Gambia U20 head coach Abdoulie Bojang has praised the efforts of his players after their 1-0 victory against Nigeria on Monday helped them progress to the final of the U-20 Africa Cup of Nations for the very first time.
The Young Scorpions have been in superb form throughout the tournament, and Adama Bojang’s seventh-minute effort and goalkeeper Pa Ebou Dampha’s Man-of-the-Match performance were more than enough to give them the desired victory.
The Gambians will now face fierce rivals and neighbours, Senegal at the Cairo International Stadium on Saturday for a chance to lift the title.
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“I am proud of my players who keep writing the history of our football,” Bojang said on the CAF website.
“It is extraordinary, magnificent, satisfactory and much more than that. We have scored 10 goals in this competition without conceding. We’re a small country which now plays in the tournaments.
“It is a deserved victory. We will fight for the title against Senegal. Senegal is winning everything right now. We must prevent them on Saturday.”
The Young Teranga Lions and the Gambia have been the two best teams at the U-20 AFCON as thre highest-scoring teams and are the only sides yet to concede in the tournament.
