The El Dakhleya Courier
The terraces18 Sep 2034
Anger at El Dakhleya spills outside the ground
It has stopped being a mood in the stands and started being something organised. Boards can ignore a bad atmosphere for a long time; they cannot ignore this stage of it for very long at all.
Player ratings18 Sep 2034
Both of them Joshua Udoh's — 8.85
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.85, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Squad18 Sep 2034
Abdo Semida 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 Dakhleya this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match16 Sep 2034
Joshua Udoh the difference as El Dakhleya beat Al Gaish
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Joshua Udoh. 2‑1 against Al Gaish, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Squad18 Sep 2034
Amr Saleh 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.
Squad18 Sep 2034
Abdelrahman Mahrous lets one through his hands
A defender's mistake gets tidied up by somebody else; a goalkeeper's ends up in the net. He knew before the ball crossed the line, and so did everybody in the ground.
Squad18 Sep 2034
Abdelrahman Mahrous is still paying for one afternoon at El Dakhleya
Nobody will confirm this and nothing else explains the last month of selections. A costly error buys a player a period of being second choice that is always longer than the error was.
Player ratings18 Sep 2034
Nobody could get near Kelvin Mamozo
Successful dribbles: 8. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market18 Sep 2034
Emad Soliman leaves for nothing
Contract settled, hands shaken, no fee changing hands. Emad Soliman leaves El Dakhleya the quiet way, and the wage bill breathes a little easier.
In brief
- Market Amr Elneny leaves for nothing
- Boardroom The El Dakhleya production line keeps running