The Masr El Makasa Courier
Squad19 Oct 2026
Mostafa Aboutrika says Masr El Makasa went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Bassem Marwan 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.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Tobi Alagbe 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 Masr El Makasa this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Bassem El Shenawy falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Match17 Oct 2026
Ismaily take the points off Masr El Makasa
Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Player ratings19 Oct 2026
A costly moment from Tobi Alagbe
One lapse, one goal, and ninety minutes of honest work counting for nothing. That is the job at Masr El Makasa, and it is a cruel one.
In brief
- Player ratings Aqtay Abdallah changes it off the bench
- Player ratings The pass was always on for El Sayed El Mohamady
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Ibrahim Ghaly