The CS Constantine Courier
Player ratings4 Sep 2028
Nobody could get near Kassim Hadji
Successful dribbles: 43. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad4 Sep 2028
Sofiane Kacem damages knee ligaments — 65 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 65 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Market4 Sep 2028
CS Constantine turn down ES Mostaganem for Ouadjih Khelfaoui
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad4 Sep 2028
Tempers go at CS Constantine
Djihad Bizimana 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.
Boardroom4 Sep 2028
Graduation day at CS Constantine
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad4 Sep 2028
A late step up for Dadi Mouaki
At 32 the improving is meant to be over. It is not: 3 points better than the mark taken at the start of the year, which is the sort of thing that happens to players who take the boring parts of the job seriously.
Market4 Sep 2028
Sofiane Benrahma steps up from the CS Constantine academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Sofiane Benrahma has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market4 Sep 2028
One of our own: Ismail Ounas joins the CS Constantine first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ismail Ounas is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market4 Sep 2028
CS Constantine promote Bilal Belkebla from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Bilal Belkebla has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Squad Words at CS Constantine training over how hard people work
- Boardroom CS Constantine board go back on their word
- Player ratings Dadi Mouaki takes the honours