The Al-Ta'ee Chronicle
Squad11 Sep 2028
Törles Knöll 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 Al-Ta'ee this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings11 Sep 2028
Rakan Al-Shamlan was on a different afternoon to everybody else
8.19. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.
Squad11 Sep 2028
Revaz Shengelia wants to go home
“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Al-Ta'ee know it.
Market11 Sep 2028
Abdulkarim Sultan is free to find somewhere else
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Al-Ta'ee has been clear about where Abdulkarim Sultan stands, which is more than many ever get.
Match9 Sep 2028
Al-Ta'ee share the spoils with Al-Batin
A 1‑1 draw with Al-Batin leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Player ratings11 Sep 2028
Ali Al-Jassem runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 14. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad11 Sep 2028
The manager makes an example of Rakan Al-Harbi
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad11 Sep 2028
“I want to play”: Amer Khalil speaks
“I respect the manager and I am not going to sit here and pretend I am happy.” It is the most common sentence in football and it has never once been the end of a story.
Player ratings11 Sep 2028
Törles Knöll keeps on missing
Shots: 11, not one of them in. A centre forward is paid for one thing, and on this evidence he has forgotten which thing it is.
In brief
- Market The Ibrahim Al-Nakhli talk will not go away
- Market Mavlon Amonov placed on the list
- Market Rakan Al-Harbi runs his contract down