The Stade Malien Chronicle
Match11 Nov 2028
Still nobody has beaten Stade Malien
The unbeaten run reaches 16. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Market13 Nov 2028
Koro Coulibaly asks to leave Stade Malien
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad13 Nov 2028
Babé Diarra gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Match11 Nov 2028
Stade Malien and Etoiles du Mande take a point apiece
It finished 1-1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Market13 Nov 2028
Daouda Coulibaly linked with a move away
The name of Daouda Coulibaly keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Stade Malien say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad13 Nov 2028
Raphaël Anaba has taken the shirt
At 28 he is in the side on merit and somebody else is watching from the bench. Places at Stade Malien are won quietly and lost loudly.
In brief
- Squad Cebisa Ndlovu asks for a word with the manager
- Market Stade Malien put Promise Daniel up for sale
- The terraces The press have found their man in Daouda Coulibaly
- Squad The selectors could not leave Koro Coulibaly out