The Al Ahly Sentinel
Match3 Oct 2026
Whatever happens, Al Ahly do not lose
8 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.
Market5 Oct 2026
Al Ahly may not be able to give Marwan Ateya what he wants
It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Marwan Ateya wants continental football; whether Al Ahly can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Omar Abdelrahim is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 17 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Tempers go at Al Ahly
Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad5 Oct 2026
No hiding place for Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane, and the manager let it.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Words at Al Ahly training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Aliou Dieng is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Player ratings5 Oct 2026
Mohamed Sherif leaves them behind him
Shots: 10. Goals: none. The chances were there and they were good ones, and they went into the stand, the goalkeeper's arms and the side netting in roughly that order.
Match3 Oct 2026
Marwan Utaka answers Ismaily immediately
Conceding is one thing; the response is what tells you about a dressing room. Marwan Utaka had Al Ahly level again within 1 minutes, and Ismaily never got to play with a lead at all.
Boardroom5 Oct 2026
Al Ahly release $2.0M for the manager
The board have put money on the table rather than an encouraging word. What happens to it now is somebody else's problem, and somebody else's job.
In brief
- Match Marwan Utaka rescues a point for Al Ahly
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Trezeguet
- Player ratings The chances came and went for Zizo