[log in to unmask] >From: Kemo Toray <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: SV: The Incident: From a Players prospective. BBC >Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 10:48:22 +0200 > >IKKE SENSITIV > > >Does Anybody knows the e mail address of british embassy in Gambia. > >kemo touray > >-----Opprinnelig melding----- >Fra: Solomon Sylva [mailto:[log in to unmask]] >Sendt: 9. juni 2003 16:23 >Til: [log in to unmask] >Emne: The Incident: From a Players prospective. BBC > > >Gambia blame fans for defeat > >Exclusive by James Copnall BBC Sport in Dakar > >Gambia star Seyfo Soley says his team mates struggled to concentrate on >their match against Senegal because of the incidents involving Gambian >supporters. > >Dozens of Gambian fans were injured in clashes with soldiers and Senegalese >supporters during Saturday's Nations Cup qualifier in Dakar. > >Midfielder Soley said he and his team mates couldn't believe what they were >witnessing. > >"We don't expect things like that," Soley told the BBC. > >"Many of our players could not play today, because of why? Because many >Gambians are injured. > >"The supporters were fighting, the soldiers were beating our guys. That is >not normal." > >Soley and his team-mates were kept informed of the problems their fans faced >throughout the match. > >Nevertheless, Gambia captain Ebou Sillah admitted there were other reasons >for the defeat that will almost certainly deprive the Scorpions of a first >ever Nations Cup finals appearance. > >"It was the early goal that really caused us problems," Sillah told the BBC, >talking about Lamine Diatta's 6th minute header. > >"The trainer told us not to concede a goal in the first fifteen minutes, and >we conceded in the first five minutes. That was the big problem." > >The Scorpions can also count themselves unlucky to have been deprived of key >players Jatto Ceesay and Edrissa Sonko, but Sillah was making no excuses. > >"We did everything we could, but we made big mistakes, and in football if >you make big mistakes you are going to be punished." > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: >http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l >To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >[log in to unmask] > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L >Web interface >at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l >To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >[log in to unmask] > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface >at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~