The El Masry Chronicle
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Thulani Mabaso runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 42. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
A defender's goal wins it for El Masry — 7.82
1 for Bonheur Mugisha, marked 7.82, and a centre-half's name in the part of the report he normally only reaches by mistake. He will not be allowed to forget it in the dressing room for a month.
Market17 Aug 2026
El Masry turn down Haras El Hodoud for Abdo Nader
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Karim El Eraki 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 El Masry this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
5 academy players handed senior numbers at El Masry
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Market17 Aug 2026
Youssef El Gohary moves on
Zamalek pay $180.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Match15 Aug 2026
El Masry get the job done against Petrojet
A 2‑0 win over Petrojet, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: Fathy Zaki joins the El Masry first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Fathy Zaki is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market17 Aug 2026
El Masry promote Omar Soliman from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Omar Soliman 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 El Masry training over how hard people work
- Player ratings A masterclass from Moustafa Zeidan
- Squad Too much change too quickly at El Masry