The Paradou Post
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
No sign of nerves from Ben Ahmed Kohili at 21 — 7.60
The hardest thing about being 21 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Ben Ahmed Kohili did not need any: 7.60, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Market14 Sep 2026
Djafar Zabaiou hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Paradou can pretend not to have heard.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Mustapha Soukkou beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 20. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Transfer targets14 Sep 2026
Door shut on Joseph Kalulu
Paradou asked and FC Nantes said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
The terraces14 Sep 2026
One of their own: Ben Ahmed Kohili
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.
Match12 Sep 2026
Paradou refuse to lose to USM Alger
A point taken on 85 minutes is worth exactly one point and considerably more than that to a dressing room. This side does not stop, which is a reputation worth more than the result.
Match12 Sep 2026
Paradou and USM Alger take a point apiece
It finished 1‑1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
Half-satisfied: Omar Tahrat on the draw
“There are things I liked and things we will be doing on Tuesday until they are right.” 1‑1, and a manager who had already decided what Tuesday looked like.
Looking ahead14 Sep 2026
Toufik Moussaoui faces his old club
CR Belouizdad next, and one man in the Paradou dressing room knows their training ground better than his own. The reception will tell him what they thought of him.
In brief
- Squad A first senior shirt for Amine Galou
- The dugout Mohamed Islam Abdelkader left out for tactical reasons at Paradou
- The dugout Mohamed Aït El Hadj is not enjoying his job description