Sofiane Halliche

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The Paradou Post

31 May 2032
From our football correspondent Steady

The dugout

Paul Agyei: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Paradou have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

A row about effort at Paradou

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Mustapha Soukkou was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout

Mustapha Soukkou gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Mustapha Soukkou is on it.

The dugout

Sofiane Halliche gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Market

The Abderrahmane Bacha question follows Paradou around

Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Abderrahmane Bacha’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.

The dugout

Aissa Benayada knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Paradou, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Match

Continental football is in reach for Paradou

49 points from position 6. The title is somebody else’s business and the drop is somebody else’s problem; what is left is the argument about passports.

Squad

A season on the outside for Franck Etouga

He trains hard, says the right things and goes home to an empty flat. Nobody at Paradou has done anything wrong, which is exactly what makes it so difficult to fix.

Market

Still no signature from Adam Bellahcene

1 months left and the two sides are nowhere near each other. Every week this drags on takes money off what Paradou could get for him.

In brief

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The Paradou Post

5 Apr 2032
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Mustapha Soukkou

Successful dribbles: 26. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

The dugout

Sofiane Halliche: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Paradou have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

Mustapha Soukkou 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.

Squad

Defences have started doubling up on Mustapha Soukkou

3 goals and a season average of 7.52 will do that. The space he used to find has gone; he keeps scoring anyway, which is the mark of the real thing.

Player ratings

A defender's afternoon for Ouanisse Bouzahzah

Defensive actions: 15. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

Squad

The formation has left Antoine Wenck behind

Every shape has positions in it and this one does not have his. Paradou will either change the shape, change his job, or change his club, and he is waiting to hear which.

The dugout

The manager’s verdict

“I am frustrated, honestly. We did enough to win and we did not win.” Abdelhak Belaili was not hiding it after 0‑0, and nobody in the Paradou dressing room was either.

The dugout

No hiding place for Adam Guedioura

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Adam Guedioura, and the manager let it.

Match

Paradou and MC El Bayadh cancel each other out

Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. MC El Bayadh came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.

In brief