The Masr El Makasa Courier
Squad19 Oct 2026
Ashraf El Hadary keeps Masr El Makasa in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 8 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Squad19 Oct 2026
A falling-out at Masr El Makasa
Milton Delgado and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Real improvement from Hazem Gamal at Masr El Makasa
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Hazem Gamal is 21, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Match17 Oct 2026
A bad afternoon for Masr El Makasa against El Masry
0‑1 to El Masry, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Player ratings19 Oct 2026
Nobody could get near Milton Delgado
Successful dribbles: 18. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
The dugout19 Oct 2026
A promise honoured for Milton Delgado
It is not much of a headline and it is the reason players believe the next promise. Masr El Makasa told Milton Delgado something would happen and then it happened, which in this industry passes for remarkable.
The dugout19 Oct 2026
Shikabala Fathy faces the questions
“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Shikabala Fathy after 0‑1, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.
The dugout19 Oct 2026
The manager makes an example of Mahmoud Soliman
“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.
The dugout19 Oct 2026
Ramadan Zizo gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Ramadan Zizo is on it.
In brief
- Squad Getting past Ashraf El Hadary has become the hardest job in the division
- Player ratings Bassem Zizo spends the afternoon fouling
- Looking ahead Masr El Makasa host Haras El Hodoud