🎥 :Following the Scorpions’ 🦂 2–1 win over Somalia in Match Day One of the PAMOJA AFCON 2027 qualifiers, Head Coach Johnathan McKinstry described the atmosphere at the Independence Stadium as “unique.”
This is the Scorpions’ first home game at the stadium in five years.
🎥: Scorpions Head Coach Johnathan McKinstry says he was confident ahead of The Gambia’s 4–2 comeback victory over Ghana in Accra, revealing that his starting XI had been decided three weeks before the match.
🗣️ “We prepared our starting eleven three weeks before the Ghana game.”
Team selection is one of the biggest dilemmas facing any football coach.
For The Gambia’s Scorpions head coach, Johnathan McKinstry, and his technical staff, several factors are worth exploring when examining how they make crucial decisions before and during a match.
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Scorpions head coach Johnathan McKinstry# has stressed the importance of home support in international qualifiers, saying it can contribute significantly to a team’s chances of winning.
Home teams win over 70% of their games in the continent.
Gambia U20 coach Abdoulie Bojang has expressed disappointment with how his side defended set pieces in their 3–1 friendly defeat to Senegal U23 at Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor
The Young Scorpions conceded from set-piece situations, an area Coach Bojang says the team must improve
Gambia U20 head coach Abdoulie Bojang says he is massively disappointed with how his side lost 3–1 to Senegal U23 in an international friendly at Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor in Dakar. Coach Bojang admitted that the Young Scorpions made mistakes that need to be addressed
On September 12, 2023, Badamosi scored a dramatic late goal in a 2–2 draw against Congo Brazzaville, helping the Scorpions secure their second-ever AFCON qualification.
Three years later, on September 25, 2026, he once again rose to the occasion this time with a last-gasp header
🎥:🇬🇲 Gambian captain Omar Colley was delighted to return to the Independence Stadium 🏟️ for the first time in five years, playing in front of the home fans once again.
He also congratulated the Scorplings on their heroic WAFU A U17 final victory over Senegal
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🎥 POST-MATCH REACTIONS:
Badou also shares his thoughts after the Scorpions’ 🦂 hard-fought 2–1 victory over Somalia 🇸🇴 in the AFCON 2027 qualifiers at the Independence Stadium.
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🎙️ Gambia midfielder Mamadou Bajo said it is an amazing feeling to play in front of the home fans at the Independence Stadium, as the Scorpions 🦂 returned home with a 2–1 victory over Somalia in their AFCON 2027 qualifier.
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🎥 WATCH: A HISTORIC RETURN FOR KINTEH
For the first time in 14 years, former Gambia Football Association (GFA) President Seedy M.B. Kinteh has returned to the Independence Stadium 🏟️ to watch football.
Kinteh served as president of the then GFA from 2005 to 2012.
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The Minister of Youth and Sports, Bakary Y. Badjie, expressed his delight at witnessing the long awaited reopening of the Independence Stadium, as the Senior Scorpions 🦂 launched their AFCON 2027 qualifying campaign with a 2-1 win over Somalia.
Im humbly requesting that His Excellency @BarrowPresident decorate Hassoum Ceesay, our eminent Gambian historian. Hassoum is truly a national treasure. He deserves to be celebrated & honoured in his lifetime for his immense contribution to preserving & telling The Gambia’s story.