The Al Jazira Herald
Player ratings4 Jan 2027
Malcom was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 56. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Match2 Jan 2027
14 unbeaten for Al Jazira
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 14 matches without defeat is a foundation Al Jazira did not have in the autumn.
Match2 Jan 2027
The run is over for Al Jazira
13 matches without defeat, and then Baniyas. Nobody at the ground pretended it would go on forever; nobody expected it to stop here either.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Malcom honoured for the season
The kind of year that ends with a name being read out in a hall. Al Jazira had the benefit of it every week and now have the problem of everybody else knowing.
The dugout4 Jan 2027
Elias Sagna keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Al Jazira may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad4 Jan 2027
A falling-out at Al Jazira
Willyan Rocha and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Match2 Jan 2027
Nobody wins at Al Jazira
10 home matches unbeaten. Visiting sides arrive already talking about the atmosphere, which is usually the sign that they have half-lost before kickoff.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Player of the month: Malcom
Four weeks in which nobody in the division did his job better. The award goes on a shelf and the player goes back into the side, which is the order Al Jazira prefer.
Transfer targets4 Jan 2027
Al Jazira try to borrow Abdalla Ghanim
Sharjah have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.
In brief
- Transfer targets Al Jazira try to borrow Salem Al-Azizi
- Transfer targets Al Jazira try to borrow Malek Janeer
- Squad Willyan Rocha makes the team of the month