MONTEGO BAY, St James — Jamaica’s historic 0-0 tie against CONCACAF giants and Olympic champions Mexico, in their opening World Cup qualifying final round game at the Azteca stadium on Wednesday, will increase the pressure on the Reggae Boyz, according to goalkeeper coach Warren Barrett.

The former national goalkeeper, who was captain of the team that made an historic qualification to the FIFA World Cup in France in 1998, said while they basked in the glow of a job well done in taking a point from Mexico, it was not time to rest on their laurels as this was just the start.

On return to the country at the Sangster International Airport Thursday, Barrett told the Jamaica Observer, that while they were happy for the point, they don’t intend to be complacent.

“The other teams are now looking at us… the fact that we went into the lion’s den and came out with something, that alone will motivate them to come at us harder,” he said.

On the other hand, Barrett said the Boyz also had their work cut out for them going forward. “We too will continue to try and improve as the goal must be Brazil 2014,” he noted.

Barrett, who earned over 100 caps with the national senior team, said he felt that Jamaica was about to end their long string of futility in Mexico and said he was not the only one who felt it.

“As I told the players when we walked out on the Azteca, I said, ‘today is going to be a historic day’, I felt it, the coaching staff felt it, so we were not surprised by the performance (on Wednesday),” he said.

As Whitmore, who also arrived on Thursday, Barrett praised the attitude of the players and said it had a lot to do with how they performed. “From the moment we landed in Mexico we saw the (positive) attitudes of the players, even the players who were just joining us, they jelled immediately, the chemistry was good and that culminated in the excellent performance we saw last night,” Barrett said.

“The game could have gone either way, but I think we got the two easier chances during the game,” referring to chances that fell to Jobi McAnuff and Ryan Johnson in either half of the game.