The Al Ahly Sentinel
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Age has not caught Kiros yet — 8.16
At 38 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 8.16 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.
Match5 Sep 2026
Al Ahly make it 4 in a row
Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Al Ahly have 4 straight wins of it.
Market7 Sep 2026
Al Ahly say no — this time
The offer from El Dakhleya for Ziad Ayoub 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.
Squad7 Sep 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.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Amir Alaa is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 20 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.
Market7 Sep 2026
The Oufa Shobeir conversation is coming
Everyone has stopped pretending: Al-Taawoun will make the call about Oufa Shobeir this week. Al Ahly have a number in mind, and the number is not shy.
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.
Match5 Sep 2026
Zizo the difference as Al Ahly beat Al Gaish
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Zizo. 2‑0 against Al Gaish, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
One of those days for Zizo
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.71, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
In brief
- Squad Hussein El Shahat gets it from the manager
- Player ratings A defender's afternoon for Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane
- Market Nobody at Al Ahly has picked up the phone to Mido Gaber