The Etoiles du Mande Sentinel
Squad5 Oct 2026
The step up is real for Bakary Cissé
At 22 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Tempers go at Etoiles du Mande
Tidiane Danioko 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.
Player ratings5 Oct 2026
The afternoon belonged to Méry Camara
A mark of 7.34, and nobody in the ground would argue with it. He was involved in everything that mattered and most of what did not.
The dugout5 Oct 2026
The manager’s verdict
“I am frustrated, honestly. We did enough to win and we did not win.” Bakary Malle was not hiding it after 0‑0, and nobody in the Etoiles du Mande dressing room was either.
Boardroom5 Oct 2026
No investment in the facilities at Etoiles du Mande
Nothing about this will be in a press release. A plan went upstairs, came back rejected, and the version of the club that would have existed in three years' time just quietly stopped being possible.
Player ratings5 Oct 2026
Lassana Diarra was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 13. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Match3 Oct 2026
Etoiles du Mande draw a blank against AS Korofina
The crowd waited for a goal that never came. AS Korofina defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.
Looking ahead5 Oct 2026
Ibrahim Sidibe goes back to face US Forces Armees
Every squad has one of these fixtures for somebody every season. This one is Ibrahim Sidibe’s: the club that knew him first, the supporters who will decide in the first minute whether to applaud, and Etoiles du Mande needing him to play as if none of it matters.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Ousmane Simpara makes his debut at 20
At 20 years old, Ousmane Simpara became the latest name off the academy production line to be handed a senior shirt.
In brief
- The dugout The plan did not have a place for Ibrahim Sidibe
- Squad Méry Camara says his piece
- Looking ahead Etoiles du Mande host US Forces Armees