Lorik Vial

Goalkeeper - AS PSI
9 Oct 2027
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Marked for Lorik Vial

52 Edition

The AS PSI Chronicle

26 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match26 Jul 2027

AS PSI are in among the leaders

Position 2 and 51 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.

Market26 Jul 2027

Eyes on Issa Malloum Issa again

The phone has started ringing about Issa Malloum Issa again, and this time the name on the line is US Moursal. AS PSI are listening politely and promising nothing.

Squad26 Jul 2027

Words exchanged at AS PSI

Brahim Goudja and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Squad26 Jul 2027

AS PSI count the cost of losing Issa Malloum Issa

21 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.

Transfer targets26 Jul 2027

Door shut on David Diazayisua Mamona

AS PSI asked and Renaissance said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Squad26 Jul 2027

Words at AS PSI training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jefferson Ramos is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

The dugout26 Jul 2027

The manager makes an example of George Wallace

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

The dugout26 Jul 2027

Mahamat Adam Ali gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Mahamat Adam Ali is on it.

Market26 Jul 2027

The Nassar Koulelengar question follows AS PSI around

Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Nassar Koulelengar’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.

In brief

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39 Edition

The AS PSI Chronicle

26 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

The dugout26 Apr 2027

Lorik Vial says AS PSI went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad26 Apr 2027

A falling-out at AS PSI

Brahim Goudja and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad26 Apr 2027

Words at AS PSI training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Félix Noubara is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

The dugout26 Apr 2027

Nassar Koulelengar gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Nassar Koulelengar is on it.

The dugout26 Apr 2027

Mahamat Adam Ali knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Mahamat Adam Ali trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

Market26 Apr 2027

The Brahim Goudja story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Brahim Goudja signs something — a contract at AS PSI or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

In brief

27 Edition

The AS PSI Chronicle

1 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market1 Feb 2027

AS PSI say no — this time

The offer from Etoiles du Mande for Mahamat Adam Ali was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Boardroom1 Feb 2027

Deadline passes with 5 signed and 0 gone

That is the business done at AS PSI until the window opens again. Whether it was enough will be answered on Saturdays rather than in a column, and the first Saturday is close.

Squad1 Feb 2027

Brahim Goudja 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 AS PSI this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings1 Feb 2027

Both jobs done by Ali Issa Blagué — 7.37

A midfielder is measured on whether the team functions when he is on the pitch, which is nearly impossible to see and completely obvious in retrospect. 14 actions, 7.37, and a manager who will not be substituting him again in a hurry.

Match30 Jan 2027

Mahamat Adam Ali the difference as AS PSI beat Elect Sport

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Mahamat Adam Ali. 1‑0 against Elect Sport, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

Market1 Feb 2027

George Wallace already looking beyond AS PSI

He signed expecting a bigger stage than the one he found. It has not taken long, and it has not taken the dressing room long to notice either.

Squad1 Feb 2027

Words at AS PSI training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Félix Noubara is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

The dugout1 Feb 2027

No hiding place for Marius Doungous

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Marius Doungous, and the manager let it.

Squad1 Feb 2027

Lorik Vial signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Lorik Vial and AS PSI agree another 3 years.

In brief