The Baby Scorpions lost to Senegal 3-1 in their opening match before rubbing shoulders with the Young Lone Star, who slipped to Senegal 2-1 in their opening group match.
The Gambia and Liberia both required a win to navigate to the semi-finals of the sub-regional junior biggest football showpiece.
The Baby Scorpions made a stunning start to the match and dominated Liberia in the midfield, creating many goal scoring opportunities.
Francis Gomez gave The Gambia the lead in the 23rd minute of the match from an astonishing strike.
Gomez extended The Gambia’s lead in the 29th minute of the match from a thunderous strike to complete his brace.
Baboucarr Susso netted the third goal for The Gambia in the 58th minute of the match before Liberia scored an own goal in the closing stage of the match to earn the Baby Scorpions a resounding 4-0 win over the Young Lone Star.
The Gambia finished second-place in Group A of the 2024 WAFU Zone A U-17 football tournament with 3 points after two group matches.
Liberia finished bottom-place in Group A of the WAFU Zone A U-17 football championship without a points after losing all their group matches.
