The Gambia hammered South Sudan 5-0 at the El Hodoud Stadium in Alexandria on Friday afternoon to storm into the last four and set up a date with record champions, Nigeria, in the semifinals today, Monday.
"We have already qualified to the World Cup and now we are looking for gold medal. But we have to win the Nigeria game so that we can reach the final and clinch the gold,” said Coach Lie Bojang during an interview with reporters on Friday.
He further said that during the last edition, they became bronze medalists and that this time they wanted to improve on that.
"The next opponent is Nigeria. It is a very important game. We have to forget about the South Sudan game.”
The former Scorpions midfielder added that they have to take it by game as they always did since the start of the tournament.
According to coach Bojang, securing a place in the semi-finals of the Africa U-20 Championship and World Cup are important for his Young Scorpions.
"Coming into the tournament, playing four matches, scoring nine goals without conceding a goal and qualifying for the World Cup, I think that is a big achievement," Bojand said.
He further said that their primary objective was to qualify for the World Cup.
