Ninety minutes separate the Gambia from qualifying for their first ever African Youth Championship Finals after 54 years of organised Football in the country.

The Gambia National U-20 would set a new space in Gambian Football if they book their ticket to the finals of the African Youth Championship to be held in Congo Brazzaville next year.

The Gambia, who would be hosting their Malian counterparts tomorrow Saturday in the return leg of the last round of the qualifiers, need only a goal less draw to go through.

After a 1-1 draw in Bamako some three weeks ago, the Gambia U-20 is paved with all the support needed to finish their mission in Banjul.

With the home advantage coupled with a large cheering crowd, Coach Bonu Johnson and his boys have every thing they need to be the second Gambian team to qualify to a major African Championship after the U-17 in 2003, who booked their place in the Championship in Mbabane, Swaziland.

At press time last evening, the Malians were yet to arrive in the Gambia and according to reports reaching Pointsport, no information has been received from them in connection to their arrival and even the list of their players was not communicated to the Gambia Football Association.