Gambia coach Lamine Sarr believes his side can beat Ghana on Thursday and bundle the defending champions out of the African Youth Championships currently underway in South Africa.
The Young Scorpions narrowly lost their opening Group B game to Cameroon in Dobsonville on Monday.
But Sarr believes his hugely talented boys will beat Ghana and Nigeria in the subsequent game to advance to the quarter-final stage.
"I know the quality of players I have and we are not afraid of any team, we are stronger than them and all being equal we will win our two last matches and qualify for the semi finals," Sarr said.
The Gambians play holders Ghana who also lost their opening group game to African-rivals Nigeria.