The Malian football faces a serious crisis! First, at the beginning of the year, the Eagles were eliminated from the Africa Cup of Nations by Ivory Coast in the quarter-finals, and then the 2026 World Cup qualifying campaign went south too, although it started well. Namely, after the opening victory over Chad 3-1 in November, Mali drew against Central African Republic the same month. However, in June, they lost on home turf to Ghana and only salvaged a draw against Madagascar, causing the manager, Eric Sekou Chelle, to be dismissed.🚨 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴: Mali international players announce their withdrawal from the national team and not participate until the suspension of their colleague Hamari Traoré is lifted.Traoré was suspended after he published a message criticizing the Malian Football Federation 🇲🇱 pic.twitter.com/Hf6MzEf65m— KinG £ (@xKGx__) July 12, 2024 One of the reasons for the latest poor result against, frankly speaking, a much weaker side was the fact that the national team arrived in the capital of Madagascar, Antananarivo, only a couple of hours before the match due to several flight postponements. The Eagles’ captain, Hamari Traore, then published a letter openly criticizing the national team’s management and the Malian Football Federation (FMF). Nevertheless, that letter did more harm than good since the Real Sociedad player got suspended by the FMF. Namely, he was summoned to the hearing in front of the disciplinary commission, and after he didn’t appear, the decision of suspension due to “breach of honour and dignity, incitement and rebellion against the national team and Malian football” was made.No one is bigger than the continental house of footballThis resolution, however, set off a chain of events, given that several players opted to boycott the national team until Traore’s suspension was cancelled. Several players, including Mohamed Camara (Monaco), Boubacar Kouyate (Montpellier), and Amadou Haidara (RB Leipzig), among others, shared a message on their social networks as a sign of solidarity and support for their captain.”Following the decision N-051 of the FMF concerning the suspension of the national team captain Hamari Traore, we, the collective of players of the national team, briefs everyone that all the previously made decisions, had been made by all the players, not only Hamari Traore. Given this clarification, we would like to inform the Federation that we, the players, withdraw from the national team until the suspension is cancelled,” the players stated in the message.##NAJAVA_MECA_8209868##
