The Ismaily Courier
Squad19 Oct 2026
Mohamed El Amine Ramdaoui: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Ismaily have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Home is on Kevin Akpoguma's mind
“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; Ismaily are dealing with a man who wants a different country.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Kevin Akpoguma in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Ismaily this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings19 Oct 2026
A defender's afternoon for Mohamed Hassan
Defensive actions: 22. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
Player ratings19 Oct 2026
A masterclass from Morad Khodari
Marked 8.82 — 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 ratings19 Oct 2026
Khaled Al-Nabris runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 19. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Match17 Oct 2026
Ismaily find a way past Masr El Makasa
Masr El Makasa made Ismaily work for it, but the scoreboard read 1‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Player ratings19 Oct 2026
Nothing got past Konta
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 18 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Nader Alaa 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.
In brief
- The terraces The press have found their man in Morad Khodari
- The terraces The stand has a song for Morad Khodari