The Al Ahly Sentinel
Squad7 Sep 2026
Yassin Yasser damages knee ligaments — 16 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 16 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Alexandre Oukidja keeps Al Ahly in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 8 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Market7 Sep 2026
ES Ben Aknoun come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Al Ahly did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
A defender's goal wins it for Al Ahly — 7.66
1 for Marwan Ateya, marked 7.66, and a centre-half's name in the part of the report he normally only reaches by mistake. He will not be allowed to forget it in the dressing room for a month.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Emam Ashour 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 Ahly this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market7 Sep 2026
Mohamed Seha has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Al Ahly they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Nobody could get near Zizo
Successful dribbles: 21. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Words at Al Ahly training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Zizo 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.
Market7 Sep 2026
Eyes on Ibrahim El Asyuti again
The phone has started ringing about Ibrahim El Asyuti again, and this time the name on the line is Arab Contractors. Al Ahly are listening politely and promising nothing.
In brief
- Market The Ahmed Kouka conversation is coming
- Match Honours even between Al Ahly and Al Gaish
- Player ratings Off the pace: Achraf Bencharki