News Flash - Let’s focus on Africa !
By: Houssem |
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Seems like September will be dedicated to the CAF Confederation Cup, since the FTF decided to stop the national competition for the month of Ramadan - which, IMO, is completely unnecessary. These are “professional” football players we’re talking about, they need to keep a healthy diet if they are to train and perform well. I fear this break won’t bring any good to the tunisian league. Read the rest of this entry »
Not looking so bright without the million dinar man, are we ?
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Yesterday Étoile lost away to algerian side JS Kabylie on the second matchday of the CAF Confederation Cup group stage (a terribly boring 1-0). I don’t think there’s something that really deserves some big ranting, but the team didn’t show enough spirit to win this game. Read the rest of this entry »
Category: Match ReviewsLooking good !
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Week 2 of the tunisian LP 1, with a few interesting games, and a trip to Bizerte for Étoile du Sahel that ended up being more successful than anybody would have thought (honestly … 5-0 !). I didn’t watch the game since it came on Tunisie 21 and I need a bigger satellite dish to get Nilesat, but there’s no doubt about Étoile’s domination of the game. Decastel started with the 11 players that we’ll hopefully see start pretty much every game this season, or at least until the CAF Confederation Cup final : Mathlouthi in goal, Meriah (LB), Yaken (RB), Jemal and Felhi (CB), Mida and Nafkha (MF), Fwayo (LW), Ben Nasr (RW), Bukhari and Opara (ST). Read the rest of this entry »
Category: Match ReviewsÉtoile du Sahel 2 - 0 Asante Kotoko
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This man is currently earning the nickname “Tête d’or” (golden head) at Étoile du Sahel. We didn’t see a lot of the impressive pass play we got used to with last season’s team, but Étoile showed that it still has what it takes to be a “Grand d’Afrique” : effectiveness and the ability to control the game’s pace. Two perfectly executed headers by Emeka Opara following two superb crosses (one by Nafkha on a corner kick, and one of Meriah’s numerous crosses who finally found someone actually capable of putting them in) are proof enough for the first, while the latter made Asante Kotoko look like a bunch of amateurs who aren’t yet ready to overcome their north african complex. Read the rest of this entry »
Category: Match ReviewsÉtoile du Sahel vs. Asante Kotoko preview
By: Houssem | 2 Comments
This Sunday will see Étoile begin a new phase of the CAF Confederation Cup : the group stage, and it’s a good thing to start in our home ground of Sousse. Étoile tried to have the game on Saturday, but CAF refused due to TV rights contracts with ART. Read the rest of this entry »
Category: Match PreviewsOfficial : Gilson Silva to EA Guingamp
By: Houssem | 4 Comments
According to the Sousse-based radio station Jawhara FM, Gilson Silva has left for France yesterday, and will be submitted to a medical test today. He will be joining our former midfielder Muri Ogunbiyi. Ligue 2 side EA Guingamp and Étoile have agreed on a one-year loan (what’s with chairman Driss and loans?). I have mixed feelings about this transfer, since Gilson is definitely a valuable asset when he’s on a good day, but lately we haven’t seen much of his deadly through passes. His dribbling never got him far anyway, and as many of you may have noticed, his performance on Saturday was dominated by over-confidence and reluctance to even notice where his teammates are standing.
So good bye Gilson and all the best to you.
Category: TransfersIt could have been better
By: Houssem | 4 Comments
A stupidly conceded free kick and a horrible lack of offensive awareness / luck have cost us 2 points at home, but the result is quite fair since CA got their share of goal chances.
The first thing that surprised everybody I guess, was Decastel’s starting formation :
Mathlouthi (GK), Ben Mansour (CB), Opara (ST), Yaken (RB), Bejaoui (LB), Jmal (CB)
Bukhari (ST), Nafkha (MF), Ben Nasr (LW), Gelson (RW), Ben Hadj Frej (MF) Read the rest of this entry »
Category: Match ReviewsÉtoile du Sahel vs. Club Africain prematch
By: Houssem | 6 Comments
So here we are. Tomorrow the new season kicks off, and the long awaited clash between last season’s two top teams will certainly get millions of Tunisians in front of their tellies (not to mention the other high profile game between EST and CSS). Read the rest of this entry »
Category: Match PreviewsThe coach’s impressions
By: Houssem | 2 Comments
In an interview with daily newspaper La Presse, Étoile coach Michel Decastel played down Chermiti’s absence and set high ambitions for the team this season :
“The group I’m working with is strong on every level and can accomplish its role. Besides, we are close to make the team stronger with a defensive midfielder and a right back, two positions where we are experiencing a shortage at the beginning of this new season. Read the rest of this entry »
Does it look like a failed transfer window to you ?
By: Houssem | 2 Comments
Because it does to me … With Chermiti gone, and Gelson probably off to Saint-Étienne in the next days (they’re offering 850.000€ according to the daily newspaper La Presse), our attacking options seem to be reduced to Emeka Opara and the youngsters who yet have to prove themselves. Read the rest of this entry »
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