The Gazelle Garoua Courier
Squad14 Sep 2026
The knee: Jean Moukoudi out for 71 days
71 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Gazelle Garoua lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Match12 Sep 2026
Nowhere to hide for Gazelle Garoua
1‑4 against Canon Yaounde, and no complaints that would survive the replay. The manager spoke about character afterwards; the terraces used shorter words.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
No sign of nerves from Sony Farell Evina at 20 — 7.78
The hardest thing about being 20 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Sony Farell Evina did not need any: 7.78, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Djakao Barka is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 21 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Marcel Djialeu 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.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
No hiding place for Djakao Barka
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Djakao Barka, and the manager let it.
Boardroom14 Sep 2026
Doors closed at Gazelle Garoua
The music was off and the showers ran late. What was said in that dressing room stays there, but Saturday will publish the minutes.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
Michel Moukandjo faces the questions
“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Michel Moukandjo after 1‑4, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Nobody could get near Marius Kalgong
Successful dribbles: 15. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
In brief
- Squad Words exchanged at Gazelle Garoua
- The dugout No place in the plan for Mathieu Ngansiri
- Player ratings Wanre Daikreo on a tightrope all afternoon