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Africa-Press – Gambia. <\/strong><\/span>Former Gambian international midfielder and now sports ambassador Tijan Jaiteh has expressed agreement with his former teammate, Aziz Corr, in calling for the nation to focus on the upcoming Afcon qualifier against Congo.<\/b><\/p>\n

Jaiteh said the country should not be distracted by Congo\u2019s national head coach, Paul Put, who was once Gambia coach, but instead concentrate on supporting the national team.<\/p>\n

He said all discussions should revolve around the reality that the team needs just one point to secure qualification for the Afcon. \u201cThe important thing is that our players have the necessary talent and determination to defeat Congo and secure all three points. I am urging the players to aim for victory in the crucial match and all Gambians to rally behind the team,\u201d Jaiteh told.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Gambia. Former Gambian international midfielder and now sports ambassador Tijan Jaiteh has expressed agreement with his former teammate, Aziz Corr, in calling for the nation to focus on the upcoming Afcon qualifier against Congo. Jaiteh said the country should not be distracted by Congo\u2019s national head coach, Paul Put, who was once Gambia […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":37958,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[2355,2361,260],"class_list":["post-37959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-gambia","tag-gambia"],"yoast_head":"\nTijan Jaiteh wants Gambians to focus on Afcon qualifier against Congo - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former Gambian international midfielder and now sports ambassador Tijan Jaiteh has expressed agreement with his forme ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/tijan-jaiteh-wants-gambians-to-focus-on-afcon-qualifier-against-congo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tijan Jaiteh wants Gambians to focus on Afcon qualifier against Congo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former Gambian international midfielder and now sports ambassador Tijan Jaiteh has expressed agreement with his forme ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/tijan-jaiteh-wants-gambians-to-focus-on-afcon-qualifier-against-congo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-06-27T19:05:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2023\/06\/sm_1687874822.741271.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"960\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/tijan-jaiteh-wants-gambians-to-focus-on-afcon-qualifier-against-congo#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/tijan-jaiteh-wants-gambians-to-focus-on-afcon-qualifier-against-congo\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Tijan Jaiteh wants Gambians to focus on Afcon qualifier against Congo\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-06-27T19:05:51+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/tijan-jaiteh-wants-gambians-to-focus-on-afcon-qualifier-against-congo\"},\"wordCount\":151,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/tijan-jaiteh-wants-gambians-to-focus-on-afcon-qualifier-against-congo#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2023\/06\/sm_1687874822.741271.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Gambia\",\"Gambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/tijan-jaiteh-wants-gambians-to-focus-on-afcon-qualifier-against-congo#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/tijan-jaiteh-wants-gambians-to-focus-on-afcon-qualifier-against-congo\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/tijan-jaiteh-wants-gambians-to-focus-on-afcon-qualifier-against-congo\",\"name\":\"Tijan Jaiteh wants Gambians to focus on Afcon qualifier against Congo - 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