Mahamat Doungous

Central Defender - US Moursal
13 Apr 2027
Tuesday
Process

Marked for Mahamat Doungous

35 Edition

The US Moursal Sentinel

29 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

The wait goes on for US Moursal

10 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.

Market

Issa Moustapha hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what US Moursal can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Behruz Soatov 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 US Moursal this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

No hiding place for Oumar Doungous

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

Loan watch

Adam Abba counts the days

“I watch every US Moursal game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Foullah Edifice runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.

Player ratings

The afternoon belonged to Djibrine Souleymane

A mark of 7.73, and nobody in the ground would argue with it. He was involved in everything that mattered and most of what did not.

Match

US Moursal share the spoils with Elect Sport

A 1‑1 draw with Elect Sport leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.

Squad

Oumar Doungous left out for tactical reasons at US Moursal

The shape wanted a different profile against this opponent, which is a real football answer and no comfort at all to the man it is about. He did nothing wrong and he did not play.

Squad

Moussa Mahamat has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at US Moursal will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

In brief

Back issues
13 Edition

The US Moursal Sentinel

26 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

Nowhere to hide for US Moursal

0‑3 against Galactik, and no complaints that would survive the replay. The manager spoke about character afterwards; the terraces used shorter words.

Market

Ahmat Moustapha puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at US Moursal, and it is not being withdrawn.

Player ratings

A chastening introduction for Mahamat Doungous — 5.77

It is a hard way to meet a crowd. Marked 5.77 on the day he was handed the shirt, and the important thing now is what the next one looks like.

Match

The wait goes on for US Moursal

4 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.

Match

The goals have deserted US Moursal

4 matches, no goals, and a training ground that has tried everything. It will end — droughts always do — but nobody at US Moursal can tell you which week it ends in.

Squad

Behruz Soatov 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 US Moursal this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Oumar Doungous 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.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Abdramane Bechir

“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.

Boardroom

Doors closed at US Moursal

The music was off and the showers ran late. What was said in that dressing room stays there, but Saturday will publish the minutes.

In brief