The Ghazl El Mahalla Sentinel
Player ratings11 Jan 2027
Both of them Grendo's — 8.79
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.79, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Player ratings11 Jan 2027
Mory Touré scores twice — 8.11
Two goals and a mark of 8.11 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Market11 Jan 2027
Abdelrahim Amoory 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 Ghazl El Mahalla can pretend not to have heard.
Player ratings11 Jan 2027
Seif Emam goes up and wins it — 7.64
A defender on the scoresheet, which happens rarely enough that everybody in the ground remembers who took the corner. 1 for him, and a mark of 7.64 for the rest of it.
Market11 Jan 2027
Ghazl El Mahalla say no — this time
The offer from Masr El Makasa for Sunday Williams was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Match9 Jan 2027
Ghazl El Mahalla get the job done against Aswan
A 5‑4 win over Aswan, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad11 Jan 2027
The step up is real for Abdoul Aziz Coulibaly
At 21 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.
Match9 Jan 2027
Nobody could stop scoring
9 goals. Both benches spent the second half looking at each other rather than at the pitch. Purists will complain about Ghazl El Mahalla and Aswan in equal measure; everybody else had a wonderful time.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Grendo is slowing down
At 35, 3 points below where he was, and a body that has started charging interest. It happens to all of them and it is still the hardest paragraph on this page.
In brief
- Player ratings Bolbol did the work nobody counts — 7.40
- Squad Words exchanged at Ghazl El Mahalla
- The terraces Ghazl El Mahalla supporters have found a favourite in Seif Emam