Gambia’s U-20 Coach Omar Sise is upbeat that his side can finish the work started three weeks ago by securing a convincing win when his charges host the Shooting Stars of Sierra Leone in the return leg of the African Youth Championship qualifiers.
The Young Scorpions will be heading into tomorrow’s encounter at the Independence Stadium as favourites following their 2-0 first leg win in Sierra Leone. Kickoff is at 4.30pm and the winner will face Morocco in the next stage of the qualifiers.
“We have almost reached the final stage of the preparations; as you can see in today’s training, we did some tactical review, which is positive and we going to demonstrate it,” Sise told journalists in a pre-match press conference on Thursday after the team’s penultimate session ahead of the game.
As to what the status of the boys were both mentally and physically, Sise said all the players were fine and ready to face Sierra Leone who were expected in town yesterday as we went to press yesterday. “All the players are fit and ready for the game.”
The late or early coming of the visitors, he told reporters has nothing to do with the team’s preparations, adding that they are only looking forward to a convincing win. “I am going to focus very much as how to attack and defend in order to win the game. We are focusing on the three points and we are working hard and praying to get that.”
Pa Omar Babou, assistant captain said the mood in the camp is calm and the boys are very confident of winning the game to earn the public’s respect and love. “All that we have to do is to come out and implement what we have been taught at the training ground,” he said, while calling on the fans to come out and give the needed support to the team.
by Alieu Ceesay
