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Africa-Press – Eritrea. <\/strong><\/span>The Gambia coach Tom Saintfiet says he wants the side to be \u201crespected\u201d and regular participants at the Africa Cup of Nations.<\/p>\n

The Scorpions, ranked 150th in the world, have reached the last eight in Cameroon on their tournament debut.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to develop this team in order to get respect in Africa and this is the best objective, because you can do a good tournament once and never qualify later, which isn\u2019t good,\u201d the Belgian said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are here to reach our limits, to build the team of the future, because I want The Gambia, not only in these quarter-finals but to be in 2023, 2025 [Nations Cups], and at the World Cup in 2026 when nine African countries will be able to participate.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Gambia\u2019s lowly position in the world rankings is underlined by the fact they began their Nations Cup qualifying campaign in the preliminary round, where they needed penalties to beat Djibouti back in October 2019.<\/p>\n

But the West Africans have been a revelation at the tournament, beating Mauritania and Tunisia to finish second in their group and then pulling off another upset in the last 16 against Guinea on Monday with another 1-0 victory.<\/p>\n

The Gambia remain unbeaten after four games at the tournament and now face hosts Cameroon in Douala in the quarter-finals on Saturday.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to learn and be better in the future,\u201d Saintfiet, 48, added.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut now that we are here, we want to stay for a long time. What happens on Saturday won\u2019t change a lot about our feelings but the team, the players and the staff we have one goal and we will see what is possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite their heroics so far at the Nations Cup, The Gambia will be back in preliminary qualifying for the 2023 tournament in Ivory Coast, facing Chad in a two-legged tie in March.<\/p>\n

Musa Barrow, who scored the winner against Guinea, says their run this year shows the continent\u2019s smaller countries are closing the gap to Africa\u2019s traditional heavyweights.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt means a lot because if you see this Afcon there are a lot of surprises,\u201d the 23-year-old Bologna forward said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfrican football developed \u2014 so many small countries have good players. We are happy to be a part of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Eritrea. The Gambia coach Tom Saintfiet says he wants the side to be \u201crespected\u201d and regular participants at the Africa Cup of Nations. 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