The Gambia overcame France 2-1 to reach the last 16 and leave their illustrious opponents in all sorts of trouble.
The Gambia overcame France 2-1 to reach the last 16 and leave their illustrious opponents in all sorts of trouble.
The Gambia upset France to reach the knockout phase with a game to spare and leave their opponents on the cusp of elimination. The Young Scorpions raced in front when Adama Bojang’s shot ricocheted off goalkeeper Yann Lienard and went in off Bleuets defender Tanguy Zoukrou. Lienard saved France from falling further behind shortly into the second half. Florent Da Silva-Sanchez tripped Bakary Jawara inside the area, but Alagie Saine’s spot-kick was saved. Wilson Odobert quickly punished the miss, heading home to equalise after everyone had missed a free-kick to the back post, but Mamin Sanyang secured The Gambia victory by jinking his way past Jordan Semedo Varela and fizzing the ball home.
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9 It took France nine outings to lose to African opposition in the U-20 World Cup. They had won seven and drawn one of their previous encounters.
