Marked for Brahim Abba
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad2 Oct 2028
Mahamat Allamine damages knee ligaments — 88 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 88 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Boardroom2 Oct 2028
Ahmat Moustapha has until the next board meeting
What was said behind closed doors has now been said in front of a microphone. Everybody at AS Algoy can do the arithmetic, including the man it is aimed at.
Boardroom2 Oct 2028
Crisis meeting at AS Algoy
The official line will be that it was routine. It was not routine, the timing says so, and every person in that room knows what the next bad result costs.
Boardroom2 Oct 2028
5 academy players handed senior numbers at AS Algoy
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad2 Oct 2028
Words at AS Algoy training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ezechiel Youssouf 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.
Market2 Oct 2028
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Djibrine Ndoram 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.
Market2 Oct 2028
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Brahim 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.
Market2 Oct 2028
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Marius Abakar 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.
Market2 Oct 2028
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Abdoulaye Haroun 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.
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Crisis
Boardroom7 Aug 2028
The scrutiny sharpens at AS Algoy
Nobody upstairs has said anything, which is the loudest thing they could do. Results buy silence in this game; the account at AS Algoy is running low.
Match7 Aug 2028
AS Algoy sink to position 13
5 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Boardroom7 Aug 2028
Ahmat Moustapha has until the next board meeting
What was said behind closed doors has now been said in front of a microphone. Everybody at AS Algoy can do the arithmetic, including the man it is aimed at.
Market7 Aug 2028
“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 AS Algoy, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad7 Aug 2028
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 Algoy this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad7 Aug 2028
At 27 the improving is meant to be over. It is not: 3 points better than the mark taken at the start of the year, which is the sort of thing that happens to players who take the boring parts of the job seriously.
Squad7 Aug 2028
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Oumar Oumar and AS Algoy agree another 1 years.
Market7 Aug 2028
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. AS Algoy will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
Squad7 Aug 2028
Mahamat Tokindang loses the manager who believed in him
A change in the dugout is not one story, it is twenty-five of them. This is Mahamat Tokindang's: he was somebody's player, and now he has to be somebody else's, starting from nothing.
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Crisis
Market5 Jun 2028
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad5 Jun 2028
A muscle injury sidelines Ezechiel Youssouf for 16 days
Nobody makes a documentary about a hamstring and everybody in the game fears one. AS Algoy will be careful with the return date, because the second one is always worse than the first.
Squad5 Jun 2028
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 Algoy this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
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Crisis
Match2 Oct 2027
No end in sight to AS Algoy's wait for a win
16 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at AS Algoy has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad4 Oct 2027
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 Algoy this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom4 Oct 2027
5 academy players handed senior numbers at AS Algoy
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad4 Oct 2027
Abdoulaye Djimet 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.
Market4 Oct 2027
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Abdoulaye Doungous 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
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Marius Ngaradoumbe 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
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ali Mbainaissem 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.
Market4 Oct 2027
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Marius Haroun 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.
Match2 Oct 2027
Renaissance left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
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Crisis
Match20 Feb 2027
No end in sight to AS Algoy's wait for a win
10 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at AS Algoy has to find a result from somewhere.
Match20 Feb 2027
Chastening afternoon for AS Algoy
A 2‑6 beating by Gazelle was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.
Match22 Feb 2027
AS Algoy sink to position 11
10 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Market22 Feb 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what AS Algoy can pretend not to have heard.
Market22 Feb 2027
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Abdoulaye Doungous will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around AS Algoy the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Player ratings22 Feb 2027
One scored and one made, which is a different afternoon from scoring twice and an easier one to overlook. Marked 7.97, and involved in 2 of his side's goals.
Match20 Feb 2027
Oumar Djimet among the goals in a wild afternoon
8 goals in one match, Oumar Djimet on the scoresheet, and a scoreline that will look like a misprint. Neutrals could not have asked more of AS Algoy and Gazelle.
Squad22 Feb 2027
Mahamat Tokindang was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad22 Feb 2027
Words at AS Algoy training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Abdoulaye Djimet 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.
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Crisis
Match30 Jan 2027
Chastening afternoon for AS Algoy
A 0‑4 beating by Aiglons was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.
Market1 Feb 2027
“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 AS Algoy, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market1 Feb 2027
The bid was some way short and AS Algoy did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Match30 Jan 2027
7 matches without a win for AS Algoy
The run now stands at 7, and the questions being asked around AS Algoy are no longer polite ones.
Squad1 Feb 2027
Abdramane Doungous was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad1 Feb 2027
Mahamat Tokindang 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.
Squad1 Feb 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Oumar Oumar, and the manager let it.
Boardroom1 Feb 2027
Nobody left the AS Algoy dressing room in a hurry
The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.
Loan watch1 Feb 2027
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at AS Algoy, and 11 appearances in 25 say he has earned the hearing.
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Crisis
Market18 Jan 2027
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad18 Jan 2027
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Market18 Jan 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Match16 Jan 2027
5 matches without a win for AS Algoy
The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around AS Algoy are no longer polite ones.
Squad18 Jan 2027
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 Algoy this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match16 Jan 2027
CotonTchad left with the points after a 2‑4 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad18 Jan 2027
Mahamat Tokindang 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.
Loan watch18 Jan 2027
“I did not go to Renaissance to sit and watch. I want to come back to AS Algoy and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 21 matches say the rest.
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Uneasy
Squad4 Jan 2027
A one-man rearguard from Brahim Abba
There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Market4 Jan 2027
The name of Abdoulaye Djimet has come up in conversations AS Algoy were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Market4 Jan 2027
“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 AS Algoy, and it is not being withdrawn.
Match2 Jan 2027
The wait goes on for AS Algoy
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.
Squad4 Jan 2027
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 Algoy this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Words at AS Algoy training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ezechiel Youssouf 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.
Loan watch4 Jan 2027
“I did not go to AS DGSSIE to sit and watch. I want to come back to AS Algoy and fight for my place.” 5 appearances in 19 matches say the rest.
Match2 Jan 2027
It needed Abdramane Abba to find the net to bring anything home at all: 1‑1 against Renaissance, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.
Market4 Jan 2027
The Adam Oumar conversation is coming
Everyone has stopped pretending: Renaissance will make the call about Adam Oumar this week. AS Algoy have a number in mind, and the number is not shy.