The Al-Qadisiyah Herald
Match12 May 2027
Al-Qadisiyah bow out of the cup
Al-Hilal go through and Al-Qadisiyah go home, 3-4 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.
Squad17 May 2027
Fahad Al-Rashidi: 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.” Al-Qadisiyah have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
The terraces17 May 2027
The boos come down from three sides
“We pay for this every fortnight. The least we want is somebody who looks like he cares.” 5 of the 23 senior players walked off into it; the rest were not playing.
Squad17 May 2027
Al-Qadisiyah lose Abubaker Saeed
25 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad17 May 2027
The manager makes an example of Gastón Álvarez
“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.
The terraces17 May 2027
The spotlight tightens on Koen Casteels
Every touch is being weighed now, in print and everywhere else. Some players grow into that and some are quietly ruined by it, and nobody knows which in advance.
In brief
- Squad 4 past Koen Casteels
- Market The Turki Al-Ammar talk will not go away
- Market Still no signature from Mohammed Qasem
- Loan watch The clock runs down on Qassem Lajami at Al-Taawoun