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Scorpions arrive in Accra for training camp ahead of AFCON Qualifiers

Jun 7, 2017, 1:11 PM | Article By: Lamin Darboe

The Gambia National team better known as the Scorpions have arrived in Accra, Ghana, for a five-day training camp prior to their 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers away to Benin on Sunday 11 June 2017, in Cotonou.

The Scorpions are set to clash with Squirrels in the continent’s biggest football gala qualifiers opener this weekend after missing the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations hosted in Gabon.

The Gambia will use the five-day training camp in Accra, Ghana to prepare themselves fit enough  and ready for their all -West African derby clash with Benin for a place in the continent’s biggest football fiesta to be hosted in Cameroon in 2019.

Coach Sang Ndong and his charges will be fighting to win all their qualifier matches to fancy their hopes of qualifying for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations after failing to qualify for the 2017 edition in Gabon.