Marked for Hamad Al-Dosari
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Squad14 Sep 2026
A fracture rules Talal Al-Juhani out for 128 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Al-Mojzel will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Match9 Sep 2026
The small margins put Al-Mojzel out
Out, 6‑8 to Al-Wehda, and the long argument about which of the small moments decided it. The league is all there is now, and everybody knows it.
Squad14 Sep 2026
The match ball belongs to Youssef Al-Sultan, whose 3 goals turned a difficult afternoon into a procession.
Squad14 Sep 2026
There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
A brace, and Renato Osorio takes the afternoon — 7.75
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Renato Osorio provided it, and the 7.75 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
The terraces14 Sep 2026
The ground has had enough
“We travel everywhere and we get this.” 8 of the 25 senior players heard it walking off, and the ones who did not hear it were not playing.
Match12 Sep 2026
Al-Mojzel leaking at the back
6 matches, two or more conceded in every one of them. Sides that create as much as this can live with it for a while. Nobody lives with it forever.
Market14 Sep 2026
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Match12 Sep 2026
Al-Fayha left with the points after a 3‑4 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
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Upbeat
Match5 Sep 2026
There were 88 minutes on the clock and Al-Saudi Al-Watani had all but banked the point. Football rarely reads the room, and Al-Mojzel did not stop to explain themselves.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Successful dribbles: 28. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
No sign of nerves from Noah Iglesias at 20 — 8.11
The hardest thing about being 20 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Noah Iglesias did not need any: 8.11, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Market7 Sep 2026
Ali Al-Sultan hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Al-Mojzel can pretend not to have heard.
Market7 Sep 2026
The phone has started ringing about Noah Iglesias again, and this time the name on the line is Al-Ra'ed. Al-Mojzel are listening politely and promising nothing.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Words at Al-Mojzel training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Reinaldo López 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.
Match5 Sep 2026
Al-Mojzel are shipping goals every week
Two or more conceded in each of the last 4 matches. It is not one mistake repeating itself, which would be the easier thing to fix; it is a different one every week.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Noah Iglesias 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.
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Steady
Market3 Aug 2026
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Rashid Al-Sulami 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.
Squad3 Aug 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Talal Al-Subaie and Al-Mojzel agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.