The US Moursal Sentinel
Squad4 Oct 2027
15 days out for Oumar Bechir after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. US Moursal will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Match2 Oct 2027
No end in sight to US Moursal's wait for a win
7 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at US Moursal has to find a result from somewhere.
Market4 Oct 2027
Ali Bechir 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.
Squad4 Oct 2027
Words exchanged at US Moursal
Hassan Allamine 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.
Boardroom4 Oct 2027
5 academy graduates step up at US Moursal
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Squad4 Oct 2027
Idriss Adoum signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Idriss Adoum and US Moursal agree another 2 years.
Squad4 Oct 2027
Words at US Moursal training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Trésor Feumba 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.
Market4 Oct 2027
US Moursal promote Abdramane Abakar from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Abdramane Abakar has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market4 Oct 2027
Oumar Hissein steps up from the US Moursal academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Oumar Hissein has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Narcisse Allamine joins the US Moursal first team
- Match A bad afternoon for US Moursal against Gazelle
- The dugout Oumar Oumar gets it from the manager