The US Moursal Sentinel
Market5 Oct 2026
Youssouf 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.
Player ratings5 Oct 2026
Goukouni Abakar scores twice — 8.61
Two goals and a mark of 8.61 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Youssouf Oumar is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 17 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.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Youssouf Bechir 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.
Boardroom5 Oct 2026
Graduation day at US Moursal
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Words at US Moursal training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Appolinaire Djingabeye 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.
Market5 Oct 2026
One of our own: Issa Mahamat joins the US Moursal first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Issa Mahamat is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market5 Oct 2026
US Moursal promote Ezechiel Hissein from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ezechiel Hissein 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.
Market5 Oct 2026
US Moursal promote Djibrine Mbainaissem from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Djibrine Mbainaissem 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.
In brief
- The dugout No hiding place for Narcisse Youssouf
- Squad Youssouf Oumar slips down the pecking order
- Loan watch Saleh Abakar counts the days