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Gambia News : Gambia’s Baby Scorpions jet back into Banjul from UK training

During their stay in England, the team lost two and won three out of the five matches they played in encounters with Under- 17 teams from the United States and football academies in the UK.

Their last encounter, to have taken place Thursday with Chelsea Academy, was cancelled at the last minute for some unknown reasons.

The squad’s three week sojourn in England is part of preparations for their participation in the junior world cup taking place in Nigeria this month.

In interviews given in a live sports programme broadcast Thursday over a local private radio, team members, their coach and captain spoke optimistically of their high expectations for the Nigerian venture following their British experience.

They attributed their early losses in the UK to the replacement of 11 members of the original squad after failing to qualify the age test conducted by FIFA. That was the original squad which won The Gambia its second African junior championships cup played in Algiers earlier this year.

However, after three weeks of training and playing together, they said a new formation has successfully been put into shape to embark on the world cup challenge in Nigeria with high hopes.