AFCON 2021 Warm-Up: Algeria, Gambia Match Cancelled Due To Covid 19

AFCON 2021 Warm-Up: Algeria, Gambia Match Cancelled Due To Covid 19 Sampson Adedeji An African Cup of Nations warm-up game between defending champions Algeria and Gambia was called off hours before kick-off in Qatar on Saturday after several Gambia soccer players tested positive for the coronavirus, BSNsports.com.ng can report. Both teams are set to play in the African Cup in Cameroon, which starts next Sunday with doubts that it should go ahead amid the pandemic and so soon after the emergence of the omicron variant. Gambia said 16 players more than half the squad were unavailable for Saturday's game and it could not field a goalkeeper. Its soccer federation didn't mention the virus, only saying the players couldn't play because of ``unforeseen circumstances.'' But Qatar Football Association organizers said the match was called off due to ``positive cases of COVID-19 in the Gambia camp.'' The Gambia is due to make its African Cup debut but it is unclear how many players may be forced into isolation ahead of its opening game against Mauritania on January 12.