally for the team from the island twin-nation of just more than one million people.
Heeke and 20 of his friends, including many teammates on his local football team, bought tickets for Trinidad's opener on June 10 against Sweden.
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