Michael Findlay has challenged Bermuda’s players to be fearless when they face Guinea in their final Fifa Series Saudi B encounter at the Abdullah Sports City, in Jeddah, today (4pm).

Bermuda face a difficult task in their quest to end their participation in the inaugural competition on a positive note as they take on a side who made it to the quarter-finals of this year’s Africa Cup of Nations and are ranked 95 places higher in the Fifa world rankings.

Findlay’s side made a bright start to the Saudi Arabia trip as they subdued a resolute Brunei 2-0 on Friday with goals late in the match from Aunde Todd and Djair Parfitt-Williams, but their task against Guinea looks much tougher with the African team beating Vanuatu 6-0 in their opening match in the Middle East.

“I think first and foremost it will be the way we apply ourselves, our attitude and our mentality,’’ Findlay said.

“We have to start testing ourselves against these type of teams if we have aspirations of becoming better ourselves.

“There are some mindset standards that we have to make and we have to play with no fear, compete and fight, which is the first order of the day. After that it will be about being organised when we’re out of possession, being compact and not being drawn into getting unbalanced.

“When we have the ball, we have to play to our strengths. We've shown over the last number of matches that we have the ability to posses the ball for long periods of time and dictate the tempo. But this will be a better test for us because we expect Guinea to apply pressure early in a high position, so we have to have to be responsible with the ball and hopefully we create chances at the other end

“It’s important that we take advantage of this Fifa Series because we’re playing teams of quality. This is all about preparing for June, so that’s how we’re applying it and we’re looking to be able to test ourselves against a country with such a reputation, with real quality.”

The Bermuda coach got the opportunity to scout his latest opposition when they played Vanuatu.

“It provided some insight for us obviously as it relates to how they set up and what their qualities are,’’ he said.

“After the first half, the game deteriorated a little bit because Vanuatu were not that strong. They definitely showed some fitness issues and the game got away from them unfortunately.

“Guinea are a very accomplished side, very organised, and very physically dominant. They like to play in a very swift forward movement, they like to push the ball forward and they have lots of qualities, so it’s going to be an incredible challenge for us.”

To give the players ample time to be in the best possible condition, Bermuda had an early training session on Sunday in preparation for the clash.

“Everybody seems to be in very good condition,’’ Findlay told The Royal Gazette.

“We had really good session this morning [Sunday] and we've given them a longer period of time to rest before the match.

“One of the challenges of international football is being able to put two games together, because there’s such a short amount of time between matches within a Fifa window.

“It has a lot to do with their application, responsibility and professionalism, making sure they get the rest when we apply it. The regeneration programme is very important and hopefully they’re in good condition for the match.”

While all the players are available for selection, Findlay indicated that some players were carrying mior niggles.

“We have one or two players that we’ll assess in the morning,’’ he said.

“Some have muscle strains that we’ll wait for the medical staff’s opinion in the morning. We have to be careful with those because we don’t want to endanger them returning to their clubs, so we’ll take that into consideration when we make our final decisions.”