The
Gambia have intensified their quest to win their qualifier games to fancy their
chances of qualifying for their first-ever Africa Cup of Nations to be hosted
in Cameroon in 2019.
The
Gambia are in group D of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers alongside
Algeria, Benin and Togo.
The
Scorpions are set to begin their 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers away to
Benin in June 2017 in Porto-Novo, before hosting Algeria in their second match
in March 2018 in Banjul.
Coach
Sang Ndong will be expecting to blend several key foreign-based players with
consistent home-based players to assemble a formidable squad for the 2019
Africa Cup of Nations qualifier matches against Benin, Algeria and Togo.
These
encounters should see The Gambia through for a place in the continent’s biggest
football fiesta for the first time in their history since the inception of the
tournament in 1957.
Coach
Sang Ndong also hopes to play series of international friendly matches to
strengthen his squad for their opening qualifier fixtures against Benin in June
2017 in Porto-Novo.
It
would be recalled that The Gambia beat Central Africa Republic 2-1 in their
second international friendly game played in March 2017 in Rabat, Morocco.
Striker
Modou Secka Barrow and Mustapha Carayol were on target for the Scorpions in
their second international friendly match against Central Africa Republic after
losing to Morocco CHAN in their first international friendly in Rabat, Morocco,
in March 2017.
