The Gambians were celebrating on Wednesday after the Scorpions' historic 1-0 victory over Maurtiatnia in their first ever TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations appearance. A win by a lone goal from Ablie Jallow.
Hundreds of kilometers from the main Gambian cities and towns, in Déni
" Wednesday was joy as if
The Senegalese coach recalls that there was not much debate around Jallow, currently on the books of
"He had come to a tournament organized in Diambars and when our technicians came across him, they immediately flashed and the debates began to see how to welcome him," added Djiba, indicating that the Gambian international ' 'has a Messi profile'.
"Generation Foot had just got their hands on a very good prospect, he had to be pushed to work more, especially on the physical and athletic level", continued Djiba, the former player whose career was halted by injury in the early 2000s.
"Nobody doubted that he will shine in professional football, and Génération Foot counted a lot on him to win their first league title in 2016-2017", he added.
At the end of the season, Jallow joined FC Metz (
"I called on Metz leaders to be patient with him," recalled President
"I was convinced that he will explode at a very high level," said the president of Génération Foot, currently present in
"And we are happy to see him as the leader of his team," added
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Génération Foot had in their ranks the Cameroonian Landry Nguémo, the Malians Mohamed Niaré and
Jallow, after being loaned to AC Ajaccio (2019-2020), he has been playing since 2020 at FC Seraing, on loan from Metz.
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