AFCON
No Retreat, No Surrender Says Gambia’s Coach, Saintfiet Despite Guinea Loss –
Gambia coach Tom Saintfiet remains defiant about their Africa Cup of Nations chances despite Friday’s 1-0 defeat to Guinea in Group C.
Speaking after the loss, Saintfiet conceded Guinea were better in the first half before Gambia improved after the break.
“In the first half Guinea were stronger but in the second period we raised our level more,” the Belgian stated.
“I’ll stay positive because we did it against a difficult, quality team like Guinea.”
Saintfiet felt Gambia created openings and were unfortunate to have a goal disallowed before Guinea’s winner.
“The goal against us was unexpected. I thanked the players because I can’t speak negatively about the team I lead,” he added.
Despite two defeats, Saintfiet refuses to surrender hope for Gambia, saying: “We’re still alive, the situation just got more complicated.”
“We can still qualify with three points in our next game,” insisted the Scorpions’ boss.
Saintfiet identified scoring goals as key to beating Cameroon in their final group match.
“We haven’t scored yet so to win we have to find goals against Cameroon,” he said.
The Belgian reiterated he never called Guinea the group’s weakest side, stating: “The weakest in Group C is Gambia, Guinea are the most dangerous.”
Despite the odds, Saintfiet retains belief his side can pull off a famous upset to reach the AFCON knockouts.
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The hopes of Libya securing a 2025 Africa Cup of Nations ticket seem to have gone up in smoke. This is the sequel to the 2-1 defeat that Rwanda inflicted on the Benin Republic on Tuesday evening.
With the result, Libya’s position is further cemented at the bottom of the table. Nigeria, even with an outstanding match, still leads with seven points.
They are followed by Benin Republic who have six points. Rwanda followed with five points.
The star men were Innocent Nshuti and Djihad Bizimana who scored in the space of two minutes as Rwanda came from behind to defeat Benin 2-1 at Amahoro Stadium on Tuesday, October 15.
Rwanda’s defeat of Benin Republic is not just their first win in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying series, the victory terminates a 12-year winless streak against the Cheetah of Benin.
It is also a renewal of their hopes of qualifying for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations. But they still have two more games to play.
The German made two changes from the side that started against Benin last week as Samuel Gueulette and Emmanuel Imanishimwe came in for Kevin Muhire and Claude Niyomugabo respectively.
The press release on Tuesday by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) may have lifted a burden off Nigeria as the match with Libya is considered postponed rather than the Super Eagles refusing to play.
The continental body remarked that the matter would be referred to the competent CAF bodies.
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