The El Masry Chronicle
Squad17 Aug 2026
Essam Tharwat keeps El Masry 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.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
No sign of nerves from Ashraf Gabr at 20 — 7.86
The hardest thing about being 20 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Ashraf Gabr did not need any: 7.86, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Market17 Aug 2026
El Masry turn down Military Production for Ahmed El Armouty
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
Graduation day at El Masry
4 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Ovie Ejaria falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Match15 Aug 2026
A bad afternoon for El Masry against Petrojet
1‑2 to Petrojet, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad17 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Baher Elmohamady
“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.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: Amr Gabr joins the El Masry first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Amr Gabr is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market El Masry promote Emad Marwan from within
- Market Bassem El Wensh steps up from the El Masry academy
- Player ratings Ovie Ejaria runs at them all day