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Time for the Eagles to take flight

By: Brad | September 4th, 2009 | No Comments »

I knew as soon as the draw was made for this final round of African qualifiers that Mali could not afford any missteps seen as they were in a group with arguably Africa’s best side- the Black Stars of Ghana. They would need to hold serve against Benin and Sudan and hope to somehow nip some points away from Ghana in their head-to-head matches. Neither of those things have happened so far and Mali find themselves on the outside looking in. They got off on the wrong foot by drawing with Sudan 1-1 in March and followed that by falling 2-0 to Ghana. A victory back on June 21 against this weekends opponents Benin restored some hope but it’s almost too little, too late. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Benin, Ghana, Mali, Mamadou Samassa, Team News, World Cup Qualifying

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Mali set to clash with the Black Stars

By: Brad | June 5th, 2009 | No Comments »

West Africa has to choose sides this weekend as the Eagles of Mali will face one of Africa’s most recent World Cup participants, the Black Stars of Ghana. At stake is key positioning in Group D of African qualifiers for South Africa 2010. After a somewhat disappointing 1-1 draw with Sudan back ... [read]

Preparing for Angola

By: Brad | February 4th, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Things are starting to gear up a bit for the final stage of African qualifiers for South Africa 2010. With Mali’s first game in Group D set for March 28 in Sudan, it’s time for a preparatory friendly.
In Paris on Feb. 10 Mali will meet Angola in what should be a good ... [read]

Big blow for Mali

By: Brad | January 6th, 2009 | No Comments »

In case you missed it, there has been some unfortunate injury news from the camp of Real Madrid. This isn’t breaking news anymore (in fact since the injury, Real Madrid has had time to bring in another Diarra to replace the injured one) but I wanted to bring it up in the ... [read]

The West African Derby…plus Sudan

By: Brad | November 14th, 2008 | No Comments »

Mali’s quest to be the next West African country to earn a surprise World Cup qualification is set to enter it’s final stage where the road will have to go through, drum roll please…West Africa. After Senegal’s exploits in 2002, and Togo’s surprise qualification in 2006 mixed with the good ... [read]

Catching up with Mali

By: Brad | September 5th, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Well, folks, a post on this Mali blog is long overdue. I have neglected this page for far too long. After being so ramped up and involved during the Africa Cup of Nations, I went into withdrawal and took some time off from posting here and on the Togo page knowing that ... [read]

African Coaching Carousel

By: Brad | March 14th, 2008 | No Comments »

Well, things have been quiet on the Mali blog since the Cup of Nations but there is a bit of news to keep our eyes on as we ramp up for World Cup qualifying.
Once again, Stephen Keshi is linked with an African national team as being the next coach to be named. A ... [read]

European-born Kanoute takes Africa’s top award

By: Brad | February 2nd, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Though Mali is gone from this years edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, at least one member of the team will still be going back to their club with some hardware. On Friday, Mali and Sevilla striker Freddy Kanoute was named the 2007 CAF African Footballer of the Year. It’s too bad the ... [read]

The Aftermath

By: Brad | January 30th, 2008 | 3 Comments »

I’m still in recovery mode after Mali’s disappointing showing against Cote d’Ivoire on Tuesday. The ACN has lost some of it’s luster for me now. It’s still a great tournament and there will still be some great football to watch, but when your main rooting interest bows out of a tournament like this, some of the appeal is gone.
It’s one ... [read]

Previewing Mali vs. Cote d’Ivoire

By: Brad | January 29th, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Africa Cup of Nations, Group B
Date: Tuesday, 29 January
Kick-off: 1700 GMT
Venue: Accra Sports Stadium, Accra
The Combatants
The first place and tournament favourites, Elephants of Cote d’Ivoire will be facing my new second-favourite African side, the Eagles of Mali. Both teams are expecting to advance to the knockout stage and both even have eyes to top ... [read]

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Preparing for Angola

Comment by Anthony
Will definitely have my eye on this one and hope Kanouté can take you guys where you need to go! V ...[read more]
Catching up with Mali

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Hi, I'm in Canada and I sponsor a little boy in Mali through the charity Save the Children. If a ...[read more]
Catching up with Mali

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Looks like there's some news about Malian football bubbling up in the US in the form of Bakary Souma ...[read more]
European-born Kanoute takes Africa's top award

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lol...take it easy oumi...sounds like you are mad at me for Kanoute winning the award. :) And I will ...[read more]
European-born Kanoute takes Africa's top award

Comment by oumi
drogba is better than him,wherever,your team didn't even go to the quarter final,you got it because ...[read more]
Say it ain't so...

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i know what u mean. ahy!!! the new kit i just not cute it is ugly and i konw causei'm malian and it ...[read more]
Game 1 in the books

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Sissoko didn't start because they wanted to keep Keita central. Sissoko plays essentially the same ...[read more]
Say it ain't so...

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Guinea diappointed me today by not wearing their snazzy shirts with the flag stripe kit similar to w ...[read more]
Mali vs. Benin...a preview

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After seeing the state of the Accra pitch yesterday it will be interesting to see what sort of condi ...[read more]
Mahamadou's new shirt

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Mali and Guinea both have the same kit manufacturer, Airness. These kits (and the US one as well), r ...[read more]
Mahamadou's new shirt

Comment by Luis
It's the same as Guinea's, except for green being the primary color. Reminds me of Holland's old awa ...[read more]
The Group of Death...Is there more than one?

Comment by Eddy
To always refer to any group in a competition as the group as the group of death baffles me because ...[read more]
The Group of Death...Is there more than one?

Comment by Jon
Group B is the toughest if you ask me. I would consider Group D the group of life, as any of the 4 c ...[read more]
The start of something special?

Comment by Brad
They have the same saying? That is funny, I didn't know that. I guess not a huge surprise though as ...[read more]
The start of something special?

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Do I say welcome if you're already on this blog? By the way, i can't believe mali and Senegal have ...[read more]

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