The Scorpions of The Gambia will begin a double header friendly football international against the Maurabitones of Mauritaniatoday with the second encounter to be played on Saturday. Both games will be played at the Independence Stadium in Bakau.
The firendly will act as a preparatory game for the Scorpions Brazil 2014 World Cup qualifier against star studded Ivory Coast at the Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny in Abidjan on the 23rd March. Mauritania is not in any active competition after being knocked out at the preliminary stages of the World Cup qualifiers, but the game will serve as a preparation for their campaign in the 2014 CHAN competition. And ahead of tonight's game, the Gambia Football Association (GFA) Monday held a joint press conference with its Mauritanian counterpart at the Bamboo Hotel in Kololi.
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