The MC El Bayadh Herald
Player ratings12 Apr 2027
Dramane Kamagaté, 21, steals the show — 7.60
Marked 7.60 at 21, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.
The dugout12 Apr 2027
Mohammed Fodil Belkhadem frozen out at MC El Bayadh
This is not rotation. Mohammed Fodil Belkhadem has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at MC El Bayadh is pretending otherwise.
Squad12 Apr 2027
A falling-out at MC El Bayadh
Ammar El Orfi and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad12 Apr 2027
A row about effort at MC El Bayadh
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Noa Cervantes was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The terraces12 Apr 2027
One of their own: Dramane Kamagaté
He is 21 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
The dugout12 Apr 2027
No hiding place for Noa Cervantes
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Noa Cervantes, and the manager let it.
Match10 Apr 2027
MC El Bayadh see off ES Mostaganem
Three points for MC El Bayadh, 1‑0 the final word against ES Mostaganem in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad12 Apr 2027
Rafael Ranschaert wants to go home
“I have tried. I have really tried, and every day I wake up in the wrong place.” Nobody at MC El Bayadh can coach that out of a man, and nobody there is pretending to.
The dugout12 Apr 2027
A promise honoured at MC El Bayadh
Something was said to Noa Cervantes and then it happened. In this industry that passes for remarkable, and the dressing room noticed faster than any supporter could.
In brief
- The dugout The view from the dugout
- Player ratings The one thing Abdelillah Barkat could not do
- Looking ahead Aymen Mouyet goes back to face ES Setif