Scorpions Coach Tom Saintfiet has happily expressed his satisfaction about the training camp organized for his charges in Algarve, Portugal where the Scorpions would hone their skills for a ten day duration.
Speaking to the GFF media at the end of the team’s forth training session, Saintfiet said he now has Nineteen (19) players on session while expecting a few others to join in the camp. The latest batch of arrivals include Vice Captain Omar Colley and defender Muhammed Mbye.
“I am happy that the GFF could arrange this training camp in this kind of tough period. It is incredible because the organisation was not easy but we are here at a fantastic infrastructure. The hotel is suitable and accommodated every player with their private rooms for security reasons of the COVID-19″. Saintfiet also described the Victoria Beach and Sport as a top class facility in the South of Portugal with “good food, decent training grounds and a great weather of 26 degrees“.
Out of the 19 players currently in camp while a few are expected on Thursday, Saitfiet said 7 new players that have never played for the National team. Noah Sonko, Sainey Njie, Musa Juwara, Salifu Senghore, Robin Utseth Bjornholm Jatta, and Abdoulie Sanyang are all been invited for the first time. “The boys are very motivated as they are working together and all giving a good impression“. He said the team has a lot of young faces which he commended as a very good mix. 
On Goal keepers, Coach Tom Saintfiet said Modou Jobe’s absence will see the two young contenders make their first debut for the national team. “Babucarr Gaye and Salifu Senghore are already in camp and none of them have ever played for the national team and looks likely that Babucarr Gaye is going to make his debut for the Scorpions against Congo and hopefully Sheikh Sibi can arrive on Thursday and if he does, then he can probably play the game against Guinea Conakry“.
He thanked the accompanying staff for assisting in logistics. “I am very satisfied with the people on board and the staff with thanks to GFF“. He nonetheless noted that the two opponents for the warm matches are strong contenders. “It will be an experiment during the games. It will be tough opponents for sure to play with an inexperienced group but at the moment this helps us. We had previous experience in Morocco where a lot of young players came and we kept some very good talents overall. This is a very good experiment to try out new players, so I am very satisfied“, Saintfiet disclosed.
The team had Four training sessions since the start of camping on Monday 5th October 2020 while expecting to hold one session on Thursday afternoon prior to the first game on Friday against Congo (Brazzaville). “We will have a recovery session on Saturday morning for the boys who played more than 45 minutes while the others will have more intense sessions. On Sunday, probably one or two sessions, depending on how many players we still have and on Monday one session before finally playing the second game against Guinea Conakry on Tuesday” he concluded.
