DAR ES SALAAM, Oct. 4 -- SOMEWHERE in Wekundu wa Msimbazis extended family, elders have reportedly turned to prayer, asking that Ibrahim Doumbia start scoring.

I support this initiative, provided the application specifies several goals.

One would merely give football radio six hours to establish whether he intended it, slipped, or received assistance from ancestral wind.

Please also request goals against serious opposition.

Otherwise, a friendly against somebodys departmental team will arrive, Doumbia will score four, and Wachambuzi will demand the goalkeepers employment history before recognising any of them.

The young man came with credentials: a breakthrough season in Mali, 21 goals in all competitions, including 17 league goals, ...