By beating Angola, the Belgian qualified his team for his very first CAN.
Tom Saintfiet will probably soon have his statue in the center of Banjul, the capital of The Gambia, or at the foot of the Bakau stadium. This is where the Belgian coach, who will turn 48 this Monday, has just written the most beautiful page in the history of Gambian football.
With Sulayman Marreh (Ghent), Bubacarr Sanneh (loaned by Anderlecht to Aarhus) or Omar Colley (ex-Genk) on the lawn, the Scorpions were able to exult after 90 stressful minutes and free themselves from a huge weight, to one day at the end of the playoffs …
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