Gambia vs Cameroon confirmed lineups as Choupo-Moting, Ekambi and Aboubakar start Afcon quarter-finals
Gambia will aim to cause the upset of the Africa Cup of Nations as they take on hosts Cameroon in the quarter-final on Saturday evening.
The underdogs’ head coach Tom Saintfiet is being realistic about their chances. But the team have had impressive results so far in this campaign and they aren’t counting themselves out.
“Naturally we had ambitions but we could not have imagined this,” Sainfiet told Sky. “We knew we had qualities after winning our qualification group against Angola, DR Congo and Gabon. They’re all respected countries but we never had experience of a big tournament.
“Being in the quarter-finals, we like the taste of being here. We’d like to stay for a week longer but let’s now see what happens against Cameroon.”
Gambia is without Yusupha Njie after he was handed a red card against Guinea. On the injury front, Ablie Jallow misses this quarter-final game after he limped off the pitch and Noah Sonko Sundberg missed the match against Guinea with injury. Sonko however has recover and starts against Cameroon.
The hosts, on the other hand, haven’t suffered major injuries at the tournament and so they have the pick of their team.
Confirmed line-ups
Gambia XI: Gaye; Bobb, Gomez, Colley, Janko; Jagne, Badamosi, Marreh, Touray; Sonko, Barrow
Cameroon XI: Onana; Tolo, Onguéné, Ngadeu, Fai; Gouet, Kunde; Choupo-Moting, Moumi, Toko Ekambi; Aboubakar
