The Cotonsport Garoua Chronicle
Squad19 Feb 2029
Abdouraman Daman damages knee ligaments — 36 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 36 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.
Player ratings19 Feb 2029
Up for the corner, and Frank Angong delivers — 7.91
Centre-halves are allowed forward twice a season and are judged on what they do when they get there. Frank Angong scored, was marked 7.91, and got back before anybody noticed he had gone.
Market19 Feb 2029
Félix Oukiné is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Cotonsport Garoua is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
The dugout19 Feb 2029
Kufre Eta frozen out at Cotonsport Garoua
This is not rotation. Kufre Eta has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Cotonsport Garoua is pretending otherwise.
Match17 Feb 2029
Nobody wins at Cotonsport Garoua
9 home matches unbeaten. Visiting sides arrive already talking about the atmosphere, which is usually the sign that they have half-lost before kickoff.
Squad19 Feb 2029
Allan Nyom 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 Cotonsport Garoua this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market19 Feb 2029
One of our own: Franck Moukoudi joins the Cotonsport Garoua first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Franck Moukoudi is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market19 Feb 2029
Collins Toko-Ekambi steps up from the Cotonsport Garoua academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Collins Toko-Ekambi 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.
Market19 Feb 2029
One of our own: Marcel Embolo joins the Cotonsport Garoua first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Marcel Embolo is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Match Cotonsport Garoua see off Fortuna Mfou
- Squad Words at Cotonsport Garoua training over how hard people work
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Kufre Eta