ANOTHER GAMBIAN TEAM WITHDRAWS FROM CAP QUALIFIERS IN A MONTH AND FINED $1000

The Gambia U-20 male football team who were recently lost to Morocco two weeks ago in Cassabalaca has also withdraw from the ongoing competition and were also fined $1000 by CAF, thus means the team will not be competing in the second leg of the qualifiers when they should host Morocco on the 11^th August 2012 at the Brikama Box Bar mini stadium.

The U-20 has joined the list of second Gambian team after the U-17 to withdraw from CAF qualifying round campaign in the space of a month. This withdrawal was disclosed to the press and the public on Friday by the vice chairman and the spokesperson of the GFA normalization committee Alhagie Omar Sey.

According to the GFA spokesperson Omar Sey said “the reason for the withdrawal of the U-20 from taking part in the returning leg was as a result of lack of fund to host the Moroccan team presently and also the team is not the least prepared for the game.  The money needed for the preparation of the game is more than the money we should give it to the players for their last match allowances”.  Omar Sey explained.

However, this paper has confirmed that the defeated U-20 has already plan to boycott the returning leg in Banjul if their match bonuses remained unpaid. Subsequently therefore, the GFA normalization committee decided to withdraw the team from the competition and attributed it to lack of fund available in the GFA complex and any other place that can bring money for the game.