The Al Ahli Post
Squad22 Nov 2027
A knee injury of the worst kind for Amr El Shenawy
25 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Al Ahli lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Squad22 Nov 2027
Words at Al Ahli training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Joseph Aidoo 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.
Squad22 Nov 2027
Adeyemo Bolaji 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 Al Ahli this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The terraces22 Nov 2027
Al Ahli supporters have found a favourite in Majed Omar
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Majed Omar has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Match20 Nov 2027
Hany Mukhtar sends Al Ahli past Al Fujairah
It finished 2‑0, and it was Hany Mukhtar’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Al Ahli.
Player ratings22 Nov 2027
Ninety minutes of Hany Mukhtar at his very best
Marked 8.33. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Al Ahli.
Player ratings22 Nov 2027
Ninety minutes of Majed Omar at his very best
Marked 8.35. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Al Ahli.
Squad22 Nov 2027
Al Ahli count the cost of losing Douglas Borges
22 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
The dugout22 Nov 2027
No hiding place for Saeed Khalfan
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Saeed Khalfan, and the manager let it.
In brief
- The dugout When it matters, Youssef Al Hammadi plays
- The dugout The view from the dugout
- The dugout A promise honoured at Al Ahli