Brahim Allamine

Left Wingback - Gazelle U18
6 Jul 2029
Friday
Process

Marked for Brahim Allamine

148 Edition

The Gazelle Herald

28 May 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

A falling-out at Gazelle

Koffi Ayivi and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad

A row about effort at Gazelle

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Osée Natoyoum was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout

Koffi Ayivi gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Koffi Ayivi is on it.

The dugout

Saleh Abakar is still being punished for one mistake

Nobody will confirm it and the team sheets confirm it every week. One error has bought him a spell as second choice that is already longer than the error deserved.

The dugout

Gérard Diarra knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Gérard Diarra trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

Market

Still no signature from Gérard Diarra

2 months left and the two sides are nowhere near each other. Every week this drags on takes money off what Gazelle could get for him.

Market

The Mark Ojong talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Gazelle know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

Market

The shop window has Dacosta Owusu in it

Gazelle have let the market know Dacosta Owusu can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.

The dugout

Dylan Achimi keeps his manager's vote

The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Dylan Achimi plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.

In brief

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The Gazelle Herald

11 Dec 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

A falling-out at Gazelle

Koffi Ayivi and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad

A row about effort at Gazelle

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Osée Natoyoum was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The terraces

Gazelle supporters have found a favourite in Dylan Achimi

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Dylan Achimi has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

Match

Dylan Achimi the difference as Gazelle beat AS Algoy

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Dylan Achimi. 2‑0 against AS Algoy, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

Match

At last: Gazelle win one

5 matches without a win, and then this, against AS Algoy. Relief is a strange noise in a football ground and it was the only noise at the end.

Squad

Brahim Allamine out for 29 days

The medical room confirms 29 days on the sidelines for Brahim Allamine, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

The dugout

No hiding place for Armand Moreau

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Armand Moreau, and the manager let it.

Player ratings

Nobody on the pitch touched Dylan Achimi

7.87, and no serious argument from anybody who was there. Gazelle had eleven men on the pitch and one of them decided how it went.

The dugout

Thibaut Batbedat is still being punished for one mistake

Nobody will confirm it and the team sheets confirm it every week. One error has bought him a spell as second choice that is already longer than the error deserved.

In brief