The ES Ben Aknoun Gazette
Player ratings28 Apr 2031
Mohamed Messaoud Salem was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 35. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Match28 Apr 2031
Full time on the season at ES Ben Aknoun
Position 9 on 39 points. Every season is a story and this is the last line of it, and now the club has three months to decide what the next one is about.
Squad28 Apr 2031
Tempers go at ES Ben Aknoun
Zin Eddine Meddour 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.
Squad28 Apr 2031
Mohamed Benchaira 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.
The dugout28 Apr 2031
The manager makes an example of Olughu Chinemerem
“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.
Player ratings28 Apr 2031
Islam Abbaci takes the honours
Marked 7.58 on an afternoon he ran from the first whistle to the last. Whatever else went wrong, ES Ben Aknoun had the best player on the pitch.
The dugout28 Apr 2031
ES Ben Aknoun pick somebody else ahead of Olughu Chinemerem
There is no complaint available here and everybody involved knows it, which does not make the walk to the bench any shorter. Form is the only currency in football that cannot be borrowed against.
The dugout28 Apr 2031
Interim Coach on the point
“A point is a point and I will take it, but we should have had all three.” Interim Coach after the 0‑0 draw, and the sentence every manager in the country said at some stage this weekend.
Squad28 Apr 2031
Zin Eddine Meddour suspended
One booking too many, and Zin Eddine Meddour sits out. ES Ben Aknoun lose him for the sort of avoidable reason that makes a manager's week longer.
In brief
- The dugout Mohamed Benchaira left out for tactical reasons at ES Ben Aknoun
- Match ES Ben Aknoun draw a blank against CR Belouizdad
- Squad A first team debut at 19 for Sofiane Benayada