The Wadi Degla Gazette
Match14 Nov 2026
Cruel end for Aswan as Wadi Degla pounce
There is no crueller way to lose a football match. Wadi Degla scored in the 91th minute, the restart barely happened, and the away end was still standing when the whistle went.
The dugout16 Nov 2026
Omar Adly keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Wadi Degla may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Franck Boli is in the form of his life
A season average of 7.43 with 16 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Tempers go at Wadi Degla
Mees Kaandorp was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Match14 Nov 2026
Wadi Degla find a way past Aswan
Aswan made Wadi Degla work for it, but the scoreboard read 4‑2 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Mohamed Abdelaati falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Player ratings16 Nov 2026
A masterclass from Franck Boli
Marked 8.66 — 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 ratings16 Nov 2026
Ahmed Farouk was on a different afternoon to everybody else
8.55. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.
Player ratings16 Nov 2026
Ninety minutes of Mees Kaandorp at his very best
Marked 8.35. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Wadi Degla.
In brief
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Ibrahim El Bahnasi
- The dugout The view from the dugout
- Player ratings Danijel Miškić was unplayable