The Aswan Post
Match26 Sep 2026
No mercy from Aswan
El Dakhleya will want this one forgotten quickly: 3‑0, every duel lost, and a long ride home. Aswan were ruthless in the way good sides are ruthless.
Player ratings28 Sep 2026
Both of them Bismark Asante's — 8.68
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.68, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Hesham Balaha 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 Aswan this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings28 Sep 2026
One of those days for Hesham Balaha
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.30, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
The dugout28 Sep 2026
El Sayed Kahraba has his say
“We earned that. I asked them for a reaction and I got one, and now I want the same again on Saturday.” El Sayed Kahraba on a 3‑0 afternoon that pleased him more than he was prepared to show.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Bismark Asante named player of the week
One weekend, judged against everybody else's. Bismark Asante has come out on top of it, and for most footballers a weekly award is the only silverware a career ever produces.
The dugout28 Sep 2026
No hiding place for Momen Samir
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Momen Samir, and the manager let it.
The dugout28 Sep 2026
Ali Ezzat dropped after a run of poor form
The one version of being left out a player cannot argue with, and the one he takes worst. Somebody else has been better and the team sheet says so, in public, every week until it changes.
The dugout28 Sep 2026
David Benjamin left out for tactical reasons at Aswan
The shape wanted a different profile against this opponent, which is a real football answer and no comfort at all to the man it is about. He did nothing wrong and he did not play.
In brief
- Player ratings Semo beats them one at a time
- Squad Anthony Okachi speaks, and the room listens
- Squad Tarik Aoutah has settled at Aswan