Yus,

This will go down as the most significant shock in world football. The Gambia under-17 eliminating Ghana Under-17 is beyond soccer speculation. Gambians, abroad and at home, may not realise the significance of this victory, but it is a victory to be compared with Venezuela preventing Brazil a World  Cup place or Germany being eliminated by countries like Albania, Malta or Cyprus.
The Ghana under-17 had never missed a World Cup. Together with Brazil and Nigeria, they were the best under-17 in the world. This will be the first time since the inception of this tournament, that  Ghana will not be represented. Football pundits used to believe that the Ghanaian Team had a "fixed subscription" to this tournament. It is widely believed that they used to book a hotel in the host country long before qualifying.  
There is nothing to add but a big "Well Done"  to the Boys.


Prince   
  
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Yusupha Jow 
  To: [log in to unmask] 
  Sent: Sunday, July 09, 2000 7:41 PM
  Subject: Soccer: Gambia U17 knocks out Ghana


  Ghana has traditionally been the best U17 team in the world, bar none.
  Welll, the young Scorpions just did the unthinkable by knocking them out of
  the next U17 WC qualifiers.   Below is the excerpt:

  shock news for Ghana:
  in the prestigious U17 Afrcan championships which serve also as qualifiers
  for the U17 World Championships Ghana has been knocked out in an early stage
  knock out round by Gambia!  The tiny West Affrican state's selection had won
  the first leg at home 1:0 and achieved a 1:1 draw Saturday at Ghana. What
  sounds like a joke has been reported by CAF-online and the Panafrican News
  Agency. Ghana had been the most successful nation of the world at this level
  along with Nigeria and Brazil. The Nigerians escaped a similar scenario when
  they made up a 0:2 deficit from the first leg at Senegal by beating their
  opponents at home 3:0.
  South Africa, scared by a 1:2 loss in the first leg at little Equatorial
  Guinea, were helped by their opponents: they did not arrive at the stadium of
  the second leg. The case still has to be investigated on.

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