The Ohod Chronicle
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Grey Garbino
Successful dribbles: 24. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Ohod
Diego Ríos 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.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Jonathan Valdivia 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.
Match29 Aug 2026
Abdullah Al-Qahtani the difference as Ohod beat Al-Nahda
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Abdullah Al-Qahtani. 2‑1 against Al-Nahda, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Squad31 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Célio
“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.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Abdullah Al-Qahtani takes the honours
Marked 7.93 on an afternoon he ran from the first whistle to the last. Whatever else went wrong, Ohod had the best player on the pitch.
In brief
- Squad 17 new faces, and Ohod are still learning each other
- Market A long bet from Ohod on Kaveh Beiranvand
- Player ratings The pass was always on for Mohammed Al-Otaibi