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Marked for Abdessamad Bounaama

67 Edition

The MC El Bayadh Herald

8 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

13 matches without a win for MC El Bayadh

The run now stands at 13, and the questions being asked around MC El Bayadh are no longer polite ones.

Squad

A falling-out at MC El Bayadh

Ousmane Coulibaly and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Match

MC El Bayadh come up short against ES Ben Aknoun

ES Ben Aknoun left with the points after a 1‑3 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

The dugout

Youcef Mrezigue answers for it

“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 1‑3, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.

The dugout

No hiding place for Abdelhak Sailaa

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Abdelhak Sailaa, and the manager let it.

Player ratings

Edward Ledlum was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 14. 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.

Market

Abdessamad Bounaama told to find a new club

“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Abdessamad Bounaama has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at MC El Bayadh.

The dugout

Sofiane Abdellaoui has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at MC El Bayadh will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

The dugout

MC El Bayadh keep their word to Edward Ledlum

Clubs make promises constantly and the page usually only hears about them when they are broken. This one was honoured, and the dressing room noticed that faster than any supporter did.

In brief

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The MC El Bayadh Herald

25 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

MC El Bayadh are in real trouble now

Position 16, 7 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.

Match

The wait goes on for MC El Bayadh

8 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Abdelkadir Salhi

There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Market

Abdessamad Bounaama asks to leave MC El Bayadh

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Match

The goals have deserted MC El Bayadh

5 matches, no goals, and a training ground that has tried everything. It will end — droughts always do — but nobody at MC El Bayadh can tell you which week it ends in.

Squad

A falling-out at MC El Bayadh

Ousmane Coulibaly and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad

A row about effort at MC El Bayadh

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Abdellah Meddah was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout

Abdelillah Barkat gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Match

MC El Bayadh come up short against USM Alger

USM Alger left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

In brief

23 Edition

The MC El Bayadh Herald

4 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Ammar El Orfi asks to leave MC El Bayadh

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Market

MC El Bayadh say no — this time

The offer from ES Setif for Ammar El Orfi was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Player ratings

Merouane Boussalem beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 28. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Match

The wait goes on for MC El Bayadh

5 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.

Squad

Tempers go at MC El Bayadh

Abdelkadir Salhi 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.

Squad

A row about effort at MC El Bayadh

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Abdellah Meddah was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Match

MB Rouissat take the points off MC El Bayadh

Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

The dugout

The view from the dugout

“We will look at it, we will learn from it, and we go again.” The three sentences every manager keeps for a 0‑1 defeat, delivered by Youcef Mrezigue to a room that had heard them before.

The dugout

No hiding place for Abdulqader Abdullah

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Abdulqader Abdullah, and the manager let it.

In brief