Gambia
National team head coach Sang Ndong has said his side made a perfect start to
their 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers away to Cameroon, but lost
concentration after conceding a controversial penalty before break.
Coach
Ndong was speaking to the media shortly after his side’s 2-0 defeat to the
Indomitable Lions in the continent’s biggest football fiesta on 3 September
2016 in Limbe.
The
Scorpions coach stated that his side made an excellent start to the game and
possessed the ball perfectly before Cameroon scored their first goal from the
penalty spot.
He
stated further that Cameroon’s first goal “really killed the spirit” of his team.
Coach
Ndong revealed that 18 players were invited for the Cameroon clash twelve of
whom were local-based and six foreign-based players. He however travelled with
seventeen players.
The
coach pointed out that striker Mustapha Carayol could not make the trip to
Cameroon due to his transfer from Middleborough to Nottingham on the day of
transfer deadline.
According
to coach Ndong, left-back Alieu Jatta was sick and could not play the game. He
was therefore left with sixteen players for the game against the Indomitable
Lions.
