The Baby Scorpions thrashed The Gambia U-15 team 3-0 in their final warm up match played at the National Technical Training Centre in Old Yundum on Tuesday before travelling to Senegal for the sub-regional junior biggest football showpiece.
The Gambia U-17 team will use the upcoming days to prepare themselves physical fit for their clash with the Guineans.
Coach Yahya Manneh and his Baby Scorpions charges will contend to win all their group matches to cruise to the semi-finals of the 2024 WAFA Zone A U-17 football tournament.
The Gambia won the Africa U-17 Cup of Nations trophy twice in 2005 and 2009 respectively.
The Baby Scorpions qualified for the FIFA U-17 World Cup twice in 2005 and 2009 respectively.
Meanwhile, Coach Yahya Manneh has named his final twenty man- squad for the 2024 WAFU Zone A U-17 football tournament.
The players selected for the sub-regional junior biggest football championship are:
- Fallou Mbye-Saint Joseph UBS
- Momodou Kuyateh-LK Sabiji UBS
- Mbemba Jammeh-New Yundum UBS
- Abdou Wadou Sarr-KGH Sports FA
- Modou Mboob-Unus English School
- Fabakary Suso-Universal FA
- Kawsu Sanneh-Presentation School
- Muhammed Danso-KGH Sports FA
- Sambou Janneh-New Yundum UBS
- Bakary Badjie-Jarisu FA
- Alagie Baba Leigh-Etoile Lusitane FA
- Karamo Danso-Tahir SSS
- Samboujang Daffeh-Farafenni SSS
- Ahmed Njundu Kanyi-Sporting Supreme FC
- Bubacarr Suso-Tahir SSS
- Francis Gomez-Sibanor Utd
- Ismaila Sonko-Nasirr SSS
- Abdou Karim Sarr-Saint Joseph UBS
- Adama Sonko-Saint Augustine UBS
- Bakary Jammeh-Brikama UBS
