The
2015-2016 Gambia Football Federation domestic division one league champions
Gambia Ports Authority are bracing up for their
crunch 2017 CAF Champions league first leg clash at home to Ivorian
vice-champions Sewe Sports next month in
Banjul.
The
ferry boys are occupying fourth place in the country’s top flight with 12
points in seven league matches and are currently embarking on massive
preparations ahead of their crucial first leg tie with Sewe Sport next month.
Coach
Alagie Sarr and his charges will be
rebellious for a positive result against the Ivorian side in the first leg
clash in Banjul next month to enhance their chances of reaching the second
round following their elimination in the first round of the 2011 CAF Champions
by Senegalese premier league side Jaaraf.
Sewe
Sports are currently leading Ivorian premier league with 19 points in nine
league matches one point ahead of second place ASEC Mimosa with 18 points in
nine league matches and five points ahead of third- and fourth-place Afad and
Moosou with 14 points each in nine
league matches.
The Ivorian premier side are also preparing
physically and morally for the first leg tie with Gambia Ports Authority in
Banjul next month, and will be fighting hard for a positive result against the
ferry boys in the first leg in Banjul and finish the job in the second leg in
Abidjan, in a fortnight’s time after the first leg in Banjul.
It
would be recalled that Gambia Ports Authority clinched the country’s premier
league title last season after their terrific performance in the league
campaign, which earned them a place in the continent’s top tier football clubs
competition - the CAF Champions league.
