The Ittihad Herald
Match20 Jan 2027
Cup progress for Ittihad
A 1‑0 win over Smouha, a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?
Player ratings25 Jan 2027
Both of them Oto John's — 8.52
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.52, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Market25 Jan 2027
Victor Okoro puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Ittihad, and it is not being withdrawn.
Transfer targets25 Jan 2027
Kegan Johannes will not be coming to Ittihad
Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Mamelodi Sundowns is saying, and nobody at Ittihad is enjoying the guessing.
Player ratings25 Jan 2027
Both jobs done by Mahmoud Dunga — 6.80
A midfielder is measured on whether the team functions when he is on the pitch, which is nearly impossible to see and completely obvious in retrospect. 16 actions, 6.80, and a manager who will not be substituting him again in a hurry.
Market25 Jan 2027
Sobhy Soliman is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Ittihad is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Match23 Jan 2027
Still nobody has beaten Ittihad
The unbeaten run reaches 6. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Match23 Jan 2027
Ittihad make home a hard place to visit
9 without defeat on their own grass. The pitch has not changed; the crowd has — louder earlier, and quicker to sense when the opposition would rather be somewhere else.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Divine Lunga 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.
In brief
- Transfer targets Door shut on Fawaaz Basadien
- Match Ittihad see off Aswan
- The dugout No hiding place for Mabululu