The Victoria United Sentinel
Player ratings30 Nov 2026
A brace, and Dilane Ekongolo takes the afternoon — 8.21
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Dilane Ekongolo provided it, and the 8.21 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Squad30 Nov 2026
Georges Iyem keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Victoria United may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad30 Nov 2026
Dérrick Anye Fru 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 Victoria United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The terraces30 Nov 2026
The crowd has taken to Dilane Ekongolo
At 22 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Match28 Nov 2026
Dilane Ekongolo sends Victoria United past Stade Renard de Melong
It finished 2‑0, and it was Dilane Ekongolo’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Victoria United.
Player ratings30 Nov 2026
Stanley Joseph shuts the door
Defensive actions: 20, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
In brief
- Player ratings Laurian Nguefack runs at them all day
- Squad Dérrick Anye Fru dropped after a run of poor form
- Squad Dilane Ekongolo named player of the week
- Player ratings Off the bench and decisive: Brayann Nana