Both coaches saw the two friendly internationals as a worthwhile exercise before upcoming World Cup qualifying matches, with Andrew Bascome pleased with the way his youngsters handled themselves.

Ten changes were made to the Bermuda team that drew 2-2 on Friday night and yesterday’s 2-0 win was the result of a better performance against a Grenada team that was forced to make two changes because of injury. Antwan Russell got the first and substitutes Rai Simons and Casey Castle combined for the second in second-half stoppage time.

“I was pleased with the performance the other night, too, it’s just that we had a player [Terrance Webb] sent off and couldn’t adjust,” Bascome said. “But I was pleased with the fact they held on and didn’t lose, and showed good character. Outside of the talent we always said they had, they were prepared to work hard, too.

“We looked at it as two legs. They scored on our home game and their two goals were worth more, so we had to win 2-0 or 1-0 and that’s how we took it psychologically. It was important I gave the players a fair look because they had been committed to training, so it was important that they were given a fair chance by the coach. That builds team harmony and we’re going to need these kids. It was no point bringing them back, playing them for ten minutes and then dropping them. If they’re worth the price of the ticket, then they have to go into the fire.”

Grenada, forced to replace centre back Mark Marshall and Wendell Rennie because of injury, were not as threatening yesterday and Bermuda had an easier time of it.

“It’s a work in progress, we definitely looked better on Friday night,” Grenada coach Lester Smith said. “We played almost like a fresh team and had to rest two of our starters from Friday night because of injury.

“All in all, it gives me as the coach a sense of direction as to what I have to correct and what changes I have to make to improve the squad. It’s a bunch of local lads and we’ll keep building when we go back home and will look at new players and new things. Fact is, I’m happy that we did maintain our shape. The first goal was a defensive blunder and lapse of concentration in defence. Good teams do that, capitalise on lapses like that. In the 45th minute of the second half, lack of concentration again, 2-0.”

Richard Todd, the National Academy director, was pleased with the Bermuda performances as players seized the opportunity to impress the coaches. “I think the two matches were exactly what we needed, match time to cap off the preparation and the coach the opportunity to look at players,” Todd said.

“There are a couple of things we saw on Friday that we wanted to fix and these matches allow us that opportunity. We have two matches on video that will be a good analytical too for us.

“The coaches will have a tough time to select and identify the team and we want to encourage the players who were on standby that they are still a part of the plans. Hopefully, the public were pleased with the performances and will come out and get behind them when we return from the Bahamas.

“Obviously, Grenada are out of season and they didn’t really trouble us a lot today. We will get better with each match, with the likes of Nahki [Wells], Reggie [Lambe], Jonté [Smith], Freddie [Hall] and Dale [Eve] coming in, I think it will elevate us to another level.”

Larry Mussenden, president of the BFA, was encouraged by what he saw. “Everybody should be proud of the team,” he said. “They worked very hard and it is a pleasure to see it turn into a victory today. I’m pleased with the crowd that did come out but there could be a lot more people here. I’m encouraging people to get their tickets early because we want to fill the stadium on the 29th.

“We want more people, more noise, more spirit ... everything.”