DR Congo AFCON 2019 team guide: the lowdown, tactics and key players
By Salim Masoud Said The Leopards arrive at AFCON as one of the most stable teams. Florent Ibenge has been steering them, and club side AS Vita Club, for five years. If he [...]
Tresor Mputu
Meet the African continental football bandiera
African continental football is filled with players of the people, the voices of the voiceless. Most of these men are found uncomplainingly roaming the sometimes sub-standard [...]
African Football Hipster XI
We can’t say these are the hipster footballers of African football without showing our working, so here is the criteria: Ability: How good is the player at football? [...]
#SFGAfcon20 – Tresor Mputu v Togo, 2006
With Lomana LuaLua, Shabani Nonda and Tresor Mputu at their disposal DR Congo had a forward line that was not too shabby in the noughties. While LuaLua and Nonda were [...]
2015 Cup of Nations Preview: DR Congo
By Salim Masoud Said Introduction A coach, in Claude Le Roy, that was (and still is) the living embodiment of best practice for how foreign coaches should conduct themselves [...]
Sandals For Goalposts 