Head Coach Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko says he’s happy to have his Gambia U20 players in Alieu Gibba and Salifu Colley back as they made a difference despite Real de Banjul’s goalless draw with Steve Biko on Monday evening. The Estonian coach was without the services of Alieu Gibba, Salifu Colley and Muhammed Jobe who were part of the Gambia U20 team that finished runners-up at the just concluded 2023 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt. “Without them and with them, we are completely different, it’s obvious. We are all happy that they are back healthy. Now they can focus on the league to help us because they are really, really good players”, Zahovaiko said after the 0-0 draw. The City Boys could only pick a point from the game which Zahovaiko said his side should be contended with. “We have to be satisfied with the one point, it’s positive that we didn’t concede any goal. It was obvious before the game that we are going to have a lot of problems because of the ground condition. I think both teams can play much better attractive football than what we just saw. There was a lot of fighting and unpredictable bouncing of the ball, it’s not nice to watch this kind of football.” The 41-year-old coach believes his side could’ve snatched the victory with the chances his side created but the pitch conditions weren’t good, saying: “In the second half, we had two good chances with Salifu Colley who almost had a one-on-one with the keeper and Abdoulie Ceesay. We managed to play even with this ground but for the league, I think this type of pitch is not good.” He added: “We spoke about the ground before the game and the message was, it is going to be a character game today so, we have to show character. We were also counting on the set pieces but the opponent was defending very well. I think it’s a fair score line”. The City Boys missed the services of midfield enforcer, Muhammed Jobe and teen star striker Abdoulie Baldeh who are both nursing injuries at the moment. Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko and his charges sit second on the GFF League table with five points behind leaders Falcons FC who played a game more.