The Al Ahly Sentinel
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
Mohamed Sherif scores twice — 8.28
Two goals and a mark of 8.28 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Match19 Sep 2026
Al Ahly make it 6 in a row
Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Al Ahly have 6 straight wins of it.
Market21 Sep 2026
Only the photograph left for Ziad Ayoub
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Ziad Ayoub will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Al Ahly the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Tempers go at Al Ahly
Trezeguet 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.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
A defender's afternoon for Marwan Ateya
Defensive actions: 23. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Mohamed Raafat is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 19 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.
Squad21 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.
Squad21 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Trezeguet
“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.
Match19 Sep 2026
Al Ahly see off El Masry
Three points for Al Ahly, 2‑0 the final word against El Masry in a contest settled by the finer margins.
In brief
- Player ratings Ahmed Kouka was immovable
- Match Al Ahly keep winning on the road
- Loan watch Omar Kamel wants to come home