The Al Ahly Sentinel
Match3 Oct 2026
Mohamed Sherif wins it after the whistle should have gone
90 minutes played. Mohamed Sherif found the finish in time that only existed because of earlier delays, and Ismaily went from a point to nothing inside one movement.
Player ratings5 Oct 2026
Nobody could get near Achraf Bencharki
Successful dribbles: 28. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Match3 Oct 2026
Al Ahly make it 3 in a row
Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Al Ahly have 3 straight wins of it.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Words exchanged at Al Ahly
Joseph Aidoo and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad5 Oct 2026
The step up is real for Eyad Tamer
At 19 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.
Match3 Oct 2026
Another one collected away from home
4 on the bounce on the road for Al Ahly. The coaches leave early, arrive at unlovely grounds in the dark, and keep coming home with three points.
Match3 Oct 2026
Mohamed Sherif the difference as Al Ahly beat Ismaily
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Mohamed Sherif. 2‑1 against Ismaily, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Squad5 Oct 2026
A row about effort at Al Ahly
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Zizo was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Mohamed Hamdy Zaky signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Mohamed Hamdy Zaky commits to Al Ahly for another 1 years.
In brief
- Boardroom $2.4M on the table at Al Ahly
- Player ratings Mohamed Sherif stands above it all
- The dugout No hiding place for Amine Aboulfath