The Djoliba Courier
Player ratings21 Dec 2026
A brace, and Boulkassoum Diarra takes the afternoon — 8.61
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Boulkassoum Diarra provided it, and the 8.61 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Squad21 Dec 2026
Oumar Coulibaly in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Djoliba this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match19 Dec 2026
Boulkassoum Diarra sends Djoliba past US Forces Armees
It finished 3‑1, and it was Boulkassoum Diarra’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Djoliba.
Squad21 Dec 2026
No hiding place for Zoumana Simpara
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Zoumana Simpara, and the manager let it.
Squad21 Dec 2026
Sékou Diarra falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Match19 Dec 2026
Boulkassoum Diarra answers US Forces Armees immediately
Conceding is one thing; the response is what tells you about a dressing room. Boulkassoum Diarra had Djoliba level again within 3 minutes, and US Forces Armees never got to play with a lead at all.
Player ratings21 Dec 2026
Amadou Soumaré runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 16. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad21 Dec 2026
Djoliba pick somebody else ahead of Kénan Glougbé
There is no complaint available here and everybody involved knows it, which does not make the walk to the bench any shorter. Form is the only currency in football that cannot be borrowed against.
Player ratings21 Dec 2026
Cheïbane Traoré changes it off the bench
He was not in the side at half past three and he had settled it before five. Half an hour, and Djoliba had a different afternoon.
In brief
- Market The Lassana N'Diaye question follows Djoliba around
- The terraces The press cannot get enough of Boulkassoum Diarra
- The terraces Boulkassoum Diarra has his own song now