The Dibba Gazette
Squad14 Sep 2026
A fracture rules Mohammed Rowaihy out for 81 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Dibba will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Andrigo in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Dibba this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match12 Sep 2026
6 goals as Dibba and Al Shaab go for it
Defending was optional and nobody took up the option. 6 goals between Dibba and Al Shaab, and not one of the people who paid to be there will ask for the money back.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Words at Dibba training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Abdulla Abdullayev is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
A masterclass from Saymon
Marked 8.09 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Nobody could get near Ignacio Pereira
Successful dribbles: 17. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad14 Sep 2026
No hiding place for Takashi Uchino
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Takashi Uchino, and the manager let it.
Match12 Sep 2026
Dibba share the spoils with Al Shaab
A 3‑3 draw with Al Shaab leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Off the bench and decisive: Tiziano Perrotta
The substitution nobody applauded turned out to be the whole story. Dibba were going nowhere until he came on.
In brief
- Market The window shut and Rashed Mohamed is still in the building
- Player ratings Iago spends the afternoon fouling